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Alert! 3 South Africans have been nominated for the "world’s richest literary prize": bit.ly/1L7LlGS
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In case you missed it, the winners of the South African Literary Awards have been announced: bit.ly/1SCQHzZ
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Our third issue of the year is done and dusted. Remember to subscribe for the best SA poetry/prose, delivered straight to your door.
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#ManBooker2015 shortlist: Marilynne Robinson drops out as new writers surge ahead gu.com/p/4cd33/stw
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2015 National Book Week: @exclusivescoza & @BargainBooksSA to Sell Selected Books for R20 bookslive.co.za/9nAS #BuyABook #GoingPlaces
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Congratulations to the authors who made the 2015 Short Story Day Africa longlist! Details: bit.ly/1fTheut
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Purity by Jonathan Franzen review – dazzling, hilarious and problematic d.gu.com/Bz0NrN
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This. xitter.cf/panmacmillan/status/63…
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19 easy rules to write something every day bzfd.it/1IbFLSq
19 Easy Rules To Write Something Every Day

19 Easy Rules To Write Something Every Day

All of this works, I swear.

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Zadie Smith has a few rules for writers that we wholeheartedly agree with: theguardian.com/books/2010/f…
Zadie Smith's rules for writers

Zadie Smith's rules for writers

We asked some of the most esteemed contemporary authors for any golden rules they bring to their writing practice. Here are Zadie Smith's

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.@zpdala Describes Being Attacked for Expressing Her Admiration for @SalmanRushdie’s Work bit.ly/1ESNjta via @pen_southafrica
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Just a friendly reminder that New Contrast accepts submissions year-round. So keep those short stories/poems coming.
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Alert! The @OpenBookFest programme has been revealed and we couldn’t be more excited! bit.ly/1KPJU2O
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"Send me books, many books, and my soul will never die." ―Fyodor Dostoevsky (left) in prision. Omsk, Siberia, 1853.
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André Brink and Ingrid Jonker's Love Letters to be Published in November bit.ly/1fZWlOQ (@Umuzites)
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Versamelde liefdesbriewe van André P Brink en Ingrid Jonker in November beskikbaar bookslive.co.za/lt7p @Umuzites
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There's nothing like spending the afternoon reading lovely, daring prose as we start getting ready for our next edition. #SALit
Published in @newcontrastSA 36.2 (June 2008).
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Alert! The 2015 Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist has been announced. Click here to see the books: bit.ly/1NN9Jj6
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She has created TV’s strangest — and most sophisticated — meditation on femininity nyti.ms/1xIcHUe
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