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Evening Primrose by Kopano Matlwa.

Fiction New Books South Africa

Kopano Matlwa stays winning with “Evening Primrose.”

James Murua April 20, 2018 No Comments Evening Primrose Jacana Media Kopano Matlwa Period Pain Quercus

Kopano Matlwa’s latest novel is available in the US under the name Evening Primrose with Quercus as the publisher. The book was first published as…

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Awards South Africa

Sunday Times Literature Prize 2015 shortlists out

James Murua May 17, 2015 No Comments A Man of Good Hope Arctic Summer Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-apartheid Struggle Damon Galgut DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism Elaine Proctor Imraan Coovadia Jacana Media Jacob Dlamini Jonathan Ball Publishers Jonny Steinberg Lindie Koorts Lost and Found in Johannesburg Maria Phalime Mark Gevisser October Postmortem: the Doctor Who Walked Away Quercus Sunday Times Literature Prize Sunday Times Literature Prize 2015 Tafelberg Tales of the Metric System The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga The Savage Hour Umuzi Zoë Wicomb

The Sunday Times Literary Awards are one of richest prizes for writers on the continent with winners in the two categories going home with R100…

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