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Sunday 15 May

10h00-11h00

[52]: Leadership and Innovation (School Hall)
Justice Malala chairs a debate about fresh directions for South Africa with UFS Vice-Chancellor Jonathan Jansen, UCT Emeritus Professor of Economics Francis Wilson and Camaren Peter, a consultant who works on sustainability-related development with the Sustainability Institute and the African Centre for Cities at UCT.

[53]: Mzansi (Hospice Hall)
Does it mean our place, our country, our nation, or what? Karabo Kgoleng thrashes out the Mzansi concept with Khaya Dlanga (In my Arrogant Opinion), Sifiso Mzobe (Young Blood) and Max du Preez (Pale Native).

[54]: Challenging Lives (Council Chamber)
Dealing with setbacks and disabilities is one thing – writing about them is even more of a challenge. Melinda Ferguson (Smacked), Leslie Swartz (Able-Bodied) and poet Kobus Moolman (Editor of Tilling the Hard Soil) swap experiences with chairperson Fiona Snyckers.

[55]: The Last Warner Woman (The Screening Room)
Jamaican poet and novelist Kei Miller in conversation with Harry Garuba, Director of the Centre for African Studies at UCT.

11h30-12h30

[56]: Skop, Skiet en Donder (School Hall)
Adventure and crime writers Tony Park (The Delta), Mike Nicol (Black Heart) and Colin Cotterill (of Dr Siri fame) shoot the breeze with Jenny Crwys-Williams.

[58]: Oh Cape Town! My Cape Town! (Hospice Hall)
Novelists Rayda Jacobs (Joonie) and Henrietta Rose-Innes (Homing) and poet Gus Ferguson talk to Karin Schimke about capturing the Mother City and her foibles.

[59]: Secret Women’s Business (Council Chamber)
Edyth Bulbring uses the Australian Aboriginal concept of a place where women go to discuss their affairs to delve into the writing lives of Doreen Baingana (Tropical Fish), Marguerite Abouet, the graphic author of the Aya series, and poet and writer Arja Salafranca (The Thin Line).
                   
[60]: A Simple Freedom  (The Screening Room)
Ahmed Kathrada in conversation with literary historian and author Tim Couzens.

13h00-14h00

[61]: Do I Give Up The Day Job? (School Hall)
Peter Harris (Birth), Antony Altbeker (Fruit of a Poisoned Tree), Phakama Mbonambi (Editor of wordsetc) and Finuala Dowling (Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart) agonise with John Maytham
over whether it’s possible to be a fulltime writer (or solo publisher) in South Africa.
                   
[62]: Writing From Exile (Church Hall)
South African novelists Zakes Mda, who lives in the USA, Barbara Trapido, who lives in England, and Julian de Wette, who wrote A Case of Knives years ago and far away, talk to Christopher Hope, who mostly lives in France, about whether it’s necessary for writers to stay in touch with a birthplace once called home – or do they see more clearly through the prism of distance?

[63]: Digging Deeper (Hospice Hall)
Peter Godwin (The Fear), Janice Galloway (Clara) and David Klatzow (Steeped in Blood) reveal some of the surprises they find while researching their books, chaired by Michele Magwood.

[64]: Grape - Vineyard Stories (Council Chamber)
Wilmot James and Jeanne Viall discuss their new book about the South African wine industry from the first vines via the slave years to its current prosperity with Cape Town historian Elizabeth van Heyningen.
                                              
[65]: Outcasts (Congregational Church)
Three writers who have written about being shunned by your tribe – Carmel Rickard (Thank You, Judge Mostert), Max du Preez (Pale Native) and Jonny Steinberg (Little Liberia) – shed light on some dark places, chaired by Jacques Pauw.

[66]: Chasing The Devil (The Screening Room)
Tim Butcher in conversation with Donald Paul
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14h30-15h30

[67]: Men of Letters (School Hall)
Etienne van Heerden (30 Nights in Amsterdam), Ivan Vladislavić (Double Negative) and Michiel Heyns (Lost Ground) discuss their new books with Harry Garuba.

[68]: Funny Ha Ha (Church Hall)
Irrepressible Edyth Bulbring, Ndumiso Ngcobo and Tom Eaton unbutton at the end of the Festival to share laughs with Tymon Smith.

[69]: Struggle Stalwarts (Hospice Hall)
Ronnie Kasrils (An Unlikely Secret Agent) and Lynn Carneson (Red in the Rainbow), both of whom have written warm books about family members who survived many years of the Struggle, talk to Zubeida Jaffer (Love in the Time of Treason) who was also there.

[70]: Roads Less Travelled (Congregational Church)
Authors who are also travel writers with a difference – Justin Cartwright, Hamilton Wende and Douglas Rogers – talk about their different byways with inveterate traveller and ex-Getaway magazine editor Don Pinnock.

Other Events

11h00-12h10
Liszt vs. Liszt (NG Church) R80 at the door
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth, Steinway virtuoso Christopher Duigan plays a selection of his most famous compositions.

15h30
Sunday Finale (Café Bon Bon at La Petite Dauphine)
Christopher Duigan and guest musicians in an informal Sunday afternoon café concert. Tickets R100. Tel: 021 876 3936.

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Friday 13 May

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Saturday 14 May

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