By Lebone Rodah Mosima
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) has invited applications from suitably qualified candidates to serve on the selection panel for the DSAC Publishing Hub.
The hub, run in partnership with the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa (ANFASA), is an industry stimulus project aimed at supporting authors and strengthening the country’s books and publishing sector.
According to the department, the initiative is intended to support new writing, preserve South Africa’s heritage and promote literature in previously marginalised official languages.
“We encourage the creation of new literature in telling our stories and preserving our heritage, and sustain the creation of significant literature including that written in the previously marginalised official languages,” the department said.
The Publishing Hub was launched in July 2023. ANFASA said the project had produced 57 works to date, consisting of 43 physical books, eight audiobooks and six books
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