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M&G’s Litfest takes flight, honouring Sol Plaatje on his 140th anniversary

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Alongside panels discussing hot topics, shortlisted poets from the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology will receive their awards.

Don DeLillo’s foresight in his undiminished works are a delight to read

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​SinceToni Morrison (1993), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978) and Saul Bellow (1976), American authors have got short shrift from the Nobel.

OBITUARY: Adam Small had words and learning in his blood

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A founder of the University of the Western Cape, Adam Small died at the weekend at the age of 79.

Coetzee listens, learns in Palestine

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Author defines apartheid to describe situation in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Literary awards: ’Tis the season to toast the best of local authors

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Awards season is upon us once more – that time in late autumn when authors turn to thoughts of riches that will be made known in midwinter.

New store bridges a book market gap

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Bridge Books looks to change Johannesburg's book dealing landscape.

The pen is mightier than the penis

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From Shakespeare to 'Portnoy's Complaint', writers have been saucing up their literary efforts since time immemorial - with mixed results.

‘The vilest of men rise to the greatest credit’

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French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings from 1755 could have well been written today, about South Africa.

How Shakespeare fits our time

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The bard has been dead for 400 years, yet he speaks from the grave as clearly and wisely as ever.

Biblical myths in the time of Mammon

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The religious underpinnings of South African fiction have been eroded by the secularisation of our society since 1994, with one striking exception.

Dan Brown not Umberto Eco’s sole echo

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Eco, who has died at the age of 84, bestrode the disparate worlds of ­popular fiction and critical thinking with panache.

Exclusive Books launches in-store restaurant

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Foodies, the fickle Jo’burg socialite crowd and book lovers are the prospective clientele of the Social Kitchen & Bar at Exclusive Books in Hyde Park.
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