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Shortlist for M-Net Literary Awards has been announced :: Media Update
M-Net has revealed the shortlists for its prestigious M-Net Literary Awards , the only South African book awards that honour well-crafted novels in all our official languages.
M-Net has revealed the shortlists for its prestigious M-Net Literary Awards, the only South African book awards that honour well-crafted novels in all our official languages. The winners, who will each receive a cash prize of R50 000, will be announced on Friday, 19 October in Johannesburg.
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“Judging by the number of entries for this year’s M-Net Literary Awards, it would seem that South African readers are spoilt for choice and that the printed word is holding its own in the digital age,” says Hettie Scholtz, convenor of the M-Net Literary Awards.
A total of 85 titles were submitted this year - an indication that the South African publishing industry and in particular the novel, is fit and healthy in spite of severe pressure from economic and electronic spheres.
According to Scholtz, entries spoke of mature authorship, with youthful and daring storylines that both surprised and delighted the judges. “Narrowing down the selection to a long list of 15 was not difficult. However, deciding on the final five in each of the categories proved quite daunting.”
The top novels that finally made it onto the respective shortlists: (in alphabetical order according to the author’s surname)
English:
Homemaking for the Down-at-heart - Finuala Dowling (Kwela Books)
Lost Ground - Michiel Heyns (Jonathan Ball Publishers)
The Landscape Painter - Craig Higginson (Picador Africa)
Shooting Angels - Christopher Hope (Atlantic Books)
Nineveh - Henrietta Rose-Innes (Umuzi)
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