South Africa

The Franschhoek Literary Festival — a gathering of minds, mischief and magic

By Joy Watson

South Africa

Fuelling the rocket of imagination to explore new worlds together

By Trevor Noah

South Africa

Hard to be creative when the burden of survival makes creativity feel like a luxury

By Lynthia Julius

Africa

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

By Antjie Krog

South Africa

Marquen Carstens — how words, dance and theatre are bound by ‘bloed’

By Mick Raubenheimer

World

Doing time — ‘The Fraud’ of Zadie Smith

By Mark Heywood

Maverick Life

Motor and sensory behaviour - the case for continuing to write by hand

By Serrano and Perez Sanchez and Vasylets

South Africa

Disrupt, surprise, abhor – the role of art in our scroll-by world, according to Toast Coetzer

By Mick Raubenheimer

South Africa

CJ 'Jonty’ Driver – farewell to a great man of letters

By Douglas Reid Skinner

Africa

Meet the intriguing minds behind the bestselling Detective Kubu series

By The Reading List

Magazine

Tsitsi Dangarembga’s Books of Not – Life through the eyes of Tambudzai

By Mark Heywood

South Africa

Maverick Citizens – why we write

By Mark Heywood