The Boekehuis, voted one of 50 unique bookshops in the world in 2006, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
The development of the Amazon Kindle — now in its third generation — has sparked the digital publishing world.
Writers based throughout Africa submitted about 250 manuscripts in the fiction category and 50 in the non-fiction category.
The book is not dead, says Jonathan Ball, managing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Managing director of Pan Macmillan SA, Terry Morris, says local publishing is in a very healthy condition — particularly non-fiction.
It is not surprising that crime is a common subject in contemporary South African writing, fact and fiction.
<b>Craig MacKenzie</b> previews texts and topics at the heart of the state of South African fiction.
<b>Leon de Kock</b> walks the line between the real and the "real" in South African writing.