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“If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” ~Toni Morrison Publishing News
Why Dog Is Afraid Of Storms ReviewedWhy Dog Is Afraid Of Storms: This entertaining tale is about a character simply named Dog, who has an unconventional encounter with a herd of cows... brilliant for preschoolers with its simple beginner words, childlike humor and lots of repetition.
Real Marriage ReviewedReal marriage: The truth about sex, friendship and life together by Mark & Grace Driscoll... A must read for all married couples.Your Brain on FictionThe New York Times: New neuroscientific evidence supports the value of reading fiction… “The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that just as the brain responds to depictions of smells and textures and movements as if they were the real thing, so it treats the interactions among fictional characters as something like real-life social encounters.”
Congratulations to two of Penguin SA’s authors, who have received awards from the English Academy of Southern Africa. Andy Petersen and Stephen Watson were honoured with the Percy Fitzpatrick Prize for Youth Literature and the Thomas Pringle Award for a Short Story respectively. Read more...
Zakes Mda was recently honoured with a Literary Lifetime Achievement Award at the South African Literary Awards. Penguin Books is releasing the paperback edition of award-winning author Zakes Mda’s Black Diamond. For further information on the book please see the below blurb.
Penguin Books SA authors, Andy Petersen and Stephen Watson, have been shortlisted by the English Academy of Southern Africa for two of its annual literary awards:
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The English Academy of Southern Africa announced the winners of the 2010 Olive Schreiner Prize for Poetry and the Thomas Pringle Award for Reviews.
The panel, consisting of Professor Rosemary Gray (convener), Professor Ivan Rabinowitz and Dr Pam van Schaik, reports that forty-six anthologies were received from the publishers. It was most gratifying to be witness to such a fine spectrum of South African talent and such a vast range of styles – from the witty and quirky to the angry and heartfelt; from those poems catalyzed by the classical to those inspired by socio-historical happenings; from the capturing of tender moments of loss and love to the encapsulating of ironic twists and fresh insights. For the full article click here
On Tuesday 7 September, 6 shortlisted authors for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced:
On Saturday, 4 September 2010, Penguin Books announced
This award seeks to highlight the diverse writing talent on the African continent and make new African fiction and non-fiction available to a wider readership. For a full press release click here
Congratulations to the prize-winning authors in the 2010 Citizen Book Prize. The winning synopsis is 'The Discoveries of Wispish' by Justin Germishuys. Just over 700 votes were cast this year, and the author won R10,000.00 in cash and could well be published by Pan Macmillan SA (If not, the writer will receive a R5,000.00 sponsored writing course). Keep your eye on this ambitious writer...
Last Saturday, on the 31st of July at the Table Bay Hotel, M-Net paid homage to five excellent South African novels in the M-Net Literary Awards. The winning titles are: Plaasmoord; Small Moving Parts; Santa Gamka; Ga di mphelele! (Let Them Live for Me!); and Iingada zibuyile endle (Wildcats have Come Home). M-Net Director of Content Strategy, Jan du Plessis commented: "Plaasmoord stood out from the pack because of the richness of its characters and the way the author brought new life to the murder mystery genre." The judges said of Small Moving Parts: ”Seldom has any piece of South African writing in English rendered the bildungsroman form with such lyrical beauty and complexity, combining both the imaginative and the real, in ways that are unique and outstanding. Detailed it may be, but if the devil is to be found in the detail, the detail surely also harbours redemption. There are so many examples of little things remembered, things that are common to the essence of being South Africans - the small parts make up a wondrous whole. Small Moving Parts is about the fabric of society and the fabric of a mind, life in South Africa and life itself.” Read more...
Congrats to the great authors who have been shortlisted for the 2010 M-Net Literary Awards
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Veiled Freedom (Tyndale) by Jeanette Windle is a 2010 Christy Award Nominee and a 2010 ECPA Christian Book Award finalist. Scared by Tom Davis is a 2010 Christy Award Nominee. Salty Like Blood (Howard) by Harry Kraus, is a finalist in the romantic suspense category of the Faith, Hope and Love Inspirational Chapter of Romance Writers of America's 2010 Inspirational Reader's Choice Contest, with Christine Lindsay as a finalist in the historical category. Other Christy Awards finalists include:Though Waters Roarby Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers: a Division of Baker Publishing Group)A Flickering Lightby Jane Kirkpatrick (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group)The Swiss Courierby Tricia Goyer & Mike Yorkey (Revell Books: a Division of Baker Publishing Group)
Congrats to Kevin Bloom for his nomination for the Alan Paton Award.
Our book reviews service is launching in August, and we are very excited about this new service that is available free to you, our important patron. The first books we review are “Ways of Staying” and “Love Lies.” Why not subscribe today and receive, right in your inbox, weekly reviews of the latest local and international books, all available at your local Exclusive Books. It’s convenient, it’s reliable, and it’s fun.
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