@BOOKSA Twitter Weekly Updates 2009-10-18

October 18th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

Alt Sunday Read is this interview with NG writer Eghosa Imasuen: “Work on your craft. Work. Nobody owes you anything” http://bit.ly/2IUGSc #
Sunday Read: Gasp, a Book Club for Men http://book.co.za/tzvP #
RT @brodiegal: RT @NASA: Image of the Day: Timbuktu http://bit.ly/lbqKv <- Too cool #
Ngugi’s Port Harcourt Speech on Mother-Tongue Literature http://book.co.za/t9U9 #
RT @NissanChamp: Read the Introduction to Ways of Writing: Critical Essays on Zakes Mda at Little White Bakkie http://book.co.za/rBLK #
@brodiegal You’re right, I think! So imagine that, but about 4x as big. in reply to brodiegal #
@brodiegal Imagine a thatched-roof airplane hangar in reply to brodiegal #
@brodiegal That airport, though – bush kitsch run amok! in reply to brodiegal #
@brodiegal A fascinating place all-round. Was serious about everyone moving there. It’s also got the country’s lowest big-city crime rate. in reply to brodiegal #
@brodiegal: @Anatinus Ja, apparently everyone is moving to Nelspruit. in reply to brodiegal #
RT @parisreview: Part three of “Pieter Emily” by Plimpton Prize winner Jesse Ball in @guernicamag: http://bit.ly/dKkZZ #
My first http://twaud.io tweet, announcing that the book events podcast is up (http://bit.ly/3RuF1L) http://twaud.io/qnl #
Business Day Reviews The Ayur Veda Handbook by Lisa Fromsdorf and Marie Opperman http://book.co.za/upGZ #
Remembering The South African War in Books http://book.co.za/yrIO #
@brodiegal Very much agree regarding Kalahari.net service & delivery. Quite impressive. in reply to brodiegal #
RT @LondonBookFair: Podcast of the month- Davy Nougarede, Founder & Managing Director of Heavy Entertainment http://bit.ly/4uXikm #
Link Love: StoryTime African New Fiction FreeZine http://book.co.za/Iw4s #
Moses Magadza Interviews Memory Chirere on the Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera http://book.co.za/m4Yy #
RT @NissanChamp: Preview New Contrast Issues 137 to 145 at Little White Bakkie http://book.co.za/utMP #
Link Love: Lisa Gordon on My Favourite Books http://book.co.za/PjGX #
James Mitchell Reviews Africa Trek: In the Footsteps of Mankind by Alexandre and Sonja Poussin http://book.co.za/hlyt #
Three Quickie Carrots by James Mitchell and Magdel du Preez http://book.co.za/8eVU #
Lindy Stiebel Reviews Revenge of Kali by Aziz Hassim http://book.co.za/eI5B #
Lindy Stiebel Reviews Revenge of Kali by Aziz Hassim http:///eI5B #
Test http://news.book.co.za/v1Dc #
Cakes gone wrong! Which is your favourite? I think mine is no. 2, but it’s a close call hey – http://bit.ly/iu8lA – I mean, no. 12! #
@Grondwerk Yes it was – I just got a new issue – went to the poems as a result – quiet desperation much in evidence in reply to Grondwerk #
@Grondwerk Nice stuff, eh? in reply to Grondwerk #
Beautiful, not-made-up story: Twitter to make and sell wine to benefit literacy – RT @HuffPostTech: http://bit.ly/zRrmO #
RT @parisreview: I think a writer’s life is the ideal life. -P.G. Wodehouse (today is his birthday) Read his interview: http://bit.ly/4eCrsm #
RT @ NissanChamp Preview Rian Malan’s New Book, Resident Alien, at Little White Bakkie http://lwb.book.co.za/FB5U #
@parisreview Is the PR available on Kindle? Would subscribe that way gladly. Advice? Tks from S Africa in reply to parisreview #
Aryan Kaganof rebukes Stephen Gray for his attack on Sinclair Beiles http://book.co.za/Xfeg #beatpoets #
Nice summary of Twitter’s takedown of #Trafigura here http://bit.ly/3QQnZY #
RT @laurenbeukes @rayjoe: The Big Issue SA is looking for an editor. Details: http://tinyurl.com/yz82juq <- Where’s Donald going? #
That Barnes & Noble e-reader link should be http://bit.ly/3uGwQN #
RT @HuffPostTech: LEAKED! See photos of the new Barnes & Noble e-reader. http://bit.ly/3uGwQN…Should Amazon be worried? #
Videos: Interview with Nadine Gordimer; and Watch Her Read “Loot” http://news.book.co.za/ynkR #
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma Reviews Jelly Dog Days by Erica Emdon http://reviews.book.co.za/aBDD #
Janet van Eeden Reviews The Double Crown by Marié Heese http://reviews.book.co.za/avlr #
RT @victordlamini: Another view of the rapidly expanding Chillibush empire, as photographed from Jan Smuts Avenue. http://twitpic.com/llmq7 #
Launch: Current Writing Volume 21 in Durban http://news.book.co.za/Ids8 #
RT @Joethepublicist: Nick Hornby about to start answering your questions here: http://bit.ly/BSBaS #
Athol Fugard Remarks on His New Play, Coming Home http://news.book.co.za/vKJF #
Patricia Daley Reviews Spots of a Leopard: On Being a Man by Aernout Zevenbergen http://reviews.book.co.za/SjlJ #
Tony Eprile on His Literary Neighbourhoods http://news.book.co.za/HVZ9 #
RT @AnthonyPascoe: Agliotti claims he lied when he said he was a liar: http://tinyurl.com/ylfqxpg <- Ha! #
Stefnie Cilliers resenseer Vir Griekse Fluite deur WJ Henderson http://reviews.book.co.za/feEB #
RT @JonathanBallPub: Three-Letter Plague on the £25 000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize shortlist http://jonathanball.book.co.za/h1BP #
Karina Magdalena Szczurek Reviews Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith http://reviews.book.co.za/Pff6 #
RT @NissanChamp Uittreksels van Tafelberg Titles Beskikbaar by Little White Bakkie http://lwb.book.co.za/QQqr #
RT @JewishBook National Book Award [USA] finalists announced: http://bit.ly/2n8Iya #
RT @parisreview More than a commitment to the art or to the craft, which I am devoted to, it’s a commitment to being alone in a room – Pamuk #
A second tweet from GW #
RT @FCoRT A Igoni Barrett writes on the NLNG poetry prize fiasco: http://bit.ly/DujtG #nigeria #literature #
Tweeting from Google Wave over here (maybe). So far, Wave is a big win. #
RT @EHuge: It seems to be busy now – certainly more folks than this morning. Still digital all the way. #fbf #
Link Love: eDivorce, eTrust and eWill http://news.book.co.za/yAYX #
RT @StoryTimeAfrica: This Sunday new fiction from Tinashe Muchuri! http://bit.ly/o2ZCr #
RT @RandomStruik: The Kingsley Holgate Appreciation Society: http://bit.ly/3oXM5C #
I’m all for taxes, but I’m not for SARS being able to get ‘em directly from my bank account – http://bit.ly/2P7QNV #
Sarah Frost and Liesl Jobson’s special report on Poetry Africa (Frost’s text and Jobson’s photos) – http://book.co.za/bkGR #
Jannie Hennop Resenseer Die Bike-boek saamgestel deur Tobie Wiese http://reviews.book.co.za/11Tq #
RT @guardianbooks: Polanski completing The Ghost from jail http://bit.ly/2wCju1 #
Book Excerpt: Refuge by Andrew Brown http://magazine.book.co.za/Rbeh #
Videos: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chris Abani Speak at TED http://news.book.co.za/vxVN #
RT @antieviction: posted to WP.com: Media: KZN Slums Act ruled unconstitutional http://wp.me/p9NHo-U2 <- Good news #
Caine Prize 10th Anniversary: Read “Happy Independence Day”, a Short Story by Chika Unigwe http://news.book.co.za/1q4e #
RT @laurenbeukes: Finished the book! Which means starting on the revisions… <- Great to hear! #
@Brianngozi done. in reply to Brianngozi #
RT @NissanChamp: Greig Coetzee’s Johnny Boskak is Feeling Funny and Other Plays at Little White Bakkie http://lwb.book.co.za/DVoj #
@grondwerk @charliehuman @brianngozi @trinklebean You’re the Wave invitees – please DM me with your email addresses (Gmail pref) #
RT @EHuge: There are fewer – many fewer – people at the fair this year. Official counts certainly down. #fbf #
RT @EHuge: Google reckons that publishers should abandon DRM! #fbf #
@laurenbeukes Noted – thanks! in reply to laurenbeukes #
Ok, I got four RTs from followers for Google Wave. Thanks all – you can stop now! #
I have four invites to give away for Google Wave. Followers, RT if you want one – first come, first served! #
Now that’s nice – I just got my Google Wave invite. Brilliant! #
James Mitchell Reviews The Toxic Mix by Graeme Bloch http://reviews.book.co.za/nI1C #
Romanian novelist Mircea Cartarescu celebrates Herta Müller’s Nobel Prize http://bit.ly/FWrKl #muller #
RT @EHuge: Evident that this fair is going to be about digital. Kindle, Amazon and more. #fbf #
Bidding War at Frankfurt for Nelson Mandela’s Uncensored Archive #fbm09 #fbf http://news.book.co.za/K27Y #
RT @victordlamini RT @mparent77772: Twitter is eating CNN’s lunch http://bit.ly/8Ciu7 <- Amazing graph #
Au Courant: Three Indie Book Launches on Our October Radar Screen http://book.co.za/gFv9 #
RT @arthurattwell Presentation on publishing tech in southern Africa this morning at #tocfrankfurt http://bit.ly/MJWBG <- Arthur you beauty #
Media Watch: John Lanchester on the Caster Semenya Affair in the London Review of Books http://book.co.za/mqQa #
RT @PenguinbooksSA John and Marjorie find a home at Penguin Books SA! http://bit.ly/3Wl1Pq <- Actual penguins, and a great idea #
Norrie Williamson Reviews Tea with Mr Newton by Rob Hadgraft http://book.co.za/RhTw #
The UK’s Sunday Times announces £25 000 short story competition for authors in Britain & Ireland http://bit.ly/OywLk #
RT @johnvanderuit On a quest to track down the funniest novels of all time http://book.co.za/fyio #
Follow the Frankfurt Book Fair on Twitter #fbf #fbm09 #tocfrankfurt http://book.co.za/FsmQ #
@projectjennifer @Grondwerk I know, old suits. And it is fun. in reply to projectjennifer #
@projectjennifer @Grondwerk Oh, sorry, that was meant for Rustum. in reply to projectjennifer #
RT @NBPublishers Rustum Kozain is Off-the-Wall at Kalk Bay Books http://book.co.za/bL2f #
@Grondwerk You’re not supposed to know that. Must track down the bug. in reply to Grondwerk #
@Grondwerk You *are* unusual. in reply to Grondwerk #
RT @Grondwerk: Groundwork Update Winston Mankunku Ngozi http://bit.ly/iXcYD #
Reading: Gillian Slovo at Xarra Books TONIGHT http://book.co.za/2eER #
Shabbir Banoobhai Launches 3 Books as Part of His Birthday Celebrations http://book.co.za/cZcr #
@projectjennifer: http://bit.ly/QY81H #trafigura in reply to projectjennifer #
@projectjennifer Search Twitter for #Trafigura in reply to projectjennifer #
RT @brodiegal: RT @zarsa The Spectator stands up for The Guardian http://bit.ly/QY81H #Trafigura <– important story #
Winston #Mankunku Ngozi tribute plus video slideshow accompanied by #saxophone music as only he could play it http://bit.ly/4fHSml #jazz #
Opera oor Breyten Breytenbach se gedigte sien die lig http://book.co.za/knpp #
RT @urbanrenewal: RIP Winston Mankunku Ngozi <- If he’s no longer with us, it’s a great loss to SA #
RT @michelle_matt: RT @appfrica LG Announces Solar e-Reader http://bit.ly/yKoE9 (via @evnm) – really? #
2010 London Book Fair MAPPP SETA-Funded Publishers Announced http://book.co.za/8FEG #
RT @michelle_matt: @arthurattwell Also mentioning RSA Scribd store Little White Bakkie @NissanChamp #tocfrankfurt #
RT @PenguinBooksSA Zakes Mda’s New Novel: Black Diamond http://book.co.za/S2xA #
RT @byronloker: New Swell now available (for a short time) in e-book format (PDF). Free: http://digs.by/X3h #
RT @NissanChamp: Preview Nthabiseng Monareng’s A Simple Guide to South African Family Law at Little White Bakkie http://book.co.za/5ZCZ #
Maureen Isaacson Reviews Hani: A life too short by Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp http://book.co.za/Hk3r #
RT @wkamkwamba: Reddit.com posted their interview with me today, that was filmed in Wimbe, my village in Malawi http://bit.ly/2XfykP #
RT @percyzvomuya Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun features at the Guardian http://bit.ly/1541MZ #
The Amazon Kindle Comes to South Africa: Get the Facts http://book.co.za/lxNu #
RT @HuffPostTech: Are we happy? Not on Mondays! Check out Facebook’s new “Gross National Happiness Index” http://bit.ly/4D2yjD #
RT @cellstories: Today on CellStories, a tale of old Chicago… and reanimated corpses: http://bit.ly/29XoDB #
RT @BigIssueSA: http://twitpic.com/l8tel Design Without Borders gives downstairs area a fabulous makeover #
RT @urbanrenewal: 541 Afrcican films. Will be able to purchase download credits “soon”: http://www.africanfilmlibrary.com/ #
@latimesdixon How do you manage to tweet from such diverse (and presumably unconnected) parts? in reply to latimesdixon #
RT @TheCallsheetSA: The October issue of The Callsheet is online now (http://www.thecallsheet.co.za). #
The Book Lounge’s Big Week: Creamy Ewok Baggends, Dennis Davis, Fiona C Ross and Raoul Goldberg http://book.co.za/y7JU #
Boek Bedonnerd Special: Profile on Booktown Founders Darryl David and Peter Baker http://book.co.za/Tb3N #
Fiasco! $50 000 NLNG Literature Prize Goes Unawarded http://book.co.za/HcYn #
Zimbabwe’s Teldah Mawarire Reviews We are All Zimbabweans Now by James Kilgore http://book.co.za/wkEO #
#Boekemaranka is back – help identify the top 100 Afrikaans books http://book.co.za/T3nA #
@R302 BoSox out! http://bit.ly/2fF2m3 #
Alternative Sunday Read is George Saunders’ marvellously rendered short story abt an attempted kidnapping, Victory Lap http://bit.ly/433yhO #