Tafelberg Uitgewers en Boekehuis nooi jou uit na ‘n koffie-oggendgesprek met digter en skrywer IL de Villiers, digter, rubriekskrywer en joernalis.
De Villiers praat met Dr Marthinus Beukes oor sy nuwe digbundel Vervreemdeling en ook oor die heruitgawe van sy boek, Oorkom depressie: die siekte van ons tyd.
Oor die digbundel
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Three people spoke at the launch of Porcupine at the Book Lounge earlier this week before the author, Jane Bennett, took the floor. All were highly entertaining, and all expounded on their great enthusiasm for Bennett’s short stories, which attracted adjectives like “compelling”, “disturbing”, “crafty” and – this one drew appreciative murmurs from the standing-room-only crowd – “lusciously dry”.
We’re pleased to bring you video clips of each of the speeches – including a clip of Bennett’s – which capture the exuberance of the occasion and the potential this author has to grow rapidly into a name of major literary note. (She’s already one with us, of course!)
We’ve also brought you the complete text of Helen Douglas‘ speech on the night (which includes a fine, nuanced review of the book) and a launch photo gallery. Enjoy!
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Gail Dendy’s The Lady Missionary, published jointly by Kwela and Snailpress earlier this year, has been given a short review in the UK journal, Stride Magazine.
Geoffrey Godbert says of the work that it “reads as seductively and as satisfyingly as ever”, and quotes from several of Dendy’s poems.
Click here to read the review:
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