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Collections of writing are odd beasts. Once never really knows how to name them or hold them down exactly. Collections like this one by Andrew Miller are even odder as it combines searingly autobiographical material with political diatribe and satire...
My friend Phehello Mofokeng runs a great website focused on South African Writing called BKO... It used to be a print 'zine, but he has gone online now at www.bko.co.za He was kind enough to give me the third degree via email and you can read the result...
There is a new web site out there which is involved with writers and writing called Live Writing . Its run by a very cool bunch o people out to make a bit of a difference to both writers and readers. They have a section on the site where they have...
South African resident and Dutch journalist Fred De Vries has just published a collection of his interviews with South Africans through WITS University Press. I decided to put him on the post for a change here. You can read the review of his book...
Bree O’ Mara is the winner of the inaugural Citizen newspaper Book Prize, and Home Affairs is her resultant debut novel. The most refreshing thing about this book is that it is far from a dull, dry first novel affair. Quite the contrary! Many have...
In 2001, Urban One was published by Spearhead, an imprint of New Africa Books. The title was a vehicle to showcase brand new, previously unpublished writers, and a method of creating access to market for a host of new voices. It was followed in 2002 and...
For 111 years, various people have been putting out an Afrikaans literary journal known as Ons Klyntjie. More recently taken over by Toast Coetzer and Erns Grundling, it has evolved quite a bit from the original vision I am sure, but retains plenty of...
Aryan Kaganof has been around. He’s pissed a lot of people off. The established art fraternity don’t like him as they see him as a huckster and a pollutant whose very fecundity sullies the pure halls of art. His prodigious output of...
I wrote this some time ago and I posted it on my myspace page a little more recently. It's from a novel I am writign and might be the end of the book. I am not sure. Thought you might enjoy seeing as I am so uninspired otherwise... The End In the midst...
Last year, apparently on the spur of the moment, he agreed to speak again at Ohio State. It would be his last campus lecture. When word spread, a line four thousand students long instantly formed at a university otherwise known only for its addiction...
Monday morning. Actually, my favourite day of the week. It’s a control day, a day which I can use to set the tone, direction and form of my week. By putting in a big, constructive Monday, I feel I can go a long way towards making sure I have a good week...
If you are a young new female writer and looking for opportunities to get published, here's one tailor made for you! Read on and follow the instructions. This is a great idea, and one I think is realy going to reveal ome explosive material! Urban Chick...
Pas vrygestel - Just released: Ons Klyntji November 2006 uitgawe. Come again? Ons Klyntji is all of 110 years old as a title en sedert onlangs bevat dit ook baie Engels. Currently it comes out twice a year, basies wanneer die redakteure (Erns Grundling...
“I tell you, walk carefully and think fast; This is Johannesburg; you are either fast or dead… That’s dream city for you. It will city-ise you, hold you, Lovingly caress you and orgasmify you and, By the time you wake up, it’s too late… Room 207 is a...
Acid Alex is one hell of a read for anyone who grew up in South Africa during70's and 80's - hell even the 90's. It's like brushing up against the unshaven past when you least expect it. So much of the story is real and visceral, like unexpected memories...
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