I’m very happy (and rather late) to announce that The First Law of Sadness won the 2018 Nadine Gordimer Award at the 2018 South African Literary Awards. It’s my first award for a book, and it’s very special to me.
Thank you to the Department of Arts and Culture and the wRite Associates for the honour, en veels geluk om Nicole Jaekel Strauss, wie ook het die toekenning gewen, vir haar bundel As in die mond. (And apologies to everyone for my awful Afrikaans.)
I'm pleased to announce that I will be performing a souped-up, two-guitar version of my performance poem biography as part of the ICA Live Art Festival this year.
As the blurb states:
biography is a long poem written and performed by Nick Mulgrew, accompanied by live guitar music and noise. The poem is a multi-fragment exploration of genealogy and metatext in the life of the author, exploding the concept of the “author’s biography,” and stands distinctly apart from his other poetic and literary output.
The performance takes place at the P4 Studio at the University of Cape Town's Hiddingh Campus on Saturday 15 September at 1630.
The performance will also be accompanied by a limited-edition pamphlet of photographs, which all attendees receive for free.
Tickets are FREE, but limited. To book yours, mail the ICA below at the following details:
RSVP at: ica@uct.ac.za
Subject Line: ICA Live Art Festival 2018
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