The Time of the Writer Festival returns with a bold hybrid vision, using literature to challenge power, amplify voices and reconnect communities across borders

Back in the Free State, a daughter rediscovers the textures of home, family and unspoken inheritances in Antjie Krog’s autobiographical novel

Antjie Krog’s latest collection of poems, which were written in Afrikaans, has been translated by another poet, Karen Press

‘Over the years Steve Hofmeyr has reinvented himself from the poor man’s Brad Pitt to a singer to a political public commentator’

Hofmeyr isn’t capable of singing a new song; he just recycles his old hits, which are just some old folk songs from a rather nasty tradition.

The weekly Afrikaans paper was challenged on social media after it published an opinion piece by right-wing popstar Steve Hofmeyr.

The contribution by artists , ranging from poets and painters to dancers and designers, to their communities are recognised through these awards.

Antjie Krog has diverged from the popular route of cheer and optimism in South Africa, describing instead a country devoid of common ground.

Pianist Jill Richards and artist Marcus Neustetter immerse themselves in this exciting show that unites paper and ivory.

<b>Antjie Krog</b> gave the keynote address at the Goethe-Institut’s <i>Über(W)unden Art in Troubled Times</i> conference. This is an extract.