Announcing the longlists for SA’s most prestigious annual literary awards for non-fiction and the fiction award in partnership with Exclusive Books. Here are the picks of SA's literature published between December 2021 and December 2022.
Laine possesses a strong affinity with birds. It is uncanny and strays close to the borders of the supernatural or the psychotic. She learned how to commune with them as a six-year-old, thanks to her nanny and the family’s domestic worker Dora Modise.
When Michael and Robert briefly hurried to their room between lectures one day, they found a note slipped under the door: "I got a call from Cape Town. You both have scholarships. Phone me tonight. Joan."