Arja Salafranca

Reviewing Alice , five interlinked short stories by Judith Hermann  German writer Judith Hermann examines the loss of a loved one through ...

Illuminating Love  by Hazel Frankel Illuminating Love (Jacana), by Joburg writer Hazel Frankel, is set in the heart of that city’s norther...

I’ve read two enormously different, but equally moving books in the past weeks – both of which reflect and affirm what I wish for women this...

Karma Suture by Rosamund Kendal Jacana R130 It's the end of another long, tiring day for GP Sue Carey. She's wearing green surgery ...

The Impostor by Damon Galgut Penguin R163 This is a quiet, powerful story, a novel trimmed of excess, where every word means what it should...

My Brother's Book by Jo-Anne Richards Picador Africa R158 This book contains the most original line of a novel I have ever read: "...

Drinking From The Dragon's Well by Alex Smith Umuzi R155 South African travel writing comes of age in this delightful, witty travel mem...

Whiplash by Tracey Farren Modjaji Books R150 The cover of this debut novel leads you in. If covers sell books and attract readers, then ...

Arja Salafranca spoke (via e-mail) to local author Damon Galgut about his latest novel In a Strange Room which was shortlisted for the MAN B...

Take one short story writer and teacher of creative writing and show him Dubai. Send him on assignment for GQ magazine, send him on a ubiqui...

In 2008 I researched and wrote an article on the genre of the short story for The Star . I opened with the opinion that “short stories are c...

Writer Chuck Palahniuk is off to interview movie star Juliette Lewis. Afterwards he’s going to write a profile of the actress called ‘In her...

Toward the end of 2007, editors Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall, under the auspices of Wiser at Wits, brought out At Risk , a collection of...

Review of The Last Bachelor , Jay McInerney, Bloomsbury This is the latest collection of short stories by Jay McInerney, who shot to promine...

Review of The Obituary Tango: A selection of writing from the Caine Prize for African Writing 2005 , Jacana. The settings are familiar: over...

Review of Quarter Tones by Susan Mann, Random House The only regret I had, after finishing this second novel from local writer Susan Mann, ...

Review of At Risk: Writing on and over the edge of South Africa edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall, Jonathan Ball This diverse collec...

Review of The Imposter , Damon Galgut, Penguin This is a quiet, powerful story, a novel trimmed of excess, where every word means what it sh...

Review of Karma Suture, Rosamund Kendal, Jacana It’s the end of another long, tiring day for GP Sue Carey. She’s wearing green surgery pants...

The only thing uniting these five, diverse collections of poetry is that each was launched in 2007 at the Poetry Africa Festival hosted by t...