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New authors: Marthinus van Bart Aart Bijl Pierre C Haarhoff (enlarged)

The glorious Namibian nightsky

Updated 31 October 2012

Something to celebrate: The website, Stellenbosch Writers, was launched in May 2000 and the book Stellenbosch Writers was published in 2005. The famous Bruynzeel House, De Hoge Hoek is 50 years old. And so is Stellenbosch Museum! We celebrated a joint golden jubilee on 27. October 2012. See photos and amazing virtual tours A special edition of Zettelwitz commemorates 50 years of De Hoge Hoek in 2012 Zettelwitz kindle versions in German and English: At amazon.com: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg (German Edition), Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard At Amazon.de: Zauberer Zettelwitz vom Tafelberg and Zettelwitz the Table Mountain Wizard Order the bi-lingual books and pdf e-books here

Klaus Breuer 1968 - 2013 died of a cancer of the brain on 30 April 2013, a week after his 45th birthday In memoriam We wish to thank our friends for alleviating our pain with their sympathy and very kind messages. - The Breuer family

New books 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006 Artist's portraits of famous Stellenbosch Authors Author's dogs and cats Special Birthdays Akademiepryse 2013 Are you a Stellenbosch Writer? Please keep your information updated, you are welcome to add a poem or an excerpt from your work to your page. My letter to authors (updated 9.11.2011) Add your books to this list: Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

Academy to honour a number of SU academics

Authors of the day:

Ingrid Winterbach won the Hertzog Prize for the second time and the NB publisher's Groot Afrikaanse Romanwedstryd 2012 for Die aanspraak van lewende wesens	Hermann Giliomee was awarded the N.P. van Wyk Louw Medal, 2013	Albert M Grundlingh was awarded the Stals Prize 2013 for History Elizabet Wassermann was awarded the Alba Bower Prize for children's literature for the Anna series: Anna Atoom En Die Seerower Se Dolk, Anna Atoom En Die Magnetiese Meermin and Anna Atoom En Die Digitale Draak
Temple Hauptfleisch won the Kanna Kuns Onbeperkprys 2013

New authors: Aart Bijl Marthinus van Bart Ernst van Heerden (better photo) Lelanie Kruger Nicolaas Vergunst R K Belcher, 1933 - 2006 (enlarged) I am always grateful for more information on authors, especially those who are marked (*) in the author's list.

Special Birthdays: Klaus Breuer was born on 23 April 1968 in Saskatoon, Canada. 4.4.: Hermann Giliomee 4.4.: Johannes Jordaan 16.4.: Brian Bredenkamp 17.4.: Sampie Terreblanche 23.4.: Klaus Breuer 3.5.: D. D. Joubert See all Birthdays

New books 2013:

Hennie Aucamp, Mits dese wil ek vir jou sê - Briewe van Hennie Aucamp, Hemel & See, 2013 Jaap Durand, Evolusie, wetenskap en geloof (ebook), Bybel Media, 2013 Melanie Grobler, Deur ruite van die reis Poetry, Human & Rousseau, 2013 Leon van Nierop, Snydokter, LAPA, 2013 - Ratels, H&R, 2013 Johannes Jordaan, Prima Tyd - Strategië vir jou prima jare na 50 / Prime Time - Enjoy your life after 50, Helderberg Publishers, 2013 Joernaal van Jorik (Journal of Jorik), Roelof Temmingh's exceptional composition is based on the text of DJ Opperman. A CD was released by Die Vriende van Afrikaans in 2013. Leopold Scholtz, The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989 / Die SAW in Die Grensoorlog 1966-1989, Tafelberg, 2013

New books 2012:

Wilna Adriaanse, 'n Klein lewe, Tafelberg, 2012 Hennie Aucamp, Teen die lig (poetry), Protea Boekhuis, 2012 Christine Barkhuizen Le Roux, Getuie, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Marthinus van Bart, Kaap van Slawe, 2012 (can be ordered from: Tel: 082 410 9711) Aniel Botha, Pirouette, Queillerie Publishers 2012 François Bloemhof, 13 Spookstories (with Jaco Jacobs and Fanie Viljoen), LAPA, 2012 Nog 13 Spookstories (with Jaco Jacobs and Fanie Viljoen), LAPA, 2012 Die Land Verby Donker, LAPA, 2012 Jy Weet Wie, LAPA, 2012 The Dark Forest, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Die waterding (Hersiene, Uitgebreide Weergawe), Human & Rousseau, 2012 Old Aunty Claws, Human & Rousseau, 2012 The water creature, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Ou Langklou (Hersiene, Uitgebreide Weergawe), Human & Rousseau, 2012 Jan Braai (Jan Scanell), Vuurwerke / Fireworks, Bookstorm, 2012 Brian Bredenkamp, The South African Forester 2011, 2012 Klaus Breuer, Computerspiele programmieren: Künstliche Intelligenz für Künstliche Gehirne, Oldenbourg Verlag, 2012 Rosemarie Breuer, A special and enlarged edition of Zettelwitz commemorates 50 years of De Hoge Hoek in 2012 Breyten Breytenbach, Katalekte - artefakte vir die stadige gebruike van doodgaan, H&R, 2012 Malene Breytenbach, Eenoogkoning, Naledi Publishers, 2012 Yesterday is a Lost Country, eBooks for Africa, 2012 Karin Brynard, Onse vaders, Human & Rousseau, 2012 TE Cloete et al (editors, Stellenbosch University), Water Energy and Development, sponsored by Eskom, SunMedia, 2012 Renata Coetzee, Spys en Drank, LAPA, 2012 Marius Crous, Vol draadwerk, Protea, 2012 JJ Degenaar, Power of Imagination, Dirk Hertzog, 2012 Carina Diedericks-Hugo, Permanente ink, LAPA, 2012 Keith Dietrich, Fragile Histories /Fugitive lives, 2012 Louis Esterhuizen, Amper elders, Protea, 2012 Willie Esterhuyse, Endgame - Secret talks and the end of apartheid / Eindstryd - Geheime gesprekke en die einde van Apartheid, Tafelberg, 2012 FAK - Sangbundel: Volume II, 2012 Corlia Fourie, Die geheime kamer, LAPA 2012 Hermann Giliomee, Die laaste Afrikanerleiers - Die opperste toets van mag, / The Last Afrikaner Leaders, Tafelberg, 2012 Etienne van Heerden, Haai Karoo, Tafelberg, 2012 Marié Heese, A Triple-headed Serpent, Human & Rousseau, 2012 (the sequel to The colour of power - A story of Theodora, Empress of Byzantium) Sophie van der Heyden, Southern African Sealife: A guide for young explorers, Struik Nature, 2012 Michiel Heyns, Invisible Furies, Jonathan Ball, 2012 Daniel Hugo, Hanekraai (Poetry), Protea Boekhuis, 2012 John Kannemeyer, J M Coetzee - 'n Geskryfde lewe / J M Coetzee: a Life in Writing, Jonathan Ball Gunter Kleinert, GrabesLust SpatzenSorgen Willem Adriaan Liebenberg, The Brain Surgeon's Diet, Vesuvius Books, 2012

Carel van der Merwe, Skaduwee / Shadow, Umuzi, 2012 Floris van der Merwe, Sporting soldiers. South Africans at play during the First World War. Stellenbosch: FJG Publikasies, 2012 Petra Müller, Gedigte rondom die gedagte van geel, Tafelberg, 2012 Nataniël, Kaalkop 3, H&R, 2012 Leon van Nierop, Insomnia, LAPA, 2012 Wolwedans in die skemer, Tafelberg, 2012 Janie Oosthuysen, Rugbyballe & bikini's, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Daar's 'n ou in my aarbei-smoothie, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Ouens is Nes Ekstra Bagasie, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Nanette van Rooyen, Ek Was Hier, LAPA 2012 Piet van Rooyen, Rodriguez, Queillerie Publishers, 2012 Riana Scheepers and Leti Kleyn (editors), Die Afrikaanse skryfgids, Penguin Group (SA), 2012 Riana Scheepers, Katriena, vertel, LAPA, 2012 Die vrou in die vuur, Tafelberg, 2012 Dan Sleigh, Navigator van die Geskiedenis, Africana Uitgewers, 2012 Die aanslag op die slaweskip Meermin 1766 (Co-author Piet Westra), Africana Uitgewers, 2012 About this book Auke Slotegraaf (Compiler and co-editor), 2012 Sky guide The Astronomical Handbook for Southern Africa Johan en Ria Smuts, Die water wat verby is, Tafelberg, 2012 Una van der Spuy, My Favourite Plants, Lapa, 2012 Mark Swilling and Eve Annecke, Just Transitions: Explorations of Sustainability in an Unfair World, UCT Press and United Nations University Press, 2012 Sampie Terreblanche, Lost in Transformation - South Africa's Search for a New Future since 1986, KMM Review Publishing, 2012 Pierre Du Toit and Nicola de Jager, Friend or Foe? Dominant Party Systems in Southern Africa: Insights from the Developing World, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 Philip de Vos, Kop op 'n blok, Protea, 2012 Abraham H de Vries (compiler), Die Afrikaanse Kortverhaalboek, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Die sewende hersiene uitgawe van hierdie bekende bloemlesing sluit 133 verhale van 81 skrywers in. Wortel Strydom, Wortematie Marita van der Vyver, Die Blou Van Onthou, Tafelberg, 2012 Elizabet Wassermann, Anna Atoom En Die Magnetiese Meermin and Anna Atoom En Die Digitale Draak, Tafelberg 2012 Ingrid Winterbach, Die aanspraak van lewende wesens, Human & Rousseau, 2012 Andreas van Wyk, Wie is reg? - Tien jaar se regspunte, Tafelberg, 2012 Dine van Zyl, Die groot Boerekos-boek / The Great Boerekos Book, Dine van Zyl Publikasies, 2012

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Private sale of the magnificent Bruynzeel House

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Quotes of the day: Schöne Tage - nicht weinen, dass sie vergangen, sondern lächeln, dass sie gewesen. Rabindranath Tagore Wer im Gedächtnis seiner Lieben lebt, der ist nicht tot, der ist nur fern; tot ist nur, wer vergessen wird. Immanuel Kant Was ist ein Einbruch in eine Bank gegen die Gründung einer Bank? What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? Bertolt Brecht, Dreigroschenoper (Beggar's Opera) Read this article: Gangster Bankers - Too Big to Jail There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam. John Updike Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Groucho Marx I have difficulty with the notion that art must be challenging. Paul Emsley Beauty is the promise of happiness. Stendhal She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. Dorothy Parker Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't. W. Somerset Maugham Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss Anything too stupid to be said is sung. Voltaire Found at verba-volant.net and at The Quotations Page More quotes e-Card of the Day At amazon.de: Kindle Paperwhite, 15 cm (6 Zoll) hochauflösendes Display mit integrierter Beleuchtung, WLAN

Links of the day: Wishing you all a very Happy 2013 with Beethoven, Ode an die Freude! Zapiro Famous People Painting with links to Wikipedia Video of the day: This short video of the performance of Ravel's Bolero is fascinating for it's setting in Denmark. Wonderful music, excellent film! Your daily share of drama - marvellous! Book of the day: Bobby Henderson, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Villard Books, 2006 Precise Edit: provides editing, proofreading, and manuscript analysis for authors, businesses, students and other individuals. We are leaders in great communication. www.PreciseEdit.com and Converting for Kindle Fantastic Cape Town Panoramas by Johan Koering Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail? Financial crooks brought down the world's economy - but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them openlibrary.org Thousands of free e-books Why modern education fails This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. Science, Reason and Critical Thinking A Blog in Words and Pictures by Crispian Jago Arrest the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, for crimes against peace Harold Pinter - Nobel Lecture: Art, Truth & Politics www.hoax-slayer.com More links of the day

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