Bessie Head short story awards ceremony - Be there!

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Remember the column I wrote a few weeks ago about how you can help writers in the country? And how I said you should attend writers book launches and Tweet about them and put them on Facebook and make such events seriously cool places to be with crowds of interesting people (including you) and lively engaging literary conversation? Remember that?

Well that also includes literary award ceremonies and here is your opportunity to implement one of your 2016 New Year’s Resolutions: Support Botswana’s Writers!

Tomorrow at 2 pm get yourself to the National Museum for the awards ceremony for last year’s Bessie Head Short Story Competition. It’s lining up to be an exciting event you should not miss if you are keen about writing, writers, and our literary heritage.

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