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[The JRB Daily] Fiction is essential in a corrupt society – Read Zakes Mda’s Sunday Times Literary Awards keynote address

Zakes Mda was the keynote speaker at the Sunday Times Literary Awards last night. Mda won the Barry Ronge Fiction…

Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich were announced as the winners of the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards last night. The awards…

The shortlists for the 2016 University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English have been announced, with works…

The second issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books is here—replete with some of the finest writing on books and…

I don’t believe any biographer can be objective. —Mark Gevisser … I saw a sign over a door in café…

The JRB brings you an exclusive excerpt from a work in progress by Deejay Manaleng, which tells the story of…

A new edition of Achmat Dangor’s acclaimed novel Bitter Fruit is out soon from Picador Africa, ahead of the publication…

Ingrid Winterbach spoke to Karina M Szczurek at the Woordfees literary festival recently about her life with one of South…

Lidudumalingani won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘Memories We Lost’. As part of the…

One morning at the beginning of February 2009 I was approached by Indra Wussow, founder and curator of The Sylt…