As corporate donations for the arts dry up, many organisations need to exchange a begging bowl for a business plan, writes <b>Pat Schwartz</b>
"Too many words," say I to Sally-Ann Murray. Perhaps too many small moving parts.
Transplanting ancient Buddhist traditions to the seemingly arid Karoo saw stoep Zen grow into Antony Osler’s book of the same name.
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/ 18 December 2009
There is nothing comfortable about this tale of runaway slaves and those who make their living out of returning them to their owners.
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/ 13 November 2009
Why? Is one of the questions that pursued me throughout my reading of this so-called novel, presented in the form of a medical history.
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/ 21 January 2009
Pat Schwartz talks to Marguerite Poland about her new book, The Boy in You.
The Franschhoek Valley will now be remembered for a happily successful three-day-long celebration of the written word, writes Pat Schwartz
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/ 24 November 2006
A lecture tour by Benjamin Pogrund, a former South African journalist now living in Israel, and his Palestinian associate has been called off in the wake of the controversy around Israel’s shelling of Gaza. However, the fate of the tour was already in the balance after threats by the South African-based Palestine Solidarity Committee to demonstrate outside the lecture venues.
Joanna Murray-Smith’s thoughtful play explores the oldest of themes, but what sets Honour apart is the wit of the writing, depth of exploration and absence of any neat bows tied around the package, writes Pat Schwartz.
Denis Hirson’s <i>We Walk Straight So You Better Get Out the Way</i> is a funny, moving and tender book. It ultimately tells us more about our country than many a more obviously serious work, writes Pat Schwartz.