Showing posts with label The Edge of Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Edge of Things. Show all posts
Thursday, July 11, 2013

From mimetic punctiliousness to imaginative free play: a review of The Edge of Things

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In 1958 Randall Jarrell, the American poet, edited and brought out a collection of stories,  Randall  Jarrell’s Book of Stories , which cont...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The Edge of Things and The Thin Line on display at the Cape Town Book Fair 2012

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The Edge of Things: South African Short Fiction , was published by Dye Hard Press in 2011 and T he Thin Line was published by Modjaji Bo...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Review of The Edge of Things, in Wordsetc

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An edge is the most exhilarating point for a story to place itself. Ask any reader. We don’t need cliff-scrabbling above a literal precipic...
Friday, November 4, 2011

Voila! chatroom: an interview with Arja Salafranca, by Nikki Temkin

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Arja Salafranca selected the short stories for  The Edge of Things , a compilation of South African short stories. I chatted to her. NIKK...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Eclectic mix of local short stories, by Janet van Eeden

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Book of the Week: The Cream of South African Writers The editor of this eclectic collection of short stories, Arja Salafranca, sifted throu...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

The Book Review: An Essential Map by Phakama Mbonambi

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At the moment South Africa is experiencing a boom in book publishing. New writers are constantly minted and the stories they tell, whether i...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Short story form challenges and inspires writers: a report by Leila Bloch on the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things

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For an anthology of short stories, The Edge of Things includes both depth and scope, with several writers who seem (to varying degrees) una...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Report on the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things

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Last Thursday night saw the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things , an anthology of South African short fiction selected by me and publishe...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Podcast of Interview on Radio Today about The Edge of Things

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Arja Salafranca was interviewed by Sue Grant-Marshall about the anthology of South African short fiction,  The Edge of Things, on the Readi...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Kate Turkington reviews The Edge of Things

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Short stories, as any writer knows, are possibly the most difficult literary form. In the space of a few pages, the storyteller must condens...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Loneliness a recurring theme in this collection: a review of The Edge of Things, by Gwen Podbrey

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The short story has come back into its own over the past few years, possibly because time-strapped readers find them easier to manage than a...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Short but rich South African view - a review of The Edge of Things by Jane Rosenthal

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Two collections of short stories illustrate why the genre continues to garner accolades for the country The Edge of Things: South African...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Invite to the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things, at The Book Lounge, July 28th

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JHB launch of The Edge of Things at Love Books, Melville

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From left: Sandy Goulding, Marion Sher, Kay Robinson From left: Jayne Bauling, Love Books owner Kate Rogan, Gillian Schutte  From left ce...

Showcase for SA short fiction by Maureen Isaacson

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Published ahead of the South African Short Story Day is The Edge of Things: South African short fiction , selected by Arja Salafranca, the e...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Invite to the Cape Town launch of The Edge of Things, at The Book Lounge, July 28th

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Extracts from The Edge of Things on Peony Moon

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The Edge of Things (Dye Hard Press, 2011) consists of 24 South African short stories selected by Arja Salafranca. The contributors are Jay...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Arja Salafranca, editor of The Edge of Things, answers a few questions about life, the universe and short stories

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The Edge of Things is an eclectic collection of short stories traversing a vast distance emotionally and intellectually. For example, Arja...

Jeanne Hromnik's review of The Edge of Things

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There are 24 pieces here, some of which qualify as short stories, others more like prose poems and descriptions of emotional experiences. Re...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Invite to the Johannesburg launch of The Edge of Things

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