The Johannesburg Review of Books

Journalist, author and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Lewin has died, aged seventy-nine. Lewin passed away at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg…

[The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2018—A look back at our most popular articles of the year

This December marked the twentieth issue of The JRB, and the twelfth of the year. With the festive season reaching…

The winners of the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards have been announced—including Panashe Chigumadzi, for her essay ‘History Through the Body or Rights…

Three African authors have made the longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for…

The shortlists for the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards have been announced. The awards were established in 2017 to recognise the…

Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish writer to win the Man Booker Prize. The fifty-six-year-old author won the fiftieth…

The winners have been announced for the University of Johannesburg Prizes for South African Writing in English for works published in…

The 2018 South African Literary Awards shortlists have been announced, with nominees including Malebo Sephodi, Nick Mulgrew, Kelwyn Sole and…

The six authors shortlisted for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize have been announced—with 27-year-old debut novelist Daisy Johnson becoming the youngest…

Kwasukela Books, a new publisher dedicated to isiZulu fiction, has announced Fred Khumalo’s isiZulu debut, uManzekhofi Nezakhe. The book will…