![]() ![]() ![]() The book tells the story of Fusi Mofokeng, a man who spent nineteen years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit. Jonny Steinberg won the Recht Malan Prize for Nonfiction for One Day in Bethlehem. The winners were announced in a virtual awards ceremony last night.Įloise Wessels, managing director of Media24 Books, said in her opening remarks: ‘To be in a position to continue rewarding our authors in these straightened and constricting, almost stifling, times is particularly gratifying.’ ![]() Writer and scholar Jonny Steinberg, debut novelist Trevor Sacks and multi-award-winning Young Adult author Edyth Bulbring are among this year’s recipients. See here for some writers’ reactions to the awards. We will publish a follow-up story addressing this. Update: The JRB has reached out to Media24 Books for a comment on the distinct lack of diversity in this year’s awards. Prizes to a combined value of over R200,000 are awarded in six categories. The annual awards recognise the best work published during the previous year by the Media24 Books division, including NB Publishers (through imprints such as Human and Rousseau, Tafelberg, Kwela Books and Queillerie) as well as Jonathan Ball Publishers. ![]() The winners of the 2020 Media24 Books Literary Prizes have been announced. Header image: Jonny Steinberg, Trevor Sacks, Zirk van den Berg, Loftus Marais, Edyth Bulbring, Fanie Viljoen, Theodore Key ![]()
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