Peter Harris' IN A DIFFERENT TIME described  by Jenny Crwys-Williams as '...As gripping as John Grisham and as moving and heartrending as Antjie Krog's COUNTRY OF MY SKULL' and Jonny Steinberg's 'sensitive, moving and deeply intelligent' THREE-LETTER PLAGUE have been shortlisted for the Alan Paton non-fiction prize, whilst Michiel Heyns' 'fictional feast' of a fourth novel, BODIES POLITIC is on the shortlist for the fiction prize in the 'South African Booker' - the Sunday Times Literary Awards.

The judges for the fiction prize are Victor Dlamini (chair), Chris Thurman, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Pitika Ntuli and Lebo Mashile. Michiel Heyns is a former co-winner of the prize (in 2007, for his translation of Marlene van Niekerk's AGAAT). The judges for the non-fiction prize are Jonathan Jansen (chair), Ann Donald, Ari Sitas, Achille Mbembe and Maureen Isaacson

For more information on the prize click here.

To see Jonny's page click here.

To see Michiel's page click here.