The first annual Lowveld Book Festival will take place from 5 to 7 August in White River, Mpumalanga.
A balanced programme is promised, with the inclusion of poetry, folklore, workshops, storytelling and story-time for youngsters, panel discussions, historical Lowveld literature, interviews with authors, YA literature, performing art, a book fair and book valuations.
We’ve picked over the programme and chosen several highlights that will be sure to delight the book lovers of the lowveld and beyond:
FRIDAY 5 AUGUST
6-7pm OPENING COCKTAIL PARTY
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
7-8:30pm SCREENING OF HAPPINESS IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD (INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR CYNTHIA JELE)
Venue: Casterbridge Cinema
Cost: R50
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST
9-9:45am LAUNCH OF TWO YOUTH NOVELS AND A GROUP DISCUSSION (Bontle Senne, Jayne Bauling, Kiran Coetzee)
Venue: Casterbridge Hollow Hotel Lounge
Cost: Free
10-11:45am WORKSHOP – SWINGING BOTH WAYS: A HYBRID AUTHOR SPEAKS ABOUT SELF-PUBLISHING AFTER BEING TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED (Joanne Macgregor)
Venue: Casterbridge Hollow Hotel Lounge
Cost: R50
12-12:45pm JENNY CRYWS-WILLIAMS INTERVIEWS TONY PARK ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK AN EMPTY COAST AND HIS NEXT BOOK RED EARTH
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost R50
1-1:45pm SINDIWE MAGONA – UNTENDED FIRES
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
2-2:45pm ‘HAVING IT ALL – JUST NOT ALL AT ONCE’ – JOANNE MACGREGOR INTERVIEWS PAMELA POWER ABOUT HER BOOK MS CONCEPTION
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
4-4:50PM IDA GARTELL STORYTELLING – THE FABULOUS CREATURES OF ZULU MYTHOLOGY (for adults and children alike)
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
5-5:45pm REMINISCENCES OF JOCK, FITZ, HARRY WOLHUTER AND SOME OF THE OLD TIMERS IN THE LOWVELD
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
6-6:45pm CARTE BLANCHE – THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES WHEN JESSICA PITCHFORD WAS MANAGING EDITOR AT CARTE BLANCHE
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST
10-10:45am PAUL-CONSTANT SMIT – ‘DO YOU REALLY SEE?’ – A TALK ON HOW EACH ONE OF US PERCEIVES THINGS DIFFERENTLY
Venue: Casterbridge Barnyard Theatre
Cost: R50
12-2pm MABONCHI GOODWILL MOTIMELE – WRITERS WORKSHOP – ‘THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN LITERATURE’
Venue: Casterbridge Hollow Hotel Lounge
Cost: Free
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