Here is a list of all the amazing events you can look forward to at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year! Because there are so many wonderful events we have decided to split them into 3 blogs (one for each day of the festival).
What’s going on in the ANC?
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: School Hall
Wouldn’t we all like to know? Moeletsi Mbeki and journalist Carol Paton take us behind the scenes, chaired by UCT’s Richard Calland.
Steve Biko
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: Congregational Church
Christi van der Westhuizen of the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice and Suren Pillay of the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC in discussion with Xolela Mangcu about his recent biography.
A song of Africa
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: Council Chambers
Izak Dinesen wrote, “If I have a song of Africa, does Africa have a song of me?” Marguerite Poland (Taken Captive by Birds) and Patricia Glyn (What Dawid Knew) tussle with the question.
How have wars changed over the past century?
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: Hospice Hall
Antony Beevor in conversation with Hamilton Wende.
Thomas Pringle
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: The Screening Room
Bill Nasson talks to Randolph Vigne about his new biography Thomas Pringle, SA pioneer, poet and abolitionist.
Liberal: fine ideal or dirty word?
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: School Hall
Expect a fiery debate as Tony Leon and Eusebius McKaiser square up to each other again with Dennis Davis in the chair.
Literary prizes
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: Church Hall
Michele Magwood explores the substantial pros and sometimes-voiced cons with Kate Mosse, co-founder of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize, and prizewinners Tan Twan Eng (The Garden of Evening Mists) and Finuala Dowling.
Digging for the truth
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: Congregational Church
Investigative journalism under the spotlight with Jenny Crwys-Williams talking to Jacques Pauw, Julian Rademeyer and Antony Altbeker (Fruit of a Poisoned Tree).
Dis ek, Anna (tweetalig)
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: Council Chamber
Helen Naude in conversation with Anchien Troskie.
HHhH
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: Hospice Hall
Laurent Binet, whose novel HHhH about the assassination of Heydrich won the Prix Goncourt for a first novel in 2010, in conversation with Tymon Smith.
Poetry in the Screening Room
Time: 11h30 – 12h30
Venue: The Screening Room
Joan Hambidge (Lot se vrou) and Isobel Dixon share poems and talk about nurturing new talent, being a critic as well as an artist, and their own poetic craft.
The Great African Society
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: School Hall
Francis Wilson chairs this discussion between Hlumelo Biko, one of our country’s vibrant new voices, and Aubrey Matshiqi.
Anthony Horowitz
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: Church Hall
… in conversation with John Maytham.
Feisty women
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: Congregational Church
Journalist Gaye Davis conducts this quartet of spirited women writers: Pat Fahrenfort (A Spanner in the Works), Melanie Verwoerd and Melinda Ferguson (Hooked and Smacked).
Moscow!Moscow!
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: Council Chambers
Christopher Hope who wrote the travel book in conversation with A D Miller.
Child soldiers
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: Hospice Hall
Jamala Safari and Hamilton Wende (Only the Dead) agonise about one of the scourges that ravage our continent, chaired by Ndumiso Ngcobo.
Poetry in the Screening Room
Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: The Screening Room
Three winners of SA’s prestigious Ingrid Jonker prize in conversation. Finuala Dowling (I flying) asks Bev Rycroft (missing) and Megan Hall (Fourth Child) why grief, love and dark wit make the best poems.
To frack or not to frack
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: School Hall
Karoo resident and contributing editor to Business Day Tim Cohen (A Piece of the Pie) undertakes what is bound to be a fracktious debate between Ivo Vegter (Extreme Environment), environmental lawyer Cormac Cullinan and Jonathan Deal of the Treasure Karoo Action Group.
Prisms on the past
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Church Hall
Lynda Gilfillan explores the possibilities of historical fiction with Laurent Binet, author of HHhH, and Claire Robertson, author of The Spiral House.
Writing Africa
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Congregational Church
Njabulo Ndebele, one of our country’s literary icons, in conversation with Oswald Mtshali
and Mtutuzeli Nyoka.
The Last Afrikaner Leaders
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Council Chamber
Author Hermann Giliomee of Stellenboschtalks to broadcaster Mike Wills.
Vrede
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Hospice Hall
Jo-Anne Richards and Fred de Vries bought a weekend retreat which transformed gradually from utopia to dystopia. It became a strong thread through both their recent works – one fiction, the other non-fiction. Here they tease out their different treatments of a dorp which encapsulates many of South Africa’s issues.
Patricia Glyn…
Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: The Screening Room
…presents her riveting TEDx talk about what she learnt on her journey into the Kalahari with
the late Khomani San leader, Dawid Kruiper, and his family.
11h30-12h30
Concert Schubert II:‘A consolation for our loneliness’
(NGK Church) R90, pay at the door
Christopher Duigan plays solo piano music by Schubert including Four Impromptus, selections from Moments musicaux and Drei Klavierstücke. (70 mins)
15h30
Concert SCHUBERT III: ‘The Trout’
(Café BonBon at La Petite Dauphine) R150, concert only
Schubert’s Trout Quintet for violin, viola, cello, double-bass and piano played by Christopher Duigan (piano) and friends.
Book a table for lunch from 12 noon or join the audience in time for the concert. Tel: Café BonBon 021 876 3936
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