- 17 May 2013 00:00 - Leon De Kock
- Antjie Krog has diverged from the popular route of cheer and optimism in South Africa, describing instead a country devoid of common ground.
- 10 May 2013 00:00 - Brent Meersman
- Korean poet Ko Un discusses his work, his life, and the importance of writing in his mother tongue.
- 03 May 2013 00:00 - Leon De Kock
- A conceptually explosive poetry event will take place on the Spier wine estate outside Stellenbosch on May 10 and 11.
- 10 Apr 2013 10:35 - Mike Gonzalez
- Pablo Neruda was that rare thing – a public poet, and a great one, held in deep affection by every layer of Chilean society.
- 28 Sep 2012 12:54 - Kylie Thomas
- How many more necklacings will we turn into poems? Who will be the first to pen an epic in response to the Marikana massacre?
- 03 Sep 2012 00:00
- Listen to South African poet and writer Rustum Kozain reading one of his poems at the Mail & Guardian Literary Festival.
- 03 Sep 2012 00:00
- Listen to South African poet Oswald Mtshali reading one of his poems in both English and Zulu at the Mail & Guardian Literary Festival.
- 03 Sep 2012 00:00
- Listen to SA poet, novelist and founding member of the Sestigers, Breyten Breytenbach, reading one of his poems at the M&G Literary Festival.
- 01 Jun 2012 00:19 - Janine Stephen
- New Contrast has a new look. Blood-red and slim with elegant type adorning 100-odd pages, the journal's latest issue is all minimalist restraint.
- 18 May 2012 10:28 - Andile Mngxitama: COMMENT
- Andile Mngxitama responds to Kwanele Sosibo's article on Lesego Rampolokeng's new book, which he says was a gratuitous denunciation of Rampolokeng.
- 11 May 2012 02:04 - Kwanele Sosibo
- A new book of poetry renders its writer even more abstruse and, given its profanity and obsessiveness, it is a tough chew, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
- 02 Mar 2012 00:00 - Flora Veit-Wild
- It has been 25 years since the death of Dambudzo Marechera, the joker of African literature and its
anti-hero.
- 24 Feb 2012 16:01 - Kylie Thomas
- Kylie Thomas is impressed by five titles from Modjaji Books, a publishing house that specialises in the work of Southern African women.
- 17 Feb 2012 12:01 - Maya Jaggi
- Widely acknowledged as the greatest living Arab poet, the Syrian-born Adonis is a fiercely independent thinker.
- 03 Feb 2012 00:00 - Mbongiseni Buthelezi
- The politics of apartheid constrained both the substance and the form of David Manisi's poetry.
- 25 Nov 2011 15:13 - Kylie Thomas
- Isobel Dixon's latest collection of poetry initiates a move away from "the precious milk and honey of nostalgia".
- 25 Nov 2011 00:00 - Kylie Thomas
- In all her poetry Ingrid de Kok has deftly pushed at the boundaries of what can be said and reminded us of what we would rather forget.
- 19 Aug 2011 14:08 - Staff Reporter
- Introduced by Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok and Denis Hirson will discuss their poems at the festival.
- 11 Jun 2011 13:14 - Jean-Pierre Campagne
- Freedom of speech is the name of the game in Revolution Square where new publications have blossomed and women recite poetry in public.
- 29 Apr 2011 10:25 - Chris Mann
- Graduations took place all over the country last month. Flashbulbs popped on stages as chancellors conferred degrees on the bowed heads of thousands.
