DYE HARD PRESS

Producing poetry that is infused with a sense of social and political commitment may seem like a throw-back to the apartheid era for some, ...

It is utterly impossible to view this short film and not be affected. Art/film does not come more cutting edge than this. But it is absolute...

Probably one of the most difficult, and yet crucial, aspects of the publication process for all publishers – but particularly small publishe...

"Writing poetry involves a fictitious leap into the posthumous.The poet has to anticipate a language, a mode of thought that will inter...

Christmas Eve in Johannesburg is the setting for independent filmmaker Aryan Kaganof’s SMS Sugar Man , which recently premiered on the sidel...

In a recent piece on The Bookseller, Graeme Neill reported that UK supermarket chain Tesco aims to double book sales to £200m within three y...

A review of Whiplash , Tracey Farren, Modjaji Books Whiplash is a first-person narrative cast in the form of a letter from Tess, a Muizenbe...

Aryan Kaganof’s film Velvet is based on a cut-up prose sequence called April in the Moon-Sun by poet Gary Cummiskey. Composed in 2002 and ...