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Kagiso Lesego Molope wants us to remember what we inherit
South African-Canadian novelist Kagiso Lesego Molope's latest work, 'We Inherit the Fire', delves into the devastating impact of apartheid on families and black women, exploring…
More black fiction writers need to be published in South Africa
Publishing diverse voices could prove to be a source of domestic and global success for local publishers
OPINION| Black writers and publishers are South Africa’s ‘linguistic orphans’
The challenges we face in the world of scholarly and leisure reading and writing are not unique to our country but it is crucial to overcome them if we want to be as good as we…
Children of Sugarcane: Where nothing sweet endures
With a rich plot full of surprises, Joanne Joseph’s debbut novel is bound together by a poetic turn of phrase
Brexit, climate, racism: the Frankfurt book fair in quotes
The Frankfurt book festival allowed star authors to give their opinion on the current state of the world
When love conquers
A family with everything money can buy, but beneath the surface their lives are seriously damaged
All are one at Ubuntu.Lab
Through guided conversations at Ubuntu.Lab, people can take off their masks in a safe and sacred space
‘Radical chic’ author Tom Wolfe dies at 88
The American author and journalist was known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing developed in the 1960s and 1970s
Tjieng Tjang Tjerries: The characters that inhabited my life and wrote my stories
Author Jolyn Phillips on her debut collection of short fiction, her ideal reader and her inspirations.
The crux of great horror writing
It took Sarah Lotz just 30 pages to convince Hodder & Stoughton to make her an offer she didn’t refuse: a world-rights deal for her novel The Three.
Henning Mankell: Paradise is a fiction of compromise
The author of the best-selling "Wallander" detective series reflects on his dual roles as writer and activist.
Iain Banks: The future isn’t what it used to be
Gwen Ansell reflects on the culture shock a great writer leaves in his wake .
Aminatta Forna: Intimate acts of betrayal
Aminatta Forna tells Maya Jaggi that Africa scares the West, but that there’s as much reason to be scared in Croatia as in Sierra Leone.
Author’s notes: MD Villiers
"I want readers to cry, laugh, think and feel"
Women writers come out tops on Granta’s list
Granta has released its 2013 list of the 20 most promising young British novelists under 40 and for the first time there is a majority of women.