World news | The GuardianMay 12
More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/12/nobel-laureates-call-iran-release-gravely-ill-activist-human-rights-activist-narges-mohammadi #Iran #HumanRights #Protest #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #NobelPeacePrize #HumanRights #Prisons #JmCoetzee #AnnieErnaux
More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi

As human rights advocate is treated in Tehran hospital after transfer from Zanjan prison, prize winners demand her freedom

The Guardian
Peter CavanaghMay 8

Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jm-coetzee-declines-attend-jerusalem-writers-festival-over-genocidal-campaign-gaza

Nobel laureate warns former supporters of Israel are turning away from country over bloodshed in Gaza

#gaza #genocide #palestine #IsraelTerroristState #ZioNazis #bds #boycottisrael #warcrime #stoparmingisrael #eu #usa #crimesagainsthumanity #news #JMCoetzee #writers #festival #jerusalem

Novelist JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’

Nobel laureate warns former supporters of Israel are turning away from country over bloodshed in Gaza

Middle East Eye
World news | The GuardianMay 7
JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/07/jm-coetzee-declines-jerusalem-writers-festival-israels-genocidal-campaign-gaza-ntwnfb #JmCoetzee #Books #Israel #Culture #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Palestine #IsraelgazaWar
JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’

Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’

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Variety [Unofficial]Apr 23

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

VarietyApr 23

Cannes Title ‘Aquí,’ Based on J. M. Coetzee’s ‘Jesus Trilogy,’ Picked Up by Films Boutique (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #CannesFilmFestival #FilmsBoutique #JMCoetzee

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/cannes-aqui-jm-coetzee-jesus-trilogy-films-boutique-1236728825/

Cannes Title ‘Aquí' Picked Up by Films Boutique

Films Boutique has picked up sales rights to 'Aquí,' which debuts in the Cannes Premiere section.

Variety
Waywords StudioAug 16, 2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲: 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽" 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗠. 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗲 -

Yes, Coetzee's essays on the debate are now 30 years past (How???), but he has never failed to offer fresh and thoughtful approaches to social problems, even when I disagree where he lands. Worth the time, I suspect!

#jmcoetzee #givingoffense #books #bookreviews #bookworm #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #nonfiction #essays #censorship #bookbans

Waywords StudioAug 1, 2025

𝗧𝗕𝗥 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 -

A few of the titles I'll be reading this month! (And yes, that is "Planet of the Men," Pierre Boulle's screenplay sequel to the original 1968 film!)

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #zadiesmith #whiteteeth #theophilegautier #enamelsandcameos #jmcoetzee #givingoffense #thetrialsofbrotherjero #wolesoyinka #yevgenyzamyatin #we #boum #thejellyfish #pierreboulle #planetoftheapes #planetofthemen

RanaldCloustonJan 13, 2025
#FinishedReading this novella by #JMCoetzee about an imperial outpost that falls under paranoia about barbarian invasion, torturing and attacking the people beyond its gates. It would have been easy to write the main character as a straightforward hero in his attempts to restrain his own empire's brutality, but Coetzee does not let the 'friendly' face of empire off so easily. The intersection of colonial and sexual politics makes for pretty uncomfortable reading, in particular the protagonist's failure to understand the unnamed barbarian woman he 'saves' as an actual person. #Bookstodon @bookstodon
World news | The GuardianDec 9, 2024
‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/09/11-nobel-laureates-keir-starmer-alaa-abd-el-fattah-egyptian-activist #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #KazuoIshiguro #OlgaTokarczuk #AnnieErnaux #JMCoetzee #Worldnews #Culture #Africa #Books #Egypt
‘Time is running out’: 12 Nobel laureates urge Keir Starmer to intervene in case of jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Writers JM Coetzee, Annie Ernaux, Kazuo Ishiguro and Olga Tokarczuk are among the laureates imploring the prime minister to act on behalf of the British Egyptian political prisoner

The Guardian
Ralph WessmanNov 18, 2024
Australian authors group including #JMCoetzee, #CharlotteWood, #KimScott, #TimWinton, #MichelledeKretser and #AnnaFunder give federal politicians 5 books to encourage nuance in #MiddleEast debate.
The book selection was endorsed by the Jewish Council of Australia and the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network.
The group recommended the five “authoritative, highly readable books” to help address what they believed was a lack of nuance in public debate.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/19/tim-winton-charlotte-wood-australian-authors-book-package-politicians-middle-east-conflict
#AustralianWriters
Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package

The Guardian