@BOOKSA Twitter Weekly Updates 2009-12-13

December 13th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

Alternative Sunday read is ‘The Year in Band Names’ http://bit.ly/7vaTGE #
Sunday Read: Christopher Hichens Ponders Stieg Larsson’s Own Private Hornet’s Nest (aka Sweden) http://book.co.za/RfhX #
Probably not what a bookstore should look like. Photos of Amazon.com’s warehouse http://bit.ly/6um3Zz via @HuffPostTech #
Link Love: Africa’s First Newspaper for Children http://book.co.za/wLc5 #
@brodiegal Re: holiday reads, try John Irving’s Last Night in Twisted River. Long book that goes fast. Great for escapism. in reply to brodiegal #
Spoken word now on BOOK SA: Thabo “Flo” Mokale booked http://book.co.za/fr3R and Beyond Words tour summarised http://book.co.za/QxWv #
Wole Soyinka to Judge BBC Radio Drama Competition http://book.co.za/C65Z #
Helen Moffett Reviews Load Shedding edited by Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall http://book.co.za/UtPa #
Gus Ferguson’s Holding Pattern Launched at the Book Lounge (with Videos) http://book.co.za/crrF #
RT @carolynmeads Excited to go see the Dada exhibition opening at the South Africa National Gallery in Cape Town this weekend #
The Book Lounge’s books of the year http://flic.kr/p/7mYGmH #
Anthony Stidolph Reviews The Last Resort: A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers http://book.co.za/f1Ul #carrot #
Van Schaik Opens Bookshop in Maponya Mall, Soweto http://book.co.za/Wbng #
Irna van Zyl resenseer Seisoen van sonde deur Chris Karsten http://book.co.za/agZk #
RT @USEmbPretoria: Looking to kill some time today? NYTimes’ Ninth Annual Year in Ideas: http://tinyurl.com/ygynp9n #
I uploaded a YouTube video — Gus Ferguson reads poetry from Holding Pattern http://bit.ly/8J1k37 #
I uploaded a YouTube video — Imraan Coovadia at the launch of Holding Pattern http://bit.ly/8M0J0X #
RT @michelle_matt: Roger Young’s article on the FIFA World Cup (TM) draw. http://tinyurl.com/ykh85no <- Funny & w/great snaps #
@mandyjwatson Ha ha. Classic. in reply to mandyjwatson #
RT @cellstories: Today on CellStories: the emergence of an old friend complicates things. http://bit.ly/8BTwh6 #
RT @A_Burtenshaw: PA Intl Conf, UK: provision of e-textbooks to students via libraries had no impact on print sales #LBF <- Interesting #
@Anatinus You have Orlando Pirates takkies? Amakhosi forever! in reply to Anatinus #
RT @PenguinbooksSA: From the Paris Review Archives: Chinua Achebe’s Art of Fiction http://book.co.za/0Jgf #
Stoffel Cilliers resenseer The Way of Stars and Stones: Thoughts on a Pilgrimage deur Wilna Wilkinson http://book.co.za/TzcO #
Oops. Nook Review: Barnes & Noble eReader Is A MESS http://bit.ly/6tnEMm From @HuffPosTtech #
@KathrynWhite_za Seconded. And thirded. in reply to KathrynWhite_za #
Michiel Heyns Reviews Small Moving Parts by Sally-Ann Murray http://book.co.za/mdFj #
Joan Hambidge oor André Brink en die Jan Rabie en Marjorie Wallace-beurs http://book.co.za/FyQg #
Promotion watch: Imraan Coovadia and Ingrid de Kock moving up at UCT http://bit.ly/6S8DTI #
More Top Reads of 2009 from the Witness http://book.co.za/7PBo #
RT @LondonBookFair: French Children’s book fair reveals a blossoming children’s literature sector http://tinyurl.com/yfuz6ak #LBF10 #
@KathrynWhite_za Ja, good question. Not sure about that one. in reply to KathrynWhite_za #
Announcing the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award http://bit.ly/QYRE #
RT @guardianbooks: Katine (Uganda) writer Ben Jones wins book prize http://bit.ly/5WIddc #
RT @CrimeBeat: The usual suspects on their hotshot krimi reads of 2009 http://book.co.za/iEPn #
Liesl Jobson in an M&G Talking Authors Q&A http://book.co.za/M6Vv #
RT @FCoRT: “No other task is of any consequence.” Cyril Connolly as Palinurus http://viigo.im/1K2j #
2010 World Cup: “Cheating and Violence Virtually Inevitable” says RW Johnson http://book.co.za/raMr #
RT @FCoRT: Teju Cole reads in Abuja and Lagos http://viigo.im/1K2d #
Ella Taylor Reviews Invictus (The Movie) Directed by Clint Eastwood http://book.co.za/oB6s #stick #
Julia Denny-Dimitriou Reviews The Shape of Him by Gill Schierhout http://book.co.za/yI9S #
Finalists: Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2009 http://book.co.za/hNSy #
Ann Donald’s Best Books of 2009 http://book.co.za/tqvT #
Irna van Zyl resenseer Seisoen van sonde deur Chris Karsten http://book.co.za/iuO5 #
Riana Scheepers resenseer Die reën kom nie maklik nie deur Ina le Roux http://book.co.za/5KXU #
Alan Reeves Reviews Joost: The Man in the Mirror by David Gemmell http://book.co.za/UvRP #
Percy Zvomuya Gives Mostly Sticks to 5 Zimbabwean Books http://book.co.za/0poK #
Book Excerpt: Complete Kak by Tim Richman and Grant Schreiber http://book.co.za/4ZBy #
Invictus Update: SA Rugby Then and Now http://book.co.za/amHf #
Maureen Isaacson Reviews Something On My Mind – Kate Jowell: Her battle with Alzheimer’s by Sharon Sorour-Morris http://book.co.za/u59m #
Doreen Baingana Weighs in on Feminism, African Culture, Tropical Fish and More http://book.co.za/4npM #
RT @victordlamini Heard someone on Generations saying ‘I’ll email you a hard copy’ <- Ha! #
The New Yorker’s “A Year’s Reading” – reviewers’ favourites from 2009 http://bit.ly/8uItWv #
Ah, John Crace. Read his digested take on Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin http://bit.ly/5u2PNZ #
The final Boekehuis Sat Voices event of the year features Jacob Dlamini and Maggie Davey http://book.co.za/dqnt Via @JacanaMedia #
Excellent post by @guardianbooks Tim Adams on the effect #ebooks may have on the act of writing http://bit.ly/6JqXkH #delilo #nintendo #
RT @WitsPress: New Edition of Bury Me at the Marketplace, Es’kia Mphahlele’s Letters 1943 – 2006 http://book.co.za/I35S #
Herta Müller’s Nobel Lecture http://book.co.za/umYP #
@lauricetb Thanks for the multi-RTs! in reply to lauricetb #
Will District 9 Receive Oscar Nomination? http://book.co.za/5TsF #
RT @PukuBooks: Special Children’s Storytime for Holidays at Kalk Bay Books http://puku.co.za/FNgq #
Omstredenheid oor André Brink se beurs http://book.co.za/r1Tq #
RT @FCoRT: PORTRAITS OF POWER Photos of some of Africa’s strong men http://viigo.im/1IM5 <- From Africa is a Country. Brilliant. #
The Book Lounge’s Books of the Year 2009 http://book.co.za/bKN1 #
Izak de Vries resenseer Plaasmoord deur Karin Brynard http://book.co.za/zTQu #
RT @LondonBookFair: Mexican Jose Emilio Pacheco awarded the highest literary prize for Spanish writers: http://tinyurl.com/yfuz6ak #LBF #
RT @FCoRT @bookfox: The best books not yet translated into English. http://bit.ly/7Y0nK3 <- Recommended #
RT @PenguinbooksSA: Photos from the Beverly Hills Premiere of Invictus http://book.co.za/NLio #
The New York Times Reviews Athol Fugard’s New Play, Have You Seen Us? http://book.co.za/Dt34 #
Die Jan Rabie/Rapportprys het goeie nuus vir skrywers http://book.co.za/B4Rg #
Thys Human resenseer Swartskaap deur Odette Schoeman http://book.co.za/xEhD #
Ray Hartley on the Difference Between the Kindle and Books http://book.co.za/C1TO #ebooks #
Maureen Isaacson Reviews Alf Kumalo: Through My Lens by Alf Kumalo http://book.co.za/Busg #
RT @guardianbooks: Poet Kate Clanchy wins BBC National Short Story award http://bit.ly/5ud1Rk #
Don’t miss Tim Richman’s “k*kkest book luanch evre” this Dec 11th: http://book.co.za/lQAc #
RT @arthurattwell Kindling the short story is about curation, not technology http://bit.ly/8ISFgX #kindle #
The London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Call for Nominations for 2010 http://book.co.za/Fi8F #lbf #
Philip Pullman’s Xmas Present to Africa: A Northern Lights Novel that Fights AIDS http://book.co.za/lMyD #
@GenreStories Ha ha ha ha ha ha! in reply to GenreStories #
Book Launch (Cape Town): Handspring Puppet Company http://book.co.za/DCgV #
Media Watch: Your Handy Guide to the Progress of Construction on Our National Roads http://book.co.za/MoYK #
Locus magazine surveys SA speculative fiction; post by Henrietta Rose-Innes: http://book.co.za/ysqD @laurenbeukes @mandyjwatson #
RT @PenguinbooksSA: Spud gets around! V Naidoo is pictured here reading Learning to Fly at the TAJ MAHAL … http://bit.ly/6nBAMp #
Joan Hambidge resenseer Skerpioen deur Wynand Coetzer http://book.co.za/7dv0 #
On the “Fathering” of African Literature http://book.co.za/3diR #
Shaun de Waal Reviews Native Nostalgia by Jacob Dlamini http://book.co.za/ErMW #