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We all share the very human need to belong: to our families, our clan, our culture, our tribe. Feeling that we belong is no small thing: it can feel like the difference between life or death. [...]

In the Garden of the Beloved: the theme of this year’s poetry festival in McGregor. It was only afterwards, when I got home, fat with poetry, that I realised I’d arrived at McGregor dry-souled. [...]

From the rousing opening by Malika Ndlovu to the closing words of Philippa Kabali-Kagwa, this event was one of the highlights on the LRC calendar.

We're delighted to introduce you to LRC member Matthew Caretti and his award-winning publication of Harvesting Stones.

Our journey continues with Part 4 of Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin.

Another lovely review for This is how it is. Thank you to Margaret von Klemperer and The Witness, who published this review on Monday 14 October 2019. ‘Accomplished and entertaining [...]

Our very own Nathan Festus was instrumental in organising a Readathon at Exclusive Books in Claremont, held on Sunday 4th of August. We’re indebted to Linda McCullogh of Exclusive’s [...]

The LRC exco are always looking for ways to raise funds so that we can continue to sponsor writers and to publish the stories that come out of the courses so that South Africans can get to know [...]

This week, a small band of LRC members attended the McGregor Festival Weekend (23-25 August 2019). Themed The Heart of the Moon, this festival celebrated the 7th year since McGregor Poetry [...]