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Franschhoek Literary Festival: Breaking the silence

Fiona Snyckers by Fiona Snyckers 26 May 20158 June 2015

I used to think it was okay that the Franschhoek Literary Festival was lily-white because the money it raised was used to fund libraries in disadvantaged communities. “Who cares where the money comes from as long as it goes to a good cause,” was my reasoning. I equated the literary festival with those charity gala […]

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Five SA books that should have won literary awards

Fiona Snyckers by Fiona Snyckers 25 October 20121 November 2012

In 2011 the literary awards season gave rise to hopes that the establishment was finally starting to recognise some of our younger and more innovative writers. Cynthia Jele’s Happiness is a 4-Letter Word and Sifiso Mzobe’s Young Blood both enjoyed outstanding critical success, raking in a bouquet of wins between them. This year the winners […]

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