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Brave: Ghanaian author Kobby Ben Ben was at the recent Franschhoek Literary Festival. His first novel No One Dies Yet has queer themes but it also contains broader social commentary.

Kobby Ben Ben on breaking the queer ceiling

Novel writes queerness into a space where it’s forbidden and meanders through the unforgiving politics of Ghana, past and present

Autobiography: Caster Semenya will be at the Kingsmead Book Fair. Photo: Francois Nel/Getty Images

Two literary fairs are one for the books

The Franschhoek Literary Festival and Kingsmead Book Fair are good indications that South Africans love reading

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Africans deserve to hear their stories

As African literature becomes more accessible, it must be canonised like Tolstoy and Shakespeare’s

After reading ‘You Have to be gay to Know God’ Tshegofatso Senne ponders on how the book can serve as a conscious reference to help make informed decisions about one’s sexuality and Christian faith.

To hate gays is to hate God

"Are Khumalo’s words not exactly what so many of us need to hear? That we are loved. Where we are. As we are".

While the ANC and the EFF were responsible for backing a motion to change the Constitution

Land expropriation without compensation? On these conditions

If government can spend money on RDP houses, it makes sense to shift some of that money to setting up costs of protected environmental economic zones

Apartheid receipts and the irrelevance of white heroism

White people civilising each other are irrelevant to a black agenda, argues Kwanele Sosibo.

Least stealthy assassin ever: Why was Eugene De Kock at the Franschhoek Literary Festival?

Rebecca Davis is left pondering the psychology of a man who would turn up to hear his own terrible history dissected in public.

Forthright Jansen has drawn both admirers and detractors

The rector of the University of the Free State has been proactive and vocal about promoting racial understanding.

Nandi Mayathula-Khoza

SA’s literary scene: Throwing the book at the system

Transformation of South Africa’s literary scene will take more than one writer crying ambiguously.

‘We don’t want your white money here’

‘We don’t want your white money here’

The Groendal community’s rejection of a donation from a literary festival is symptomatic of South Africa’s divided landscape.

Dr Siri gets a reprieve

Dr Siri gets a reprieve

Colin Cotterill came close to committing murder a few years ago but at the moment critique he just couldn’t do it.

Time of feasting for lovers of letters

The Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) boasts a large contingent of regular participants and a smattering of debutants.

Hitting the books in Franschhoek

Franschhoek’s Literary Festival brings together some of South Africa’s brightest new talent, writes Judy Bryant.