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Afrikaans raak ook plesierig by die 2015 Open Book-fees

September 7, 2015, 6:29 am
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Die Open Book-fees is een van die hoogtepunte op die Suid-Afrikaanse literêre kalender, met van die land se grootste skrywers wat in Kaapstad byeen kom vir vyf dae se boekjolyt.

Met iets vir elkeen op die spyskaart – van wetenskapfiksie tot kinderboekpret – kan feesgangers uitsien na ‘n onvergeetlike paar dae. Die aksie begin op Woensdag, 9 September en sluit eers op Sondag, 13 September af met die gebruiklike Inzync-digwedstryd.

Hiermee ‘n samevatting van al die Afrikaanse skrywers wat tydens die Open Book-fees sal optree:

KopskootNaweekTakelwerkMede-weteGoeiemore, mnr. MandelaDie hormoonfabriekAlfabet van die voëls
In die blou kampSkuldigChokers en survivorsJudaskusVlakwaterPruimtwak en skaduboksers
IkarusHuisies van papierBuys – ’n GrensromanSamsa-masjienDeur die oog van 'n naald
WonderboomSplitEsterJonk en krapperigDonker spoor

 

Woensdag, 9 September

Drie vars stemme
12:00 – 13:00, Fugardstudio
Lien Botha, Debbie Loots en Dalena Theron gesels met Elmari Rautenbach oor hulle debuutromans wat onlangs die lig gesien het.

My Soundtrack
16:00 – 17:00, Fugardteater
Jakob Melander, Nthikeng Mohlele & Ingrid Winterbach discuss the music in their novels with Danie Marais.

Ford presents: Roadtripping
18:00 – 19:00, Fugardanneks 1
Gareth Crocker, Dana Snyman and Laura van den Berg talk tar with Fourie Botha.

Meet your translator
20:00 – 21:00, Fugardanneks 2
Saskia Goldschmidt & Daniel Hugo (Hormoonfabriek) and Ingrid Winterbach & Michiel Heyns (It Might Get Loud) speak to Fred de Vries about the translation process.
 

Donderdag, 10 September

Skop, skiet en bier
14:00 – 15:00, Straight No Chaser
Kom drink ‘n bier saam met twee van Afrikaans se voorste misdaadskrywers Martin Steyn en Rudie van Rensburg in gesprek met Kerneels Breytenbach.
 

Vrydag, 11 September

Randfigure
14:00 – 15:00, Fugardanneks 1
Willem Anker, SJ Naude en Ingrid Winterbach gesels met Louise Viljoen oor die karakters in hul mees onlangse werke.

Covering colour
18:00 – 19:00, Fugardteater
How we talk about race in the book world. Khaya Dlanga, Thabiso Mahlape, Jonny Steinberg and Nathan Trantraal share their experiences and thoughts with Rehana Rossouw.
 

Saterdag, 12 September

What’s in a name
12:00 – 13:00, Fugardstudio
Petina Gappah, Deon Meyer and Okey Ndibe discuss the implications and politics of names in their novels. Chaired by Andrew Brown

My Swedish Publisher
16:00 – 17:00, Fugardstudio
SA authors go global. Svante Weyler speaks to Deon Meyer, Nthikeng Mohlele and Marlene van Niekerk, all of whom he publishes in Sweden.

Missing Pieces
20:00 – 21:00, Homecoming Centre
The novels of Lien Botha, Fred Strydom and Laura van den Berg are all concerned with memory. Sally Partridge finds out why.
 

Sondag, 13 September

Musing on Loss
10:00 – 11:00, Fugardanneks 2
Helen Macdonald, SJ Naudé and Beverly Rycroft discuss responses to loss in their books with Dawn Garisch.

Where I’m From: Language and Geography
12:00 – 13:00, Fugardanneks 1
Antjie Krog, Mbongeni Nomkonwana and Shirmoney Rhode read from their work and discuss how their location impacts upon it. Chaired by Raphael D’Abdon.

Limited Space
14:00 – 15:00, Fugardteater
Melissa de Villiers, Karen Joy Fowler and SJ Naudé discuss character development in short fiction with Karina Szczurek.

Chants of Freedom
14:00 – 15:00, Fugardanneks 1
Mathews Phosa reads from, and discusses his new collection with Antjie Krog.

Confirmed authors for the 2015 Open Book Festival

 

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Riaan Grobler resenseer Ver in die wêreld, sushi deur Koos Kombuis

September 8, 2015, 5:24 am
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15 of the Best Bookish Events at the 2015 Open Book Festival (9 – 13 September)

September 8, 2015, 7:06 am
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Confirmed authors for the 2015 Open Book Festival

 
Alert! The Open Book Festival kicks off in Cape Town tomorrow morning. Check out a selection of the most exciting bookish events to hit the Mother City!

For fiction fans, 2014 Sunday Times Fiction Prize winner Claire Robertson will be chatting about her new book, The Magistrate of Gower and Petina Gappah will be chatting about The Book of Memory, the newly released – and long awaited – follow up to her award-winning first book.

There’s also plenty for the non-fiction aficionados, including a fascinating discussion on the Boston bombing and the Breivik massacre, moderated by Jonny Steinberg, and a frank discussion on labour featuring Onkgopotse JJ Tabane and Zwelinzima Vavi.
 

 
Wednesday, 9 September
 
The Magistrate of GowerA Place Called Winter

Magistrate of Gower

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 4.00 – 5.00 PM
Price: R45
Patrick Gale asks the questions; Claire Robertson gives the answers.

 
 

Sugar ManSugar Man

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 8.00 – 9.00 PM
Price: R45
Stephen Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom discuss their Rodriguez journey with Andrew Donaldson.

 
 

Thursday, 10 September

 

Let's Talk FranklyLet’s Talk Frankly About Labour

Venue: Fugard Theatre
Time: 2.00 – 3.00 PM
Price: R45
Onkgopotse JJ Tabane and Zwelinzima Vavi talk about labour in South Africa. Chaired by Ryland Fisher.

 
 

Piggy Boy's BluesSharp Edges

Dibookeng Presents Speed Booking

Venue: Truth & Coffee
Time: 5.30 – 7.00 PM
Price: R100
Speed dating for book lovers! Special guests Nakhane Touré and Sally Partridge.

 
 

What About MeeraDie hormoonfabriekRusty BellRape

Sexual Politics

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 6.00 – 7.00 PM
Price: R45
ZP Dala, Saskia Goldschmidt and Nthikeng Mohlele answer Pumla Gqola’s questions.

 
 

The Book of MemoryBroken Monsters

The Book of Memory

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 8.00 – 9.00 PM
Price: R45
Petina Gappah discusses her debut novel with Lauren Beukes.

 
 

Friday, 11 September
 
nullBroken MonstersThe Blacks of Cape TownLooking for Trouble

The Space Between the Space BetweenSweet Medicinenull

Wanting More

Venue: Fugard Theatre
Time: 11.00 AM – 1.00 PM
Price: Free entry
How do we increase sales of SA English fiction? A roundtable discussion with audience participation.

Participants:
Arthur Attwell
Lauren Beukes
Steve Connolly
CA Davids
Colleen Higgs
John Hunt
Thabiso Mahlape
Terry Morris
Svante Weyler
Mervyn Sloman
Benjamin Trisk

 
 

The Tsarnaev BrothersOne of UsA Man of Good Hope

Terror

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 12.00 – 1.00 PM
Price: R45
Masha Gessen (The Tsarnaev Brothers) and Åsne Seierstad (One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway) speak to Jonny Steinberg about the Boston bombing and the Breivik massacre.

 
 

Piggy Boy's BluesPiggy Boy’s Blues

Venue: Fugard Annexe 2
Time: 2.00 – 3.00 PM
Price: R45
Mervyn Sloman chats to Nakhane Touré and his editor Thabiso Mahlape about his debut novel.

 
 

Broken MonstersTo Quote MyselfA Place Called WinterThe Book of Memory

The RaftFind MeAnna Peters' Year of Cooking Dangerously

Writer Sports

Venue: Fugard Theatre
Time: 8.00 – 9.00 PM
Price: R45
Live writing onstage! Audience suggests subjects and genre and the writers get to it. Featuring Lauren Beukes, Khaya Dlanga, Patrick Gale, Petina Gappah, Fred Strydom, Laura van den Berg and Kathryn White. MC: Ben Williams.

 
 

Saturday, 12 September
 
Piggy Boy's BluesRMF Assembly

Venue: Fugard Theatre
Time: 10.00 – 11.00 AM
Price: Free entry
Race and Sexuality: Mbali Matandela (Rhodes Must Fall), Nakhane Touré and Aneliswa Mbude (Open Stellenbosch) discuss dismantling sexual hierarchies in Black-led social movements. Chaired by Thato Pule (RMF Trans Collective)

 
 

Letter to JimmyJames Baldwin

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 2.00 – 3.00 PM
Price: R45
Alain Mabanckou presents his literary tribute, Letter to Jimmy, in conversation with Derrick Higginbotham.

 
 

We Are All Completely Beside OurselvesKaren Joy Fowler: We are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Venue: Fugard Theatre
Time: 2.00 – 3.00 PM
Price: R45
Michele Magwood gets the lowdown from Karen Joy Fowler about her bestselling novel.

 
 

Foreign Gods, Inc.Foreign Gods, Inc.

Venue: Fugard Annexe 2
Time: 4.00 – 5.00 PM
Price: R45
Nancy Onyango (This is Africa) questions Okey Ndibe about his remarkable novel.

 
 
 

Sunday, 13 September
 
Lives of OthersCaine Prize Presents Namwali Serpell

Venue: Fugard Annexe 2
Time: 4.00 – 5.00 PM
Price: R45
Namwali Serpell, winner of the 2015 Caine Prize, discusses her short story, “The Sack”, with Caine Prize judge and author Neel Mukherjee.

 
 

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  • Let’s Talk Frankly: Letters to Influential South Africans About the State of Our Nation by Onkgopotse JJ Tabane, illustrated by Sifiso Yalo
    EAN: 9781770104327
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2015 Open Book-fees: Lien Botha, Debbie Loots en Dalena Theron gesels oor hul debuutromans

September 9, 2015, 5:14 am
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Elmari Rautenbach, Dalena Theron, Debbie Loots en Lien Botha

 

WonderboomHuisies van papierSplit

 
Die 2015 Open Book-fees het sopas afgeskop en Books LIVE is jou oë en ore op die grond!

Lien Botha, Debbie Loots en Dalena Theron het op Woensdag, 9 September met Elmari Rautenbach gesels oor hul debuutromans wat onlangs uitgereik is.

Die drie skrywers het op verskillende stadiums in hul lewens begin skryf, en al is daar groot verskille tussen hul boeke is daar ook outobiografiese elemente in elk te bespeur.

Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp) het regstreeks vanaf die gesprek met #OBF2015 getwiet:

 

 

Vir al die Open Book-aksie, volg die Books LIVE-span op Twitter: Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811), Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw) en Jennifer Platt (@Jenniferdplatt) vir die Sunday Times.

Besoek ons op Facebook (Facebook.com/BooksLIVESA) en Twitter (@BooksLIVESA) vir meer besonderhede en foto’s!

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2015 Open Book: Labour Talks with Zwelinzima Vavi, the Sins of our Parents and “Skop, Skiet en Bier” (Thursday, 2PM)

September 10, 2015, 7:07 am
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The second day of the 2015 Open Book Festival is underway! Check out Books LIVE’s coverage of the events as they unfold:

The festival will be covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), deputy editor Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), assistant editors Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811), Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw) and Jennifer Platt (@Jenniferdplatt) of the Sunday Times.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/BooksLIVESA) and our Twitter profile (@BooksLIVESA) for more information and pictures!

 

Let's Talk FranklyCOSATU's Contested LegacyRaceThe Shouting in the DarkDust
Notes From Lost Property DepartmentAnna Peters' Year of Cooking DangerouslyJudaskusSkuldig

 

 
For this session Jennifer Platt attended “Let’s Talk Frankly about Labour” with media and communications specialist Onkgopotse JJ Tabane and former General Secretary of Cosatu Zwelinzima Vavi in conversation with Ryland Fisher.

Read her tweets from the event:

 

 

Annetjie van Wynegaard tweeted from the session entitled “Sins of our Parents” with Elleke Boehmer, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and Bridget Pitt discussing the impact of the actions of the previous generation on their protagonists.

Kathryn White chaired this session:

 

 

Helené Prinsloo covered the Afrikaans session entitled “Skop, Skiet en Bier”, where Rudie van Rensburg and Martin Steyn discussed all things crime fiction:

 

 

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  • Let’s Talk Frankly: Letters to Influential South Africans About the State of Our Nation by Onkgopotse JJ Tabane, illustrated by Sifiso Yalo
    EAN: 9781770104327
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2015 Open Book Festival: Outsiders, Insiders, Piggy Boy’s Blues and Daughter of the River

September 11, 2015, 6:53 am
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Jacqui L’Ange and Hong Ying

 
Welcome to day three of the 2015 Open Book Festival!

The Shouting in the DarkUp Against the NightThe Chameleon HouseBeing a Woman in Cape TownBuys – ’n Grensroman
Alfabet van die voëlsVlakwaterDie mond vol vuurPiggy Boy's BluesThe Concubine of ShanghaiThe Seed Thief

 

In the 12 PM session, “Daughter of the River”, Jacqui L’Ange spoke to Chinese author Hong Ying about her memoir. Erin covered the gig:

 

 

 
Erin also tweeted from the 2 PM session entitled “You’re South African?” with Elleke Boehmer, Justin Cartwright and Melissa de Villiers and chaired by Nancy Richards:

 

 

 

Helené Prinsloo het die “Randfigure”-sessie bygewoon. Willem Anker, SJ Naude en Ingrid Winterbach het met Louise Viljoen gesels oor die karakters in hul mees onlangse werke:

 

Jennifer Malec and Jennifer Platt live tweeted from “Piggy Boy’s Blues“. Mervyn Sloman chats to Nakhane Touré and his editor Thabiso Mahlape about his debut novel:

 

 

 
 

 

 

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2015 Open Book: On Covering Race, Storytelling and Toast Coetzer Chats to Helen Macdonald (Friday, 6 PM)

September 12, 2015, 1:12 am
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Khaya Dlanga, Nathan Trantraal, Rehana Rossouw, Jonny Steinberg and Thabiso Mahlape

 
The third day of the 2015 Open Book Festival was filled with intense discussions and literary conversations. Here is the coverage of the 6 PM sessions:

 

To Quote MyselfA Man of Good HopeChokers en survivorsWhat Will People SayThe Chameleon HouseTokoloshe SongFind MeH is for HawkNaweekThe Book of MemoryThe Space Between the Space BetweenRusty BellFallen Land

 

Annetjie van Wynegaard tweeted from the discussion on how we talk about race in the real world. The panel consisted of Khaya Dlanga, Thabiso Mahlape, Jonny Steinberg, Nathan Trantraal and Rehana Rossouw.

 

 

In “Read Me a Story”, Jumani Clarke, Melissa de Villiers, Bongani Kona, Chris Nicholson, Andrew Salomon and Laura van den Berg read from their short story collections. Erin covered the gig:

 

 

 
Jennifer covered the conversation between Helen Macdonald and Toast Coetzer about her book, H is for Hawk:

 

 

 
Petina Gappah, John Hunt and Nthikeng Mohlele discussed momentum with Patrick Flanery in “Moving Right Along”. Jennifer Platt tweeted from the event:

 

 

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2015 Open Book: Rhodes Must Fall Assembly and Performance Poetry with Antjie Krog (Saturday, 10 AM)

September 12, 2015, 4:33 am
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Antjie Krog, RA Villanueva and Katleho Shoro

 
It’s a glorious Saturday morning at the 2015 Open Book Festival!

Piggy Boy's BluesMede-weteReliquaria

 
Erin tweeted from “Performance Poetry and Academia” with Katleho Shoro, RA Villanueva and Antjie Krog:

 
Helené covered the #RhodesMustFall Assembly with Mbali Matandela (Rhodes Must Fall) and Nakhane Touré. The session was chaired by Thato Pule (RMF Trans Collective):

 

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2015 Open Book: Rhodes Must Fall Assembly and Performance Poetry with Antjie Krog (Saturday, 10 AM)

September 12, 2015, 4:33 am
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Antjie Krog, RA Villanueva and Katleho Shoro

 
It’s a glorious Saturday morning at the 2015 Open Book Festival!

Piggy Boy's BluesMede-weteReliquaria

 
Erin tweeted from “Performance Poetry and Academia” with Katleho Shoro, RA Villanueva and Antjie Krog:

 
Helené covered the #RhodesMustFall Assembly with Mbali Matandela (Rhodes Must Fall) and Nakhane Touré. The session was chaired by Thato Pule (RMF Trans Collective):

 

 
 

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The festival is being covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), deputy editor Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), assistant editors Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811) and Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw).

Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/BooksLIVESA) and our Twitter profile (@BooksLIVESA) for more information and pictures!

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Wenners van die 2015 ATKV-Woordveertjies aangewys

September 12, 2015, 10:38 am
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Francois Smith

 
Aandag! Die wenners van die 2015 ATKV-Woordveertjies is gisteraand tydens ‘n glansryke geleentheid te D’Aria Wynlandgoed aangekondig.

KamphoerMede-weteEwebeeldDonker spoorRidder in 'n wit jas

 

Die groot pryse het gegaan aan Francois Smith (Prosaprys), Antjie Krog (Poësie), Chanette Paul (Liefdesroman), Martin Steyn (Spanningslektuur) en Marie-Louise Steyn (Romanses).

Die Woordwystoekenning vir Woordeboeke en Taalgidse is deur die University of KwaZulu-Natal Press ontvang vir Die Ju |’hoan Tsumkwe Dialect/Prentewoordeboek vir Kinders/Children’s Picture Dictionary (2014) terwyl Storiewerf die Toekenning vir Leesbevordering in Afrikaans ontvang het. ‘n Spesiale ATKV-Woordveertjie is aan Litnet toegeken vir Uitnemende Bydrae tot die Woordkuns.

Die wenners ATKV-Kinderboektoekennings is vroeër vanjaar reeds bekendgemaak. Fanie Viljoen, Jaco Jacobs, Marita van der Vyver, Elizbè van der Colff, Tania Brink (ook bekend as Jaco Jacobs) en Marisa Haasbroek is in hierdie afdeling vereer.

Baie geluk aan al die wenners!

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Helené Prinsloo het regstreeks vanaf die toekennings getwiet met die huts #Veertjies15:

 

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Die ATKV-Prosaprys se beoordelaars was Thys Human, Riana Scheepers en Kirby van der Merwe met die wenner: Kamphoer – Francois Smith (Tafelberg).

Die kategorie Prys vir Liefdesroman se beoordelaars was Shireen Crotz, Carina Hanekom en Madri Victor met die wenner: Ewebeeld – Chanette Paul (LAPA Uitgewers).

Diana Ferrus, Margot Luyt en Bernard Odendaal was die beoordelaars vir die Prys vir Poësie met die wenner: Mede-wete – Antjie Krog (Human & Rousseau).

Die Prys vir Romanses se beoordelaars was Carol-Ann Johnson, Didi Potgieter en Kobie van Aswegen. Vanjaar se ATKV-Woordveertjie gaan aan: Ridder in ’n wit jas – Marie-Louise Steyn (Amelia Strydom) (Hartklop).

Die kategorie Prys vir Spanningslektuur is beoordeel deur Sam Cooper, Dirk Jordaan en Kay Karriem met die wenner: Donker spoor – Martin Steyn (LAPA Uitgewers).

Shirley Ellis, Juanita Swanepoel en Wim Vorster was die beoordelaars vir die Prys vir Dramateks met die wenner: Die dag is bros – Wessel Pretorius.

Die Woordwystoekenning vir Woordeboeke en Taalgidse is beoordeel deur Mariëtta Alberts, Leon de Stadler en Rufus Gouws met die wenner: Die Ju |’hoan Tsumkwe Dialect/Prentewoordeboek vir Kinders/Children’s Picture Dictionary (2014). Uitgegee deur die University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. Samestellers: Kerry Lee Jones en Tsemkgao Fanie Cwi met ’n redaksiespan.

Die Toekenning vir Leesbevordering in Afrikaans gaan vanjaar aan Storiewerf– Prof. Franci Greyling.

Storiewerf is ’n webtuiste vir die bevordering van Afrikaanse kinder- en jeugliteratuur en jong skryftalent, met as bykomende doelstelling die bevordering van Afrikaans op die internet. Dit is sedert April 2000 aktief en is vanjaar 15 jaar oud.

Wenners van die ATKV-Kinderboektoekennings vir 2015:

In hierdie afdeling stem die kinders self vir hulle gunstelingboeke en illustrasies.

Voorleeskategorie: Graad RR – 1
Skrywer: Marita van der Vyver (LAPA Uitgewers) – Die coolste ouma op aarde
Illustreerder: Zinelda McDonald (LAPA Uitgewers) – Die coolste ouma op aarde

Selfleeskategorie: Graad 2 – 3
Skrywer: Fanie Viljoen (LAPA Uitgewers) – Plons
Illustreerder: Arnelle Woker (LAPA Uitgewers) – Plons

Selfleeskategorie: Graad 4 – 5
Skrywer: Elizbè van der Colff (Tafelberg) – Nina en die funky eksperiment
Illustreerder: Chris Venter (Tafelberg) – Nina en die funky eksperiment

Selfleeskategorie: Graad 6 – 7
Skrywer: Jaco Jacobs (Tania Brink) (LAPA Uitgewers) – Wian Verwey het ’n crush op my

Selfleeskategorie: Graad 8 – 10
Skrywer: Marisa Haasbroek (LAPA Uitgewers) – Iewers vlieg daar fairy dust
 

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Hou hierdie spasie dop vir meer oor die wenners

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2015 Open Book: Russia Under Putin, Missing Pieces, Shades of Green and Books I’ve Loved

September 13, 2015, 12:35 am
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Michele Magwood, Imraan Coovadia, Namwali Serpell and Justin Cartwright

 
The last session on the fourth day of the 2015 Open Book Festival was packed with riveting conversations.
 

The Man Without a FaceUkraine DiariesWonderboomThe RaftFind MeThe Seed Thief
Green LionThe Impossible FiveUp Against the NightTales of the Metric SystemSeven Modes of Uncertainty

 

Annetjie van Wynegaard tweeted from the PEN Dialogue where Pippa Green spoke to Masha Gessen (The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin) and Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine Diaries) about Russia under Putin:

 

 

Helené Prinsloo covered the talk between Lien Botha, Fred Strydom and Laura van den Berg on memory:

 

 
Erin tweeted from Shades of Green, where Jacqui L’Ange, Andrew Miller and Henrietta Rose-Innes talked ecological fiction with Justin Fox:

 

 

 
Justin Cartwright, Imraan Coovadia and Namwali Serpell shared the highlights of their bookshelves with Michele Magwood. Jennifer covered the gig:

 

 

 

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The festival is being covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), deputy editor Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), assistant editors Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811) and Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw).

Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/BooksLIVESA) and our Twitter profile (@BooksLIVESA) for more information and pictures!

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2015 Open Book: Khaya Dlanga, Hormone Factories and Musings on Loss

September 13, 2015, 2:42 am
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To Quote MyselfDie hormoonfabriekH is for HawkThe Alphabet of BirdsA Slim, Green SilenceDance with Suitcase

 
It’s the final day of the 2015 Open Book Festival, and some great conversations are happening.

DJ Suga interviewed Khaya Dlanga about his memoir, To Quote Myself. Erin Devenish was on the spot:

 

 

Annetjie van Wynegaard tweeted from an hour of storytelling with Saskia Goldschmidt, author of The Hormone Factory, exploring family, fiction, hormones and history.

 

 

Helen Macdonald, SJ Naudé and Beverly Rycroft discussed responses to loss in their books with Dawn Garisch. Helené Prinsloo covered the event:

 

 

 

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The festival is being covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), deputy editor Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), assistant editors Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811) and Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw).

Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/BooksLIVESA) and our Twitter profile (@BooksLIVESA) for more information and pictures!

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Izak de Vries resenseer Huisies van papier deur Dalena Theron

September 15, 2015, 5:41 am
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Willie Buger en Deborah Steinmair resenseer Komplot: Verwoerd moet dood deur André Krüger

September 16, 2015, 5:34 am
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Komplot: Verwoerd moet doodUitspraak: wortels

Komplot is in die eerste plek ‘n spanningsverhaal – met aksie en ‘n klomp fynvervlegte verrassende wendings soos dit ‘n goeie spioenasieriller betaam. Tweedens bied dit baie interessante historiese inligting oor die Spaanse burgeroorlog en die Koue Oorlog. Maar ‘n roman in 2015 kan nie slegs dít bied nie, en Kruger stel nie teleur nie.

Watter wonderlike skrywers het Afrikaans nie. Hierdie roman het alles: terloops-poëtiese taal, boeiende karakters (idealiste, dromers, manipuleerders, opportuniste, opperste skurke), meer as een storielyn, ondraaglike spanning wat teen ’n snelverskuiwende agtergrond afspeel, die vlymskerp horings van dilemma, selfs ’n teer liefdesverhaal en weemoed wat sny soos die wind oor gletsers.

Hierdie roman kan kers vashou by enige spioenasieverhaal ter wêreld. Moet dit eenvoudig nie misloop nie.

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Kom baljaar in die Breytenbach Sentrum se Tuin van Digters vanaf 19 – 20 September 2015

September 16, 2015, 6:04 am
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Die mond vol vuurSenior verseboekTakelwerkMatriksKaarNaweekKry my by die gewone plek aguurAl die lieflike dadeSolank verlange die sweep swaaiPenny SiopisI've Come to Take You HomeKarnaval en lentMens dier dingAlsof ik er haast ben

 
Die vierde Tuin van Digters-fees vind hierdie naweek vanaf 19 tot 20 September in Wellington plaas.

Feesgangers kan uitsien na ‘n ongelooflike program, weer deur die Breytenbach Sentrum aanmekaar gesit, met van die land se grootste en mees interessante digters en een of twee besoekers uit die buiteland. Hulde word ook tydens die tweedag-makietie gebring aan DJ Opperman, Elisabeth Eybers en TT Cloete en ‘n spesiale vertoning van Diek Grobler se meesterlike Filmverse sal gedurende die twee dae gesien kan word in die konferensie-lokaal. Onlangse kunswerk deur Breyten Breytenbach sal ook vir die eerste keer uitgestal word.

Tydens die Tuin van Digters-fees kan poësie- en kunsliefhebbers uitsien daarna om die digters se bundels aan te skaf by die boektafel, asook om in die gesellige kuiertent – die eerste keer by die fees – van die Wellington-streek se voorste wyne en kosse te geniet. Bekende joernalis Kabous Meiring is vanjaar die seremoniemeester.

Kom baljaar saam in die Tuin van Digters!

 
Loer na hoogtepunte uit die 2014 Tuin van Digters-fees:

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Program vir die 2015 Tuin van Digters-fees:

KUNSUITSTALLINGS:

SKERWE UIT DIE ONTSTAAN VAN ’N OORLEDIGE SELF / FRAGMENTED EMERGENCE OF A LATE SELF

Hierdie vyftiental akrielwerk op doek is alles onlangse werke deur Breyten Breytenbach, en sal vir die eerste keer uitgestal word.

Opening: 18 September | 18:00 | Breytenbach Galery

RSVP by Anne-Ghrett Erasmus om die opening by te woon: galery@breytenbachsentrum.co.za

FILMVERSE

Artistieke regisseur: Diek Grobler

Vir die ATKV: Nita Cronjé

Die ATKV se Filmverse, in samewerking met Diek Grobler, is ’n projek waar in ’n reeks kort animasiefilms geskep word wat geïnspireer is deur ’n keuse van 12 Afrikaanse gedigte. Elke animasiefilm word vergesel van ’n eie klankbaan waarop die gedig onder andere voorgelees word. Die eindproduk is ’n DVD van sowat 30 minute met die twaalf animasiefilms daarop wat tydens die Tuin van Digters deurlopend vertoon sal word. Dié vertonings word vergesel van ’n uitstalling van plakkate van elk van die twaalf animasie films. In aansluiting by die uitstalling, word ’n animasie-werkswinkel aangebied.

Kontak Diek Grobler by diek@fopspeen.co.za vir meer inligting.

19 September | 9:00 – 20:00 | 20 September | 9:00 – 17:00 | 30 min | Konferensie-lokaal

SATERDAG 19 SEPTEMBER:

UIT OPPERMAN SE LABORATORIUM
Met Daniel Hugo, Joan Hambidge, André le Roux en Ronel de Goede
DJ Opperman se destydse Letterkundige Laboratorium het ‘n wesentlike invloed gehad op die Afrikaanse digkuns van latere generasies. Van die bekendste digters, skrywers en akademici wat hier hul menings gevorm en talente geslyp het, kom gesels oor Opperman as mentor en sy verbysterende bydrae tot ons letterkunde.
19 September | 9:30 | 60 min. | Vierkant

HOE LOOP DIE PAD NOU?
Met Breyten Breytenbach en Francis Galloway
Waar kom ons vandaan? Waar is ons nou? Waarnatoe is ons op pad? Wat laat mens agter as padkaarte, waarskuwings, valse hoop, waarnemings en reisnotas?
19 September | 11:00 | 60 min. | Vierkant

BOKKIE SÊ MY REG
Met Pieter van der Westhuizen
Die stem agter bekende liedjies soos Sout Manne Sout en Wie se kjênd is jy?, sorg dat jy jou fees in die regte luim ervaar.
19 September | 12:15 | 45 min. | Vierkant

O NAME, O VERLANGE
Met Marlene van Niekerk en Gerrit Olivier
’n Bioluminessente kwessie-gesprek rondom Kaar waarin poëtikale kwessies, taalkwessies, literêre sisteemkwessies, wie-gee-omkwessies, wat-maak-dit-saakkwessies, wie-gee-jou-die-regkwessies, kwalititeitskwessies, politieke kwessies, filosofiese kwessies, wie-de hel-het-jou-vertelkwessies, ekologiese kwessies, hoe-durf-jy-dit-sêkwessies, hoe-durf-jy-dit-verswygkwessies, ter sprake gebring sal word ter wille van die vermoedbaarmaking van nooitgehoorde dinge wat om die grense flikker van die menslike organisme as ten volle gedetermineerde chemiese verbrandingseenheid (hier en in Madrid).
19 September | 13:00 | 50 min. | Vierkant

MENGELMOES DIGTERS
Ondersteun deur die ATKV en LW Hiemstra Trust
Met Diana Ferrus en studente
Die Breytenbach Sentrum bied jaarliks ’n poësie-skryfskool aan, onder leiding van Diana Ferrus. Hierdie groep opkomende digters kom lees van hul verse voor.
19 September | 14:00 | 30 min. | Vierkant

ONS KOM VANDAAN…
Ondersteun deur die NLDTF
Met Gaireyah Fredericks, Wayne Galant, Collinecea Hawker, Josua Meyer en Curtly Titus. Regie: Christine Truter
Meesleurend, opruiend, oproerig, versoenend, onthutsend en omhelsend. Die Brey­ten­bach Sentrum se drama-groep, Kaleidoskoop, bied ’n ondersoekende en ontroerende blik op die werk van bruin digters oor ses dekades heen – van PJ Philander en Adam Small, tot Ronelda Kamfer, Nathan Trantraal en Jitsvinger. Die program word voorafgegaan deur ’n kort spreekkoor-optrede van die sentrum se hoërskool-dramagroep.
19 September | 14:45 | 45 min. | Vierkant

WOELAG
Met Hakkiesdraad Hartman
Hakkiesdraad Hartman is een van die voorste en veelsydigste rymkletsers in Afrikaans. Dié boorling van George sal jou laat hop van die lekkerkry.
19 September | 15:30 | 30 min. | Vierkant

DUBBELDOOR TALENT
Met Sisca Julius en Diana Ferrus
Sisca Julius, ’n oudleerling van die Hoërskool Noord-Kaap en Pukstudent, is onlangs aangewys as die nasionale wenner in beide die prosa- en poësie-afdelings van die Poort-skryfkompetisie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. Wat hierdie prestasie nóg indrukwekkender maak, is dat dit die eerste keer in 45 jaar is wat ’n leerling beide pryse wen. Kom luister hoe hierdie belangrike nuwe stem gesels oor haar werk en daaruit voorlees.
19 September | 16:00 | 45 min. | Vierkant

MOEDERLAND
Ondersteun deur die Nederlands Letterenfonds en Van Ewijck Stigting
Met Antjie Krog en Anne Vegter
Twee formidabele digters, twee vastelande. Anne Vegter beklee tans die amp as Dichter des Vaderlands – die eerste vroulike Nederlandse digter met dié eretitel. Antjie Krog, veelbekroonde digter en skrywerjoernalis, is onlangs weer bekroon vir haar nuutste bundel verse, Medewete. Hulle gesels oor hul onderskeie digwerk en lees van hul nuutste werke voor.
19 September | 17:00 | 60 min. | Vierkant

TRIBAL ECHO
Met Frazer Barry (hoofsanger), Sandy Gertse (sanger), Earl Witbooi (baskitaar), Deniel Barry (tromme) en Este Visser (viool en klawerbord)
Tribal Echo met hulle vars musikale styl wat hul Klip Kop Rock noem, is een van die energiekste musiekgroepe in die land. Maak jou reg vir ’n ding of twee – veral as jy hulle nóg nie beleef het nie.
19 September | 18:30 | 60 min. | Vierkant

DIGTERS WAT DJ
Met o.a. Danie Marais, Alfred Schaffer, Charl-Pierre Naudé, Erns Grundling, Loftus Marais en Toast Coetzer
Kom rock en rym saam met digters wat die liedjies speel wat hulle gedigte inspireer. Die afterpaartie word goed aan die gang gesit met die befaamde Unhappy Hour DJ’s.
19 September | 20:00 | 90 min. | Vierkant

SONDAG 20 SEPTEMBER:

MM WALTERS – DIE MAN WAT GLIMLAG MET ’N MES ONDER DIE JAS
Met Johann Nel, Daniel Hugo en Gunther Pakendorf
“Die ou Romeine het hul Juvenalis gehad; die Afrikaanse letterkunde het as teenhanger die satirikus M.M. Walters,” het Zandra Bezuidenhout op ’n keer opgemerk oor hierdie merkwaardige woordman wie se spore ook diep getrap is in Wellington. Ons bring graag hulde aan hierdie hoë boom in die Afrikaanse digterstuin.
20 September | 10:00 | 60 min. | Vierkant

TT CLOETE – ONS SALUEER JOU
Met o.a. Joan Hambidge, Awie van Wyk, Babette Viljoen en Olga Leonard
“Cloete se impak op die Afrikaanse digkuns was en is groot. Hy het die kontoere van die digkuns verander, soos Breytenbach en Stockenström voor hom,” skryf Joan Hambidge oor Theunis Theodorus (TT) Cloete. Ons salueer graag hierdie groot digter, wat op 29 Julie 2015 sterf, met herinneringe en toonsettings.
20 September | 11:30 | 60 min. | Vierkant

LIZE BEEKMAN
Die immergewilde Lize Beekman sing enkele geliefde toonsettings van onder meer Petra Müller, Elisabeth Eybers en Breyten Breytenbach.
20 September | 12:35 | 25 min. | Vierkant

BEWOON DEUR IETS GROTERS
Moontlik gemaak deur die Verteenwoordigers van die Vlaamse regering in Suid-Afrika
Met Charles Ducal en Alfred Schaffer
Charles Ducal is die skrywersnaam van die Vlaamse digter, Frans Dumortier, wat in 2014 aangewys is as die eerste Belgische Dichter des Vaderlands. Later vanjaar verskyn Bewoond door iets groters-Au-delà de la frontière-Bewohnt von etwas Gröszerem, ’n versameling van gedigte, en prosatekste. Ducal gesels oor sy bekroonde loopbaan as digter.
20 September | 13:00 | 60 min. | Vierkant

EYBERS – NOOIT VOLPRESE
Mediavennoot: RSG
Samestelling: Margot Luyt
Met Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Frieda van den Heever en Lou-Ann Stone
Kom luister na van die mooiste verse van Elisabeth Eybers. Hierdie drie topkunstenaars reis deur Eybers se lewe van die werk wat sy as tiener geskryf het tot werk wat sy op die ouderdom van 90 gepubliseer het. Hierdie skugter vrou was die eerste Afrikaanse vrouedigter om ’n digbundel te publiseer, die eerste vrou om die Hertzogprys te wen en die eerste vrouedigter wat vrouekwessies in haar werk toegelig het.
20 September | 14:30 | 60 min. | Vierkant

TAAL TANGO
Met Zanne Stapelberg, Elna van der Merwe, Niël Rademan en Stanislav Angelov
Hierdie vierstuk musici vervleg kontemporêre en klassieke musiek met die nodige integriteit. Tangotaal is ’n produksie met verruklike Afrikaanse, Europese en Suid-Amerikaanse tangomusiek. Waarvoor wag jy? Kom tango saam. Olé!
20 September | 17:00 | 60 min. | Goodnow-saal

ALGEMEEN

EEN STOP

Alle vertonings, behalwe as dit andersins aangedui word, sal in die tent in die vierkant van die Breytenbach Sentrum aangebied word. Dit stel besoekers in staat om te parkeer en alles rustig en gerieflik op een plek te kan geniet, saam met seremoniemeester, Kabous Meiring.

Tydens die Tuin van Digters kan jy ook uitsien om die digters se bundels te koop, asook om in ons gesellige kuiertent – die eerste keer by die fees – van ons streek se voorste wyne en kosse te geniet.

WELLINGTON TOERISME

Skakel met die Wellington Toerisme-kantoor by info@wellington.co.za om jou te help met jou verblyfbesprekings en ander inligting oor ons dorp en omgewing te bekom.

KAARTJIEPRYSE

Naweekpakket: R300

Toegang vir 19 September: R200

Toegang vir 20 September: R150

BESPREKINGS

Bespreek jou kaartjies per e-pos by Jeanne-Mari Gerber: besprekings@breytenbachsentrum.co.za

VERDERE NAVRAE

Breytenbach Sentrum, Burgerstraat 14 (h/v Burger en Malherbe), Wellington.

Skakel ons by 021-8732786 of per e-pos na info@breytenbachsentrum.co.za.

Volg ons op Facebook, Twitter en hou ons webwerf, www.breytenbachsentrum.co.za, dop vir die nuutste inligting oor die Tuin van Digters 2014.

DIE TUIN VAN DIGTERS WORD MOONTLIK GEMAAK DEUR

ATKV, Het Jan Marais Nationale Fonds, LW Hiemstra Trust, Naspers, Nederlands Letterenfonds, NLDTF (Nasionale Lotery), Die verteenwoordiging van die Vlaamse Regering in Suid-Afrika, Van Ewijck Stigting en Distell-stigting.

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Dineke Volschenk resenseer Tussen heinings deur Corlia Fourie

September 17, 2015, 5:10 am
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Presenting the 2015 IBBY SA Honour Roll

September 18, 2015, 12:48 am
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Alert! IBBY SA have revealed their honour list for 2015-2016.

The South African section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) announced the six titles on their 2015-2016 honour list – which will all be presented at the IBBY World Congress in New Zealand next year – during an event held in Pinelands, Cape Town yesterday afternoon.

IBBY is a non-profit organisation which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together. The biennial IBBY congress brings together IBBY members and other people involved in children’s books and reading development from all over the world. The congresses are excellent occasions to make contacts, exchange ideas and open horizons. Being showcased there opens up a world of possibilities for the South African authors, translators and illustrators who are selected.

The six books chosen by IBBY SA – during a very democratic and fair process, executive committee member Lona Gericke assured those present at the announcement – are:

UitMiscastHoe om jou draak te temUmcelo Neentsomi Zase-AfrikaBaile Le MoketaRhinocephants on the Roof

 
Both the titles selected in the English and Afrikaans categories address issues relating to teenage sexual identity in ways never before seen in South African youth literature. The Afrikaans translation brings the joys of the popular How to Train Your Dragon series to local kids, while the isiXhosa and seSotho translations make classic South African narratives available to children in their mother tongues. The illustrations in the chosen picture book brings a new dimension to local stories, offering a fresh way of looking at things from a child’s perspective. Read the press release below for more information on each of these precious books.

These books will now go on to be exhibited around the world at conferences and book fairs, and form part of permanent collections in some of the biggest international youth libraries.

Congratulations to those selected!

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Helené Prinsloo tweeted live from the announcement:

 

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Press release

IBBY SA is the South African national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), an international body with 74 national sections around the world.

IBBY SA is pleased to announce that the following books have been selected for the IBBY Honour List to be presented at the IBBY World Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2016 as having made a special contribution to recent South African literature for children and young people:

Author: Afrikaans
Fanie Viljoen: Uit (LAPA Uitgewers, Pretoria) – for making it easy for all teenagers to experience and emphathise with a young man’s growing realisation of his sexual orientation

Author: English
Charmaine Kendal: Miscast (Junkets Publisher, Cape Town) – for its sensitive exploration of the inner journey of a trans boy; probably the first South African teen novel about transgender

Translator: into Afrikaans
Kobus Geldenhuys: Hoe om jou draak te tem (Protea Boekhuis, Stellenbosch) translated from Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon – for capturing the spirit and sense of the fantastical in his translation

Translator: into isiXhosa
Sindiwe Magona: Umculo neentsomi zase-Afrika (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg) translated from Gcina Mhlophe’s Stories of Africa – for transmitting the magic of the original folktales so faithfully

Translator: into seSotho
Selloane Khosi: Baile le Moketa (Jacana Media, Johannesburg), translated from Gerard Sekoto’s Shorty and Billy Boy – for a clear and lively version of the 1973 story of Sekoto’s, only recently published for the first time.

Illustrator:
Dale Blankenaar: Olinosters op die dak / Rhinocephants on the roof by Marita van der Vyver (NB Publishers, Cape Town) – for his rendering of the eerily atmospheric world of the writing

The above announcements were made at an event hosted by IBBY SA at the SASNEV building in Pinelands, Cape Town, on Thursday 17 September 2015.

The announcements were made by Lona Gericke, former children’s librarian, former chair and vice-chair of IBBY SA, and a former member of the international Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury. She holds the Awards portfolio on the Executive Committee of IBBY SA. IBBY SA’s current Chairperson Professor Genevieve Hart handed over the certificates.

Five of the six people nominated were able to attend the event and receive their IBBY SA certificates in person. Likewise, five of the six publishers involved were the happy recipients of IBBY SA certificates.

“We are really glad that the six categories were spread among six different publishers,” said Lona Gericke. “It means that more and more publishers are doing excellent work in the field of literature for children and young people.”

Is there anything especially noteworthy about this year’s Honour List nominees? “Isn’t it striking,” commented Genevieve Hart, “that the two ‘Author’-category nominees have both written books about sexual diversity? It is a very significant area of teenager experience, and one welcomes such careful and sensitive treatments.”

What lies ahead for these six books? Copies have been despatched to the head office of IBBY in Basle, Switzerland. At next year’s IBBY World Congress they will be on display, will appear in the Honour List of Books brochure, and will be the subject of a screened presentation in a plenary session of the Congress, after which they will move on to be displayed at the famous Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

So, the recognition and the exposure for these writers, translators and illustrators could be very significant for their careers.

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Smart Women Read Romance – and Write it Too: The Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa Conference

September 18, 2015, 4:02 am
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The conference for South African romance writing, hosted by The Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa, is just one week away!

The conference’s exciting line-up includes presentations and workshops in both English and Afrikaans, and opportunities to pitch to three international literary agents and editors from five of the world’s top romance publishing houses.

Read more about romance literature from The Romance Writers Organisation of South Africa:
 

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Smart Women Read Romance

“Love is my religion – I could die for that.” – John Keats (1819)

I came late to Romance – or so I thought. In my teens, when most of my friends at school were rolling their eyes about having to read the school set works, let alone additional books for pleasure, I read E.M. Forster and F. Scott Fitzgerald and Wuthering Heights. For fun. But then, I’d read anything that lay within reach, including the cereal box.
In my 20s it was Dr Zhivago and Isabel Allende and all of Jane Austen’s novels.

It’s only with hindsight that I look back and realize that what attracted me to every one of those stories were the connections between the characters. I could appreciate beautiful writing and intricate plotting, but what drew me to books were the relationships between the characters.

Then I spent one lazy, glorious summer house-sitting a house in the English countryside which had a well-stocked library – including a shelf full of Mills & Boon paperbacks. I’d never read a Mills & Boon before, and that summer, with no one to watch over my shoulder and raise an eyebrow at what I was reading, I gave them a try. And you know what? I liked them!

By this time the books had already progressed far beyond the ‘bodice rippers’ of the 70s and 80s. (Though it’s a term still bandied about in the 21st century by lazy journalists who can’t be bothered to research the subject before they write out about it.) These were sweet books, short and easy to read, set in a world I was starting to discover – a world where heroines had jobs and travelled. These weren’t women who needed men, but they were in search of something more than paying bills and hanging out with their friends. They were women just like me.

That summer, Romance became my shameful secret. I was an intelligent woman, after all, and smart women didn’t read Romance.

But summers don’t last forever and we all have to grow up. We get jobs, get married, have babies, read less.
Then, after a lifetime of scribbling little stories for myself, I started to write my first book. Now I’ll admit I’m a slow learner. Did I write a romance? No, my first book was an epic, literary historical. And to be honest, it was derivative and dreadful.

Then one of my very first writing friends said to me “you have a voice for Romance.”
Lightbulb Moment.
Romance novels were easy, right? I would write a short, easy romance as a ‘practice book’ then I’d go back to my historical…

Writing that first book taught me so much. It taught me that writing Romance is not as easy as it looks. It also taught me that this was what I needed to be writing. And it taught me that smart women read Romance.

Romance readers (and writers!) come from all different walks of life. They are lawyers and housewives and engineers and work at high levels of government. They tend to read prolifically. Many romance readers confess to reading on average 6-8 books every month. And they don’t only read romance. They read Gone Girl and Stieg Larsson and Isabel Allende and F. Scott Fitzgerald too. They recognise good writing and can tell the difference between a poorly written novel and a great one.

Which is why romance writers need to constantly keep upping their game. They need to innovate in a genre in which everything has, quite often, already been done before. They need to understand the conventions of the genre, to craft their words, and be able to write books that are deceptively easy to read.

This is why ROSA (Romance writers Organisation of SA) was born. In 2014 ROSA was registered as a non-profit organisation and in September 2015 we host our second annual conference. ROSA is more than just a community of writers. Our focus is on professional development as much as it is about representing our genre. Because smart women not only read Romance – they write it too.

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Sarie-lesers resenseer Diepsee, Nuwe stories 2, Vlieger en ander kortverhaalbundels

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Uitspraak: wortels

Kotze beheer die moeilike genre van kortverhale skynbaar so maklik. Die bundel sluit werk uit haar vorige bundels in. Haar karakters is geloofwaardig, multidimensioneel en gee lesers die gevoel van déjà vu. Die stories oor Sandvelders laat mens voel hulle kom uit jou eie verlede.

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Dineke Volschenk resenseer The Fetch deur Finuala Dowling

September 29, 2015, 5:27 am
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Dis min dat ’n skrywersopmerking op ’n boekomslag ’n goeie aanduiding van die aard van ’n roman is. Dis meestal nie meer as bemarking nie en soms selfs misleidend. Diane Awerbuck se insig dat Finuala Dowling ’n “home- grown Austen” is, is egter ’n uitstekende sleutel tot The Fetch.

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