Mining threatens the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, a unique wilderness where the fundamentals of life confront you. Go see this KZN Eden.
M&G books editor Darryl Accone picks his top five best reads for this year.
M&G books editor Darryl Accone looks at the implications of the merger of two of the biggest names in publishing.
The 2012 Nobel prize for literature has been awarded to the Chinese writer Mo Yan.
In a South Africa exclusive, M&G books editor Darryl Accone speaks to award-winning writer Salman Rushdie about his new memoir ‘Joseph Anton’.
Darryl Accone previews the line-up for the Mail & Guardian’s annual celebration of literature.
It has been a sad and bad year for the book world in Johannesburg.
After the US’s invasion of Iraq, the American military took to reading TE Lawrence’s <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i> for after-the-act advice.
Reviewers stand accused of being sycophantic about local books. Well, that is going to change.
Every generation insists on its translations of the classics.
The <i>M&G</i> Literary Festival picks up from its predecessor and takes stock of where we are at.
Freedom of the word will rule at the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> Literary Festival that begins at 7 pm on September 3.
In the tradition of the <i>Weekly Mail</i> Book Week, this festival aims to revivify Jo’burg’s cultural landscape.
They came. They saw. They conquered. Except, sadly, they didn’t.
German-Romanian writer Herta Müller is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2009. Müller has been an outsider since birth.
For self-styled SABCs (South African-born Chinese), fitting in has been a constant challenge eagerly embraced.
What a difference seven days make. Here is a tale of two weekends, with two widely divergent aims and outcomes.
Darryl Accone gives a rundown of the frontrunners for the Alan Paton and <i>Sunday Times</i> awards.
It has been a prodigal summer, lavish in rain, sunshine squandered by days of sheet-grey clouds.
The Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) boasts a large contingent of regular participants and a smattering of debutants.
