South African Literature – The Johannesburg Review of Books

Helping new perspectives and worlds of experience be heard—Karin Schimke visits Paulet House, home of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation writer’s residency

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022Karin Schimke2 Comments

The R335 curves around the eastern border of Addo Elephant Park and spools north through the cushiony green hills of…

Is South African literature perceived as insular? Mbali Sikakana talks to Michael Barron of Melville House Publishing

April 1, 2019July 25, 2019Mbali Sikakana4 Comments

Despite a strong heritage stretching back more than a century, South African fiction remains largely unfamiliar—apart from a handful of…

[The JRB Daily] Turbulent, hopeful and long overdue: Henrietta Rose-Innes considers transformation in South African literature in the Times Literary Supplement

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment

The United Kingdom release of Henrietta Rose-Innes’s latest novel, Green Lion, is imminent, and to mark the occasion she has written…