Wicomb's new novel will be launched this week. She spoke to Jane Rosenthal Young Amis caught in illegal act An advertising campaign for Martin Amis's acclaimed autobiography Experience has been banned by London Underground because it features a photograph of the author as a young boy smoking . A last flare in the dark Shirley Kossick takes you on a trip of the debate-sparking writer Gore Vidal . The Poetry Africa 2000 festival will take place at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban from May 8 to 13. Twenty local and international poets, including the award-winning Roger McGough and Rasta Benjamin Zephaniah, will present their work each evening from 7.30pm.
Tickets are available from the theatre.
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