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Damon Galgut has won the 2008 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing

                 Damon Galgut has won the 2008 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing for The Impostor   In 2006, the University of Johannesburg instituted two prizes for Creative Writing in English: The UJ Prize for the best creative work in English The UJ Prize for the best creative debut work in English. The value of the 2008 prize for best [...]

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TUESDAY 2nd JUNE (ONE WEEK TO LAUNCH)

TUESDAY 2nd JUNE (ONE WEEK TO LAUNCH)   This may surprise you, but the over riding feeling i have after returning home to Durban after two months in Asia, is one of order. Now order isn’t a word one usually associates with South Africa – but there you have it. I am once again struck by the [...]

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