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UJ prizewinners’ fresh works: from haunting novel to poetic word paintings

Winning works in the UJ Prize for South African Writing in English ranged from reimagining the plaasroman genre to poetry word-paintings.

UJ Prize: Winners in newfound freedom

Noted novelist Zakes Mda and debut writer Penny Busetto take the University of Johannesburg awards.

Zakes Mda’s novel is a damning critique of inequality and archaic legalities within larger debates about human rights.

Winning novels examples of newfound writing freedom

Noted novelist Zakes Mda and debut writer Penny Busetto have won the University of Johannesburg awards with "Rachel’s Blue" and "The Story of Anna P".

Sparkle and flair from UJ Prize writers

UJ Prize winners Lauren Beukes and Dominique Botha have penned well-crafted novels that are innovative and refreshing reads.

Nadine Gordimer: Someone to accompany us

To mark novelist Nadine Gordimer’s 90th birthday, Craig MacKenzie celebrates how her work has astutely interpreted the tenor of our times.

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Heirs to the struggle do it no justice

The African National Congress’ subsequent behaviour is changing how the movement will be viewed in the future, writes Craig MacKenzie.

M&G books editor Darryl Accone looks at the implications of the merger of two of the biggest names in publishing.

Surf the global tide in language and survive

The marginalisation of local languages will continue and nonstandard English is the future to embrace.

Novels by Craig Higginson and Terry Westby-Nunn took the University of Johannesburg prizes.

Old Jo’burg glitters with gritty detail

Two novels set in Jo’burg, Cape Town and London take the UJ prizes.

Beyond the silos of South African literature

Beyond the silos of South African literature

This substantial offering from UKZN Press is very much about the now.

Our literary disgrace

The sale of JM Coetzee’s archive to a Texan university revives the question of where South Africa’s literary heritage should be preserved.

Vladislavic: Take two

Vladislavic: Take two

Author, Ivan Vladislavic, has won his second UJ prize with a three-part novel that covers familiar ground.

A past revisited is pertinent today

If there is an elegiac tone to this collection it is because the period it covers was a time in which there was genuine outrage at SA’s policies

More rebellious than ever

More rebellious than ever

<b>Craig MacKenzie</b> previews texts and topics at the heart of the state of South African fiction.

Morbid but irresistible

Morbid but irresistible

James Clelland is the winner of the 2009/2010 European Union Literary Award for his novel <i>Deeper than Colour</i>.

Haunting and provocative mix for 2010 UJ Prize winners

Imraan Coovadia and Jacob Dlamini are the winners of the annual University of Johannesburg literary awards.

Look back at Butler anew

Look back at Butler anew

Now is the time to reconsider the work of Guy Butler and what he stood for.

First-timer takes UJ prize

Judges agree that Ceridwen­ Dovey’s <i>Blood Kin</i> is the pick of the bunch. Craig MacKenzie reports.