Professor Stephen Gray visited the Centre for African Literary Studies (CALS) on the 9 and 10th May to carry out research and to address an English Studies Post Graduate seminar organised by Professor Mbongeni Malaba. His topic was “The problem about Literary Biography in South Africa today” and as the pictures show he had his audience of staff, students, publishers and a journalist spellbound. Gray encouraged those present to take up the writing of literary biography giving many fascinating examples from local works and also many useful tips. He donated another three books to CALS: a first edition of Marris Murray’s 1953 The Fire-Raisers, Noni Jabavu’s 1960 Drawn in colour and John McIntosh’s The Thorn trees.
