Programme - Saturday 15 May
Getting Around
All events are within a short walking distance of the Town Hall (in the village centre) where you will find the Festival Exhibition with a booking office, help desk, village maps, book displays, book sales and a notice board detailing the venues for each event.
To download a printable map,
click here.
Parking is available in the Church grounds,
around the Town Hall, at the Huguenot Museum, and in side streets.
Tourist Information at the entrance to the
village will also have village maps and a notice board.
Advance Booking for numbered events in this programme
opens on 15 March 2010 at Franschhoek Wine Valley Tourism. Click here for details
Last-minute tickets may be booked at the Town Hall, from Friday 14 May.
Ticket prices Ticket Prices: unless otherwise stated,
tickets are R60 each; R20 for students. All proceeds to the
FLF Library Fund, dedicated to creating first-rate libraries in local schools.
Accommodation Tel +27 021 876 3603 or book at the Tourism Office at
the entrance to the village. Visit www.franschhoek.org.za for more details.
To see the programme for Friday 14 May, click here
To see the programme for Sunday 16 May, click here
Saturday 15 May
10h00-11h00
[12]: Is Sport the New Politics? (School Hall)
Ndumiso Ngcobo (Is it ‘Cos I’m Black?), Jeremy Boraine (Publisher at Jonathan Ball), John Carlin (Playing the Enemy) and Tim Noakes (The Lore of Running) put the boot into 2010, refereed by Chris Thurman (Sport Versus Art).
[13]: Of Hedgehogs and Gourmets (Church Hall)
Muriel Barbery, French author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog in conversation with Marita van der Vyver, who lives in France, about her writing project in Japan and her new book Gourmet Rhapsody.
[14]: The Third Oldest Profession (Hospice Hall)
Three of South Africa’s most respected independent booksellers, Corina van der Spoel (Boekehuis), Mervyn Sloman (The Book Lounge) and Ann Donald (Kalk Bay Books) debrief Andrew Donaldson about the difficulties and joys of running a small bookshop in South Africa.
11h30-12h30
[15]: Begging to be Black (School Hall)
Poet and journalist Antjie Krog in conversation with Duncan Brown, Dean of the Arts Faculty at UWC, about her new book Begging to be Black and more generally, non-fiction as a dominant genre in South Africa.
[16]: One Man Crime Wave (Church Hall)
South Africa’s crime master Deon Meyer (Thirteen Hours/13 Uur) talks to Michiel Heyns about his life, his work and the skill of depicting our complex country via its underworld (not to mention a forthcoming movie).
[17]: Secret Agents (Hospice Hall)
What do agents actually do for writers? Literary agent Isobel Dixon and literary scout Rebecca Servadio attempt to explain how the system works and why it is so important for the health of the global book market. Chaired by Karabo Kgoleng.
[18]: Inspirations (Council Chamber)
Orhan Pamuk has written: “The angel of inspiration … favours the hopeful and the confident.” Zukiswa Wanner (Behind Every Successful Man), Chris van Wyk (Eggs to Lay, Chickens to Hatch) and Wessel Ebersohn (The October Killings) discuss their choirs invisible with Michele Magwood.
13h00-14h00
[19]: Will the Real Rian Malan Please Stand Up (School Hall)
Rian Malan (Resident Alien) talks to Jacob Dlamini (Native Nostalgia) and Christopher Hope (A Separate Development) about the people he has been.
[20]: Writing Africa (Hospice Hall)
Ivorian Véronique Tadjo (Winner of the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noir 2005) and South Africans Mandla Langa (Winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize [Best Book, Africa]) and Kgbetli Moele (joint Winner of the 2008 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing [Best Debut]) talk to Harry Garuba, who heads the Centre for African Studies at UCT, about the new writing emerging from our continent.
[21]: Small But Perfectly Formed (Council Chamber)
Louise Grantham (Bookstorm), Colleen Higgs (Modjaji Press) and Arthur Attwell (Electric Book Works), all intimately acquainted with the difficulties of running a small publishing house, discuss the challenges facing the book industry (particularly small presses in South Africa) in the current economic crisis. Chaired by Ben Williams of Book SA.
14h30-15h30
[22]: Who’s Afraid of the ANC? (School Hall)
What’s up with the ANC? What’s really going on behind the scenes? Kader Asmal, cartoonist Zapiro and
Allan Boesak (Running with Horses) exchange views with agent provocateur Rhoda Kadalie.
[23]: I’m a Novelist – Get Me Out of Here (Hospice Hall)
Niq Mhlongo (After Tears), John van de Ruit (Spud) and Imraan Coovadia (High Low In Between) talk to Ann Donald about the unexpected aspects of being a novelist and how they deal with them.
[24]: X-Rated (Council Chamber)
Just how far can a crime novelist go? Margie Orford (Daddy’s Girl), Angela Makholwa (Red Ink) and Sue Rabie (Blood At Bay) discuss the ultimate crime taboo – if there is one – with Jenny Crwys-Williams.
16h00-17h00
[25]: Kings of the Water (School Hall)
Award-winning South African author Mark Behr talks to Victor Dlamini about the relationship between his work and his widely travelled life, concentrating on his novels The Smell of Apples, Embrace and the latest, Kings of the Water.
[26]: A Writer’s Best Friend (Hospice Hall)
There is a special bond between author and editor, but each new job is different, each author unique. Highly-regarded South African editors Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh, Lynda Gilfillan and Ivan Vladislavić talk to former Paris Review Editor Philip Gourevitch about the art of getting the best out of manuscripts.
[27]: Debutants’ Ball (Council Chamber)
Three debutant authors – Aher Arop Bol (The Lost Boy), Marida Fitzpatrick (Iemand vir ’n Scoop) and Adam Schwartzman (Eddie Signwriter) – unburden themselves to Isobel Dixon about the difficulties of getting their work published and the reception of their first words in print.
Other Events
10h00-11h00
FLF Poetry Prizewinners (Council Chamber: Free event)
Annually the Franschhoek Literary Festival honours those in our valley who have a gift for words. Winners are chosen from a competition run over the three months before the festival. Awards for poetry will be presented by judges Ari Sitas, John van Zyl and Mhlobo Jadezwini in four categories (primary and high schools, adult, prison) and three languages (Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa).
14h30-16h00
Spelling Bee (Church Hall: Free event)
As part of the FLF’s commitment to create a reading and writing culture in the Franschhoek valley, the festival brings you the grand finale of the Franschhoek Schools Spelling Bee – come and see our primary school word fundis shine.
17h30
FLF Wine Writer’s Prize Presentation:(by invitation only)
18h00-19h00
Maid in Franschhoek (Church Hall: R10 – pay at the door)
Repeat performance of Friday’s event.
19h00 for 19h30
Dinner with talk show host and author Jenny Crwys-Williams & Exclusive Books (La Brasserie)
R310 per person for divine dinner with gorgeous Porcupine Ridge wines and interviews with top authors. To book: Phone Carol Bosch on 076 393 8083 or 011 477-4404. Or email:jennyandco@iburst.co.za
19h30
Sunday Times Dinner … in aid of the Storybook Campaign (Reubens)
An evening with Zapiro and Mondli Makhanya, editor-in-chief Avusa Media, who will discuss the state of the nation and their working relationship over the past few years. R350 for 3 courses with complimentary Porcupine Ridge wines. To book: phone Thembi on 011 280 3381 or email: goodtimes@sundaytimes.co.za
Friday 14 May
Click here to see the programme for Friday 14 May
Sunday 16 May
Click here to see the programme for Sunday 16 May
