Highlighting the importance of playwriting in all its manifestations around the world, ASSITEJ will honor three persons as “ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights” every three years at its World Congress, starting in Cape Town in May 2017. This will be administered and adjudicated by the Write Local Play Global network in coordination with the ASSITEJ Executive committee.
Since its inception in 2011, the Africa Centre’s Artist in Residency Programme (AIR) has successfully awarded 39 African artists the chance to take up residencies across the globe. Through continued partnerships with residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, India, Spain, China and the United States, they are proud to offer eight new residency opportunities through the 2016
The 2017 National Arts Festival will run from Thursday 29 June to Sunday 9 July 2017. The Festival celebrates its commitment to freedom of expression as enshrined in the South African constitution; and thus recognises that the arts can be engaged powerfully as an advocate for both social cohesion and social provocation. The Festival’s Main
Imagnary House, a new boutique publishing house for children’s literature in Cape Town, is encouraging submissions from all African writers. Imagnary House focused on building a larger market for African children’s authors and illustrators by both igniting the local readership and engaging with international readers, rights’ and literary agents.
Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) is the largest performing arts festival in Nigeria and indeed West Africa. It was created to promote theatre in unconventional spaces. Through the festival, theatre makers and producers are supported to expand their practice beyond traditional theatre spaces by creating work that responds to any given space. © Eniola Abumere
BOTSOTSO is inviting book lovers to join them for readings from the poets and writers of four new publications. They will also be having a short discussion about the role of independent publishers in the current cultural scene. Admission is free and refreshments will be served to supplement the words on hand.
By Karabo Legoabe – The culture of storytelling in many rural areas in South Africa is slowly dying, gone are the days where people would sit around a fire to listen to someone tell a good story. And with the decline of such oral traditions comes the erosion of South African languages and culture.The Rhulani Chauke
The deadline is looming for applications for the SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition. All entries must be received by 31 July. Information and the entry form are available on www.imbewuarts.com. Celebrating its fifth year, the SCrIBE Scriptwriting Competition is a platform for South African writers to develop their work. Prizes include having a script produced for a
ANFASA announces the next round of the grant scheme to benefit authors of academic and general non-fiction works. ANFASA, the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa, announces the next round of the grant scheme to benefit authors of academic and general non-fiction works.
The Moth International Short Story Prize 2016 is open for applications, welcoming entries from applicants who have written an original, high-quality short story. This year, the competition will be judged by award-winning Irish writer John Boyne. Boyne is perhaps best known for his bestselling novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
