2015 Eastern Cape Book Festival Programme
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DAY 1 – 27 August 2015 10am Opening: Edu College Choir Exhibiton stalls open 10:15 Opening Address – Keynote Speaker Siphiwo Mahala 10:30 Ubunono Kids Foundation – Children’s Storytelling 11:00 Fringe Venue - Centre for the Book – Kids Literature Workshop 11:00 Main Theatre – Panel Discussion: Importance of Indigenous Languages in SA Literature with Dr Mahanke (Dep. Director Language Services FS), Mr Dyubhele (Bisho Language Dept) and Mr Matyumza (Centre for the Book) 12:00 Book Launch - ECBF Poetry Journal 13:00 Lunch Various performances and readings around venue Main Theatre 14:00 Book Launch: Sinoyolo Mabuti Nokutywa 15:00 Book Discussion: Emile Badehorst – Pushing Up Daisies, the Great War Letters of Corporal Gordon Smith 16:00 Book Launch – Lungi Ngaphi 17:00 Robin Jackson: How Self-Publishing Can Elevate You and Book Launch 18:00 Poetry Session Fringe Venue 14:00 Poetry Workshop with Sisonke Papu (Resonance Poetry) 15:30 Assitej SA – Workshop
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The programme and authors for the 2015 Eastern Cape Book Festival have been announced.
Transcript of 2015 Eastern Cape Book Festival Programme
DAY 1 – 27 August 2015
10am Opening: Edu College Choir
Exhibiton stalls open
10:15 Opening Address – Keynote Speaker Siphiwo Mahala
10:30 Ubunono Kids Foundation – Children’s Storytelling
11:00 Fringe Venue - Centre for the Book – Kids Literature Workshop
11:00 Main Theatre – Panel Discussion: Importance of Indigenous Languages in SA Literaturewith Dr Mahanke (Dep. Director Language Services FS), Mr Dyubhele (Bisho Language Dept) and Mr Matyumza (Centre for the Book)
12:00 Book Launch - ECBF Poetry Journal
13:00 Lunch
Various performances and readings around venue
Main Theatre
14:00 Book Launch: Sinoyolo Mabuti Nokutywa
15:00 Book Discussion: Emile Badehorst – Pushing Up Daisies, the Great War Letters of Corporal Gordon Smith
16:00 Book Launch – Lungi Ngaphi
17:00 Robin Jackson: How Self-Publishing Can Elevate You and Book Launch
18:00 Poetry Session
Fringe Venue
14:00 Poetry Workshop with Sisonke Papu (Resonance Poetry)
15:30 Assitej SA – Workshop
16:30 Book Launch and Poetry in ConcertHector Kunene, Nthabiseng Jafta, Charmaine Kolwane
DAY 2 – 28 August 2015
10am Stalls Open
Main Theatre
10:15 Vincent and Zach Heynes: Children’s Reading Session
10:45 Thobeka Sinxo: Motherwell Poetry Documentary Screening
11:30 Panel Discussion: Marla Druzgal Talks Prison Writing with the St Albans Prison Writers’ Club
12:30 Book Launch: Mangaliso Buzani – “Ndisabhala Imibongo”
Fringe Venue
11:00 Jowhari Trahan (California): Workshop – Marketing yourself as an international artist/writer
13:00 Lunch
Various performances and exhibitions around venue
Main Theatre
13:30 Lidudumalingani Mqombothi – Transporting Xhosa Literature into Sound: Hip Hop Begins with Literature
14:30 Brian Walter, Mabel Mnensa and Liduduma Mqombothi Discuss Fostering a Rich Culture of Reading and Writing in Indigenous Languages
15:30 Monde Ngonyama: Xhosa Website Launch
16:00 Tribite to Female Writers: The Role of Women in Redefining SA Literature with Vangi Gantsho (JHB), Lebo Nyenye & Mpai Ramathe (Free State) and Jocelyn Fryer
17:00 Poetry Session and Book Reading
