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Writing

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

South Africa, Maverick Life

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

by: Joy Watson

Fuelling the rocket of imagination to explore new worlds together

South Africa, Maverick Life

Fuelling the rocket of imagination to explore new worlds together

by: Trevor Noah

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

South Africa, Maverick Life

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

by: Lynthia Julius

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

Africa, South Africa, Maverick Life, Culture

Poetry keeps us safe from barbaric non-thinking

by: Antjie Krog

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

South Africa, Maverick Life, DM168

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

by: Mick Raubenheimer

Doing time — ‘The Fraud’ of Zadie Smith

World, Maverick Life, Culture

Doing time — ‘The Fraud’ of Zadie Smith

by: Mark Heywood

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

Maverick Life

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

by: Serrano and Perez Sanchez and Vasylets

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

South Africa, DM168, Maverick News

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

by: Mick Raubenheimer

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

South Africa, Maverick Life

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

by: Douglas Reid Skinner

Meet the intriguing minds behind the bestselling Detective Kubu series

Africa, South Africa, Maverick Life

Meet the intriguing minds behind the bestselling Detective Kubu series

by: The Reading List

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

Magazine, Maverick Life, Maverick Citizen

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

by: Mark Heywood

Maverick Citizens – why we write

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Maverick Citizens – why we write

by: Mark Heywood