Born in 1935 in Vrede, Free State, André P. Brink was a literary giant. Excelling in school and university, Brink left South Africa to study comparative literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He authored numerous plays, works of non-fiction, and novels and in 1973 was the first Afrikaans writer to have a novel, Kennis van
The Literature Advisory Panel of the National Arts Council invites applications from independent South African publishing houses and publishers for its special grant in the attempt to redress scarcity of leisure books in African languages. The closing date for applications is 10 June and the outcome will be available by 30 July.
Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company will be presenting Roy Sargeant’s popular Beginners’ Playwriting Workshop at the Artscape Theatre Centre over two weekends, 05, 06, 12 & 13 March. The workshop introduces delegates to the basic techniques of playwriting and includes writing exercises together with DVDs of famous plays as examples of great playwriting.
Creative Feel is looking for a content creator with a passion for arts and culture. Someone who not only understands the ins and outs on digital and social media platforms, but who can create amazing content and adapt it accordingly for each platform. The candidate should display an understanding of the creative industry, the Creative
DALRO Theatricals is holding its first ever book sale and performance licensing workshop, aimed at Primary Schools and High Schools, on 26 February 2016 from 14h00 to 18h00. They will be selling published plays and musical stock at discounted prices from 14h00 with a workshop at 16h00.
The iVisible platform on the Invisible Borders Trans-African Photography Organisation website aims to enable storytelling of the friction that exists between what is seen and what should be seen. What are those remarkable experiences that challenge your preconceived perception or stereotypes of the African reality? That friction is broadly interpreted, as broadly as what is meant by
Aspiring and established South African arts writers are invited to apply for an intensive dance writing workshop, organised by Dance Umbrella Festival and the Goethe-Institut, and facilitated by arts commentator, consultant and curator Mary Corrigall. The workshop will take place at the Dance Forum in Newtown, Johannesburg, from 2 to 5 February and from 22 to 23 February
The world’s biggest online archive of pan-African poetry Badilisha Poetry X-Change, will be hosting a love poetry event Cape Town to celebrate the end of the Badilisha Road Trip – a trip into the African continent to meet and record the work of the poets who live and work here.
The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) named poet and author Don Mattera as the 2015 winner of the ACT Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. This category was sponsored by Media 24 Books. Recognised as one of Africa’s most preeminent writers, Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Sophiatown on 29th of December 1936. His work is considered
The University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English is now open for the submissions. The UJ Prize has two categories, Main and Debut, and is open to creative writing in any genre. The UJ Prize comes with a R75 000 cash award, while the UJ Debut Prize is worth R35 000.
