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Footnotes, September 2023: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye. …
Footnotes, August 2023: Book links from around the web
It has just been revealed that George Bernard Shaw set lawyers on DC Comics after their publication of the comic book Superman in 1939, concerning his 1903 play Man And Superman.
Footnotes, July 2023: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.
Footnotes, June 2023: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.
Homegrown Honeys – a selection of proudly South African reads to celebrate Heritage Day
To celebrate Heritage Day this year, Penguin Random House SA has rounded up a list of some of our favourite books written by proudly South African authors.
The Single Story Foundation launch journal of writing from Africa and the diaspora
The Single Story Foundation has launched an online journal of literary writing from Africa and the diaspora.
Etisalat Prize for Literature call for entries and judging panel announced
The new judging panel for the Pan-African Etisalat Prize for Literature has been announced.
Caine Prize winner announced soon – listen to the shortlisted stories read by the authors
The winner of the £10,000 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing will be announced at Senate House Library, London, in partnership with …
Don’t miss Imraan Coovadia and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim at the Goethe-Institut Literary Crossroads
Imraan Coovadia and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg for a Literary Crossroads conversation on 16 May.
Nelson Mandela comic goes worldwide
Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic was first published by Jonathan Ball Publishers back in 2008. Now Constable have cleverly bought all language rights still available, and will publish in English in the UK and Commonwealth.
Video interview with Miranda Sherry, author of Bone Meal for the Roses
Miranda Sherry, whose latest book Bone Meal for the Roses is out now, was a guest on Morning Live. From YouTube: It’s …