@BOOKSA Twitter Weekly Updates 2009-11-22

November 22nd, 2009 by Ben - Editor

Cont w/JS Foer theme, the alt Sunday Read is J Wms’ demolition job on “Eating Animals”, which sums up all my suspicions http://bit.ly/Q6qap #
Sunday Read: Extremely Inappropriate and Incredibly Unacceptable http://book.co.za/yJC4 #
Happy Birthday Nadine Gordimer! Follow @parisreview for a great quote of hers. #
Ruth Morgan http://flic.kr/p/7h2zxi #
TRANS poster http://flic.kr/p/7h2xxF #
John Hunt, author of The Art of the Idea http://flic.kr/p/7h1LRv #
The Art of the Idea - stacked and ready at the Book Lounge http://flic.kr/p/7h5iCU #
RT @books4change A Quilt of Dreams & The Apothecary’s Daughter by P Schonstein R73 & R65 incl del http://bit.ly/tDLUs & http://bit.ly/3Wiv63 #
Patrick Leeman Reviews The Wonga Coup by Adam Roberts http://book.co.za/nvtP #
Introducing Raw Life, New Hope by Fiona Ross http://book.co.za/gJ1u #
Hussein Adam Reviews Somaliland: An African Struggle for Nationhood and International Recognition by Iqbal Jhazbhay http://book.co.za/mPxx #
Fiona Ingram Launches Her Blog Tour! http://book.co.za/Paar #
RT @bridgetmcnulty Unbelievable! We can’t access Facebook in Vietnam because the govt won’t let us - http://bit.ly/2rZVL0 #
RT @angryrobotbooks: New blog posting, Moxyland by @laurenbeukes - Two Essays - http://tinyurl.com/yhpahbr #
Ann Donald on Stephen King and The Literary Journal http://book.co.za/3R72 #
John Kannemeyer resenseer Katvoet deur Riana Scheepers http://book.co.za/DEgn #
Jenny Handley Reviews Choral Society by Prue Leith http://book.co.za/0ax6 #
Dominic Hoole Reviews Counter-strike from the Sky: The Rhodesian All Arms in the War in the Bush - 1974-1980 http://book.co.za/ouUF #
RT @laurenbeukes: Gorgeous melancholy whimsy by Shaun Tan over at the Guardian. 12 page snack-size graphic novel. http://bit.ly/1v9GEp #
Carlos Amato vents his spleen at Thierry Henry. Great sportswriting here: http://bit.ly/3blsvZ #
Invitation to Celebrate Miriam Tlali’s 76th at Xarra Books http://book.co.za/ARkP #
RT @victordlamini: More Photographs from the BOOK SA Ban’quet http://book.co.za/oQNy #
Two Carrots for Daddy’s Girl by Margie Orford http://book.co.za/km1j #crimefiction #
Maureen Isaacson’s Au Courant: Rian Malan, Antjie Krog and Ben Trovato http://book.co.za/3A5U #
Thando Mgaga Reviews Memory is the Weapon by Don Mattera http://book.co.za/z1HU #carrot #
Kevin Ritchie Reviews Joost: The Man in the Mirror by David Gemmell http://book.co.za/FnQe #stick #
David wa Maahlamela’s Farewell to Mkhomanzi Bruce Ngobeni http://book.co.za/AkWp #
African teams in the 2010 FIFA World Cup: Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa. #
RT @USEmbPretoria @MediaClubSA Flags fly for the 32 teams that have qualified for the 2010 Fifa World Cup. http://bit.ly/BrCZs #
Twitter defeats FIFA whitewash of Thierry Henry handball http://bit.ly/1w1sOL & see Henry as a baller http://twitpic.com/q38ie #
Entries Due for the UK Young Publishing Entrepeneur Award 2010 http://book.co.za/xVLC #
Link Love: Phil Matibe’s Madhinga Bucket Boy and Mbedzi Publishing (Plus Excerpt) http://book.co.za/DBcI #
RT @LondonBookFair: Man Asian literary prize goes to Su Tong http://tinyurl.com/yfuz6ak #LBF #
Second Call for Entries for the Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation http://book.co.za/hHbx #
RT @JonathanBallPub: Interview with Justin Cartwright on “Five Books from Africa” http://book.co.za/TkKA <- Great piece #
RT @NBPublishers: It’s a Writer’s Life: Nthikeng Mohlele Answers the M&G’s Questions http://book.co.za/bmpT #
Stephen Coan Reviews A Complete Guide to the Frogs of Southern Africa http://book.co.za/nuTn #carrot #ribbit #
Patrick Oguejiofor: There’s Hope For Nigerian Literature http://book.co.za/kYDg #
Ricardo Dunn Reviews The Poverty of Ideas: South African Democracy and the Retreat of Intellectuals http://book.co.za/oXup #stick #
RT @parisreview: Colum McCann wins Nat Book Award for “Let the Great World Spin.” Excerpt from Fall 2008 issue: http://bit.ly/4y5SXh #
@USEmbPretoria Johnnie Carson’s #Sahel speech just not the same w/out Ed McMahon’s intro. http://bit.ly/300Gmo & http://bit.ly/3FZMFQ in reply to USEmbPretoria #
RT @urbanrenewal @coda_za: Got a little thing going on over at http://capitalofafrica.com <- Now that’s nice #
Soyinka: the Great Global Recession will Strangle African Literature http://book.co.za/EU1z #
RT @KathrynWhite_za Do reviews get any better than this? NYT on Paul Auster’s Invisible http://tinyurl.com/ydf2hhb <- It’s a good ‘un #
Tony Jackman Reviews Franschhoek Food by Myrna Robins http://book.co.za/FHsR #
RT @FairladyMag: In the market for a new netbook? We review 12 of the best: http://bit.ly/1NRggY #
Book Excerpt: The Ayahuasca Diaries by Caspar Greeff http://book.co.za/l7Gb #
Annerie Louw resenseer Aan die windkant deur Annemari Coetser http://book.co.za/Uypt #wortel #
@laurenbeukes Yep. Twitter’s the best in reply to laurenbeukes #
Join Antjie Krog, Mamphela Ramphele and Jonathan Jansen in a Special “Beyond Reconciliation” Dialogue at UCT http://book.co.za/ZbsR #
@urbanrenewal Thanks for being on the lookout in reply to urbanrenewal #
Andries Bezuidenhout Resenseer Die tyd van die kombi’s deur Koos Kombuis http://book.co.za/pLHn #
Complete spring Badilisha! Poetry X-Change programme, 24-27 Nov: http://book.co.za/kx0E #
@urbanrenewal Where? Links look in shape to me… in reply to urbanrenewal #
Kevin Bloom Reviews Resident Alien by Rian Malan http://book.co.za/ETgQ #
RT @PenguinbooksSA: Penguin Author of the Month | Zakes Mda http://bit.ly/2lfRa6 #
The programme for the Nov 2009 Badilisha! Poetry X-Change at Spier Estate.
http://spierarts.book.co.za/blog http://bit.ly/3iuobZ #
@laurenbeukes Ja, and the paper gave it quite a prominent spot in its ‘A’ section. in reply to laurenbeukes #
@laurenbeukes @genrestories RE: website featuring photos of MPs and the stupid things they’ve said <- wouldn’t that be treasonous? in reply to laurenbeukes #
RT @victordlamini: A Second Gallery of Photographs from the BOOK SA Ban’quet http://book.co.za/5wjd #
Jonathan Jansen UFS Controversy Makes the New York Times http://book.co.za/3tWY #
RT @CrimeBeat: An extract from Margie Orford’s Daddy’s Girl http://book.co.za/m6Bs #
Chris Dunton Reviews Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes http://book.co.za/xTIy #
Percy Zvomuya Puts a Dozen Questions to Elegy for Easterly Author Petina Gappah http://book.co.za/2PPr #
Let’s try that again: check this link for residency opportunities for writers, visual artists, performers,… http://bit.ly/bCDs9 #
http://bit.ly/1qsw1f #
@Joethepublicist Patrick White, Riders in the Chariot in reply to Joethepublicist #
A conference paper presented by David Everatt, author of The Origins of Non-racialism.
http://witspress.book.co.za/blo… http://bit.ly/2DysLq #
An op-ed piece by David Everatt, author of The Origins of Non-racialism, that appeared in the now-defunct Weekender ne… http://bit.ly/1xolIr #
That should be: @louisgreenberg’s must-read post, “What writers should know about the publishing process” http://book.co.za/cFIL #
Louis Greenberg’s must-read post, “What writers should know about the publishing process” http://book.co.za/cFIL #
Notes from the launch of Tina Bester’s “BAKE” http://bit.ly/42YBOD #quivertree #
Jeremy Gordin Hounds Trewhela and Malan http://book.co.za/D2lu #
Maar reg vir die stories agter die rugby met John Smit se Captain in the Cauldron http://book.co.za/xehq #
Lesley Byram Reviews La Petite Ferme Cookbook: Franschhoek http://book.co.za/Jv3L #carrot (glazed) #
RT @USEmbPretoria: Dr. Mukanda Mabonso Mulemfo launches latest book, The Story of Barack Obama http://bit.ly/1MLfGQ #
Lynley Donnelly Reviews The State We’re In: The 2010 Flux Trend Review http://book.co.za/zD77 #
Only Two African Books Make the UK Sunday Times’ Top 100 of the Decade http://book.co.za/zhDw #
RT @MAOrthofer: Nothing yet but The Boat to Redemption by Su Tong has apparently taken the Man ‘Asian’ Literary Prize http://bit.ly/2aVWP3 #
RT @FCoRT FW DE KLERK’S VERSION OF HISTORY http://viigo.im/1v6D <- From http://africasacountry.com/ #
RT @USEmbPretoria Mpumalanga book donation http://bit.ly/3JKBoW #
Amusoinfotainment: Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein’s The Fat Map post, PLUS watch a hotdog eating contest w/a Kodiak bear http://bit.ly/1caSW5 #
Celebrate Kalk Bay Books’ Third Birthday on 20 November http://book.co.za/Ff42 #
Call for Entries: The 2011 Maskew Miller Longman Literary Competition http://book.co.za/ZQm3 #
RT @victordlamini Two Group Photographs from the BOOK SA Ban’quet http://book.co.za/kccj #
@Sapartridge Wha happened to the pic? #
@kayenchante On Thursday, in the Citizen. News will run on BOOK SA too. in reply to kayenchante #
RT @A_Burtenshaw: Canadian Giller Prize awarded to Linden MacIntyre - view new article on LBF website - http://tinyurl.com/yhkwm88 #LBF #
RT @KaraboKgoleng: Google doesn’t stop - now trikes coming to SA http://www.google.co.za/trike #
The First Ever Cape Town Spoken Word Festival Hits the Baxter Theatre http://book.co.za/izV0 #
@Anatinus I had it kidnapped and sent to CT. It was very tasty. in reply to Anatinus #
James Mitchell Reviews The Complete Photographic Guide: Birds of Southern Africa http://book.co.za/Ti43 #
Captain in the Cauldron Article and Excerpt: Smitty’s Book is Not Smutty http://book.co.za/qz5p #
Mxolisi Nyezwa Wins the 2009 Thomas Pringle Award for Poetry http://book.co.za/y0pu #
Venilla Yoganathan Reviews The Book of the Dead by Kgebetli Moele http://book.co.za/BukJ #carrot #
RT @antieviction: A video by American students of the Symphony Way Pavement Dwellers: http://wp.me/p9NHo-XF #
Gallery: the 2009 BOOK SA Ban’quet http://book.co.za/JB3z #kelvingrove #