She thinks the Arab world has a thriving genre of prison writings. In this article the Moroccan writer al-Mousawi writes about some of these books, a few titles come from Egypt.
the 2014 south african literary award
Well, here we are again, not with with a literary prize, but with a literary award ;). This time South Africans have been huddling together to discuss the worthwile winners of the SALA awards. It all started with these awards in the year 2005, an encouragement to celebrate the diversity of languages in the rainbownation. … Continue reading the 2014 south african literary award
destination: johannesburg
It is a very nice idea: connect cities with books. In this series we now discover Johannesburg through the eyes of writers and books. What books are connected to Johannesburg, in your opinion? Here you find four titles connected to the city of Johannesburg.