Kalk Bay Books is celebrating

and we'd like you & your partner to join us It's three years since we opened our doors and we'd like to thank all of those who have made it possible - our customers, our suppliers, our families & friends, and the authors without whose books we would be bereft.

On this occasion we will be honoured with the presence of Finuala Dowling & John Maytham who will present a programme of prose and poetry that is sure to entertain, enchant and enlighten.

But that's not all...
We'll also surprise you with fabulous prizes, toast you with Leopard's Leap wines, fill you with special bites from the Olympia Deli, and entice you with a discount on every book you buy on the night (bring your Christmas shopping list...)

When:
Friday 20 November 2009 Where: Kalk Bay Books, 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay Time: 6.30 for 7pm - PLEASE NOTE STARTING TIME RSVP: by 17 November to books@kalkbaybooks.co.za
021 788 2266

South African Writers’ Circle annual short story competition

Theme: Open

Genre: Short Story (fiction only)

Closing Date: 31 December 2009

Fee: The entry fee is R30 for members and R40 for non-members. If you would like to receive a critique of your entry an additional R10 is payable. You may submit more than one entry, each with the prescribed fee/s.

Requirements:

All competition submissions must be in English.
Entries may not exceed 2 500 words.
Entries must not have been previously published nor been placed in any competitions.
The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained.
Entries will be judged on literary merit, use of imagination and ability to enthral.
Entries must be typed in double spacing on one side of each sheet of A4 paper. Number the pages and keep a copy, as we cannot return entries unless a SASE has been supplied.
Provide a cover page for your entry. This must contain the title of the work, your pseudonym, and the number of words. The author’s actual name or address must not appear on the cover page or anywhere in the submitted work. Your name should only appear on the entry form (see below).
Attach an entry form and a cover page to the front of each entry.
For posted entries, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of your critique. Critiques will not be sent to entrants, even if they have paid the extra fee, unless a SASE with sufficient postage is provided. Qualifying e-mail entries will receive an e-mailed critique.

Entries may be posted to SAWC Annual Short Story Competition, Competitions Manager, South African Writers Circle, Suite 522, Private Bag X4, Kloof, 3640; or emailed to bsimpson@pbhs.co.za. Each entry must be accompanied by an entry form.
EFT payments and direct deposits must include a reference (minimum of the first three letters of your surname plus your first initial and AC (for Annual Competition), for example, SimpsB-AC). Cheques must be made payable to the ‘South African Writers’ Circle’. If payment has been made by direct deposit, please include a photocopy of the deposit slip with your entry.
Banking details are as follows: SA Writers’ Circle, Standard Bank, Current account, Hillcrest branch: 045726, Account number: 250780119.

Check the website: www.sawc.sos.co.za to make sure your entry has been received.
Winners will be announced on the website and in the SAWC Newsletter. Prize winners will receive their prizes at the 2010 SAWC Annual Awards Luncheon.
Prizes

1st prize — R1 000, a SAWC pen and your story published in the SAWC Newsletter Write Now!

2nd prize — R500 and a SAWC pen.

3rd prize — R250 and a SAWC pen.

5 Highly Commended Entries — each win a SAWC pen.

Wordsetc issue No. 6 is here. Featuring Imraan Coovadia

“Coovadia’s work hardly shies away from including troubling contemporary issues, including the inevitable twinning of race and political life in South Africa (and the myriad hues in which this link appears); the ambiguous position of Indians living outside of the Subcontinent – their ability to fit between the seams of discord, as well as irritate all sides of a given conflict; and the necessary criminal elements that help forge the bonds within such in-between societies, ensure survival for the time being, and foment plans of escape when necessary.” – M. Neelika Jayawardane

This sixth edition of Wordsetc, South Africa’s foremost literary journal, is out. Hot on the heels of a fantastic edition that looked at the iconic Nadine Gordimer, the latest edition continues to showcase the best of South African literature. It leads with novelist Imraan Coovadia, a young writer on a mission. He also teaches creative writing at the English Department at the University of Cape Town. He has just written his third book, High Low In-between.

We explore what makes him tick as a writer, the themes he explores, his literary influences and even the music he listens to.

*New* non-fiction: The Story of Magadi by Evans Kinyua

The greatest Oscar and Pulitzer deserving stories happen in Africa. But the Western camera and pen recognises only the tear jerker variety; the disease ravaged, hunger stricken, below a dollar a day genre of stories, of which, granted, there is no dearth. But there are countless other stories that tickle the imagination, stories of a forgotten era that form a fundamental part of the mosaic that informs a continent's wretchedness.

The Story of Magadi - Evans Kinyua

Kalk Bay Books: join us for the fourth book-to-film lecture

Prof Lesley Marx will discuss the original book and the film version of

Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men

About the book:
Llewellyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, stumbles upon a transaction gone horribly wrong. Finding bullet-ridden bodies, several kilos of heroin, and a caseload of cash, he faces a choice - leave the scene as he found it, or cut the money and run.

Choosing the latter, he knows, will change everything.

And so begins a terrifying chain of events, in which each participant seems determined to answer the question that one asks another: How does a man decide in what order to adandon his life?

About the film:
Directed by the versatile and intelligent Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, No Country for Old Men garnered six Oscar nominations in 2008, going on to win four awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also received nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing.

When: Friday 30 October 2009 Where: Kalk Bay Books, 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay

Time: 6 for 6.30pm - PLEASE NOTE STARTING TIME

We have decided to stick to our regular starting time to avoid confusion and because the new screen minimises the lighting concerns.

The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) proud to launch "Young Voices"

The National Library of South Africa (NLSA) through its outreach unit Centre for the Book (CFB) in partnership with the South African Mobile Library Association (SAMLA) are proud to launch "Young Voices" a book penned by children aged 10 to 16 years.

The youngsters who all hail from Gugulethu contributed stories that talk about their communities and give a taste of their daily experiences. Centre for the Book will continue to support initiatives that are geared towards building a reading nation.

This historic and exciting event will be held as follows:

DATE: Friday, 16 October 2009
VENUE: Elukhanyisweni Centre, NY 74 Gugulethu, CAPE TOWN
TIME: 10H00

Green Dragon 7 calls for short story submissions

Green Dragon 7, a literary journal, to be published in May 2010, is to be a special edition of short fiction only, and will be guest edited by Arja Salafranca.

Submit, by hard copy, no more than three items of short fiction, in English, between 2500 and 6000-7000 words. There is no theme.

These should be mailed, with an SASE included, as well as a contactable day number and an email address to Arja Salafranca, PO Box 1171, Bromhof 2154, South Africa. Alternatively email submissions to arja.salafranca@gmail.com

Manuscripts without an SASE will not returned, and no correspondence will be entered into about rejected stories.

Submission deadline is the end of November 2009. Successful authors will receive a contributors’ copy.