Twenty-one years on, the Kabelo Sello Duiker Foundation launches to return his urgent, unflinching stories to a new generation
Seventeen years later, Mervyn Sloman reflects on The Book Lounge thriving in the digital age and building reading community through Open Book Festival
A first encounter with Kingsmead Book Fair, where community and unexpected joy come together in celebration of South African literature
An explicit, ambitious debut novel that delivers on sensuality but struggles to balance story, substance and seduction
Writer confronts family, grief and recovery in his most vulnerable, honest book yet
The closure of the city’s biggest library is a loss to the public, and some of the other libraries are also battling to keep the culture of books alive
From critiques of apartheid to reflections on post-colonial identity, Southern African literature has chronicled the region’s history and shaped its trajectory to a just society
From banned books to political activism, Marcus de Jong’s life was a testament to the power of ideas and the human spirit
Nigerian writer looks at issues such as inequality and violence through her women characters
This is an edited extract from The Child, the new novel by South African writer Alistair Mackay
The work of the French Renaissance philosopher offers wisdom applicable to modern politics
South African author speaks about suicide, being a woman and her new book — a memoir
The battle between Satan and the forces of good has preoccupied writers for aeons
The search for an elusive West African writer accused of plagiarism comes full circle
The South African author Fiona Snyckers muses about what makes writers and poets tick
The seminal Spanish novel and its author are difficult to pin down in translation and history
Alexei Navalny’s demise spotlights how death and displacement are portrayed in the media and in literature
A whole book written in a single sentence? Author challenges with both style and content
Women writers have often been treated badly but the first novel was written by one
This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
