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Honorary co-author: Zukiswa Wanner. Photo: AlineReis@alnereis
SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE

Here's to the women who refuse to stop writing

As struggle veteran Sibongile Mkhabela marks her 70th birthday, the '76 INKED! literary festival gathers generations of South African women writers, including Zukiswa Wanner,…

  • Unathi Kondile
  • Zukiswa Wanner
6 min read
From Facebook to fiction: Paige Nick turns online book clubs into comedy gold in her new novel. Photo: Liza van Deventer
AUTHOR INTERVIEWS

From Facebook to fiction: How Paige Nick turned online book clubs into comedy gold

Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
6 min read
Plant seeds: Margaret Busby, the keynote speaker at the Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers. Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Getty Images
JOHANNESBURG FESTIVAL OF WOMEN WRITERS

Festival a ‘platform for women’s untold stories’

Keynote speaker at the Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers, Margaret Busby, urges them to get into publishing too

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read