What is Twitterature?

Twitterature: Great books on Twitter ;-) (now available from Viking/Penguin, among others).

Interview with Antjie Krog, author of "Begging to be Black"

Podcast of Talk Radio 702's Book Show hosted by Jenny Crwys-Williams, during which she interviewed Antjie Krog, author or "Begging to be Black". Other podcasts also available on the 702 website.

Afrikaanse skrywer Henriette Grove sterf

Beeld, 17 Desember 2009: "Die bekroonde skrywer Henriette Grove (87) is eergisteraand stil in Pretoria oorlede. (...) Sy is gister uit verskeie oorde geloof vir haar merkwaardige bydrae tot die Afrikaanse literatuur en haar skryfstyl wat respek afgedwing het".
"Grove laat drie kinders, proff. Elsa Nolte, Pretoriase letterkundige, Niek Grove, registrateur van UP, en A.P. Grove, 'n ingenieur, sowel as sewe kleinkinders agter."
Literere pryse tydens haar lewe aan Henriette Grove toegeken: Hertzogprys (twee keer) CNA-pryse (drie keer) W.A. Hofmeyr-prys

The Book Lounge list 2009

The Book Lounge list of favourites published in 2009.

Ons beveel aan: Die Boek van toeval en toeverlaat / Ingrid Winterbach

Lees Louise Viljoen se resensie op Litnet by http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=1270&news_id=12231&cat_id=558

Want to start a book club?

Have a look at this VIRTUAL book club concept - "Boekemakranka" http://leeskring.lefora.com/

FICTION FRIDAY Fiction @ Merensky

We recommend:

The Gathering / Ann Enright (Man Booker Prize winner 2007)

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn’t the drink that killed him – although that certainly helped – it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother’s house, in the winter of 1968. The Gathering is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars. (booksatrandom: http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/)