The Reading List Logo
  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
  • South Africa
  • Africa
  • International
  • About
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • How to use this site
  • Submit
  • Login
C

Read Zakes Mda’s Sunday Times Literary Awards keynote address
 More about the book!

In his Sunday Times Literary Awards keynote speech, Zakes Mda spoke about how fiction exposes the truth behind the facts.

Mda won the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize on the night, for his novel Little Suns, and Greg Marinovich won the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction, for Murder at Small Koppie: The Real Story of the Marikana Massacre.

To read the full address click on the link above!

Categories Fiction South Africa

Tags Barry Ronge Fiction Prize Fiction Little Suns News Penguin Random House SA Sunday Times Literary Awards Umuzi Writing Zakes Mda


1 Votes

C

Related

  • Listen to an excerpt from Cursed Daughters – the glittering follow-up to the award-winning bestseller My Sister, the Serial Killer
  • Don’t miss the launch of To Sharpen Our Senses and Soften Our Touch by Chris Soal at WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery (13 Dec)
  • Embark on an extraordinary culinary adventure – and get your copy of JAN Voyage signed by Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen in Cape Town (10 Dec)
  • [Listen] Is Paul Mashatile suitable for the highest office? Listen to the new episode of Pagecast – out now!
  • Don’t miss the launch of Bongani Ngqulunga’s new book Under Smuts’s Rule: Jan Smuts and His Impact on Black South Africans in Joburg (3 Dec)

Cancel reply

You must log in to post a comment

0 Comments

Subscribe!
Loading
Follow us!
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
Recent submissions
‘It’s about how large-scale international events penetrate the lives of ordinary individuals’ – Ian McEwan chats about his new novel Lessons
Don’t miss acclaimed British historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore in South Africa (21-23 Mar)
Hani: A Life Too Short – a fitting read as we remember Chris Hani, 30 years after his assassination
Don’t miss the launch of Slikour: The Life Story of a Hip-Hop Pioneer at Exclusive Books Rosebank (18 May)
‘Can it kill me?’ Scorpions of South Africa: What to look out for!
Read an extract from The Interpreter – the jaw-dropping new thriller by Brooke Robinson
Recent comments
  • karlareadsalot on Pagecast is live! Listen to the new podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers here
  • bones!! on How Converse All Stars have been appropriated by white people: Read an excerpt from Sorry, Not Sorry by Haji Mohamed Dawjee
  • OscarChalupsky on New book alert! No Retreat, No Surrender: The Inspiring Story of a World-Champion Sportsman and Cancer Warrior by Oscar Chalupsky – PLUS read an excerpt here
  • shaw on The lost art of letter writing – read an interview with John Webb about his novel Nine Letters
  • Petro vd Westhuizen on The Lost Boys of Bird Island author Chris Steyn releases statement addressing the last words of her late co-author Mark Minnie

Copyright The Reading List 2024


  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Menu

  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
  • South Africa
  • Africa
  • International
  • About
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • How to use this site

Password Reset

An email has been set with password reset instructions. If you do not see this email within a few minutes, check your spam folder.

Not Allowed

Your current user level does not allow voting. Please contact the site administrator to upgrade.

Login/Signup

  • Login
  • Register
  • Reset Password

    Submit

      Please login first