Franschhoek Literary Festival

Novel writes queerness into a space where it’s forbidden and meanders through the unforgiving politics of Ghana, past and present

The Franschhoek Literary Festival and Kingsmead Book Fair are good indications that South Africans love reading

As African literature becomes more accessible, it must be canonised like Tolstoy and Shakespeare’s

"Are Khumalo’s words not exactly what so many of us need to hear? That we are loved. Where we are. As we are".

If government can spend money on RDP houses, it makes sense to shift some of that money to setting up costs of protected environmental economic zones

White people civilising each other are irrelevant to a black agenda, argues Kwanele Sosibo.

The rector of the University of the Free State has been proactive and vocal about promoting racial understanding.

Rebecca Davis is left pondering the psychology of a man who would turn up to hear his own terrible history dissected in public.

Transformation of South Africa’s literary scene will take more than one writer crying ambiguously.

The Groendal community’s rejection of a donation from a literary festival is symptomatic of South Africa’s divided landscape.

Colin Cotterill came close to committing murder a few years ago but at the moment critique he just couldn’t do it.

The Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) boasts a large contingent of regular participants and a smattering of debutants.

Franschhoek’s Literary Festival brings together some of South Africa’s brightest new talent, writes Judy Bryant.