Books & Poetry
A multi-day public event hosted by the University of Adelaide will explore what it means to “speak from the South”, with talks featuring celebrated authors such as JM Coetzee and Abdulrazak Gurnah, writing masterclasses and film screenings.
Commentary
The fiction of JM Coetzee is always formally daring, brave in its social critique and its refusal to play by the rules.
Kai Easton captures the unique South African settings from JM Coetzee’s Boyhood.
You’re invited to respond creatively to our chosen books through a series of writing prompts and exercises.
The Stories from the South Book Club starts this month with a book offering a piercing insight into the early years of one of the most celebrated writers of our times.
Adelaide author JM Coetzee is among the contenders for Britain’s prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction – meaning he could become the first author to win the prize three times.
