SLiP was in Franschoek this weekend, reporting from  the 2014 Franschoek Literary Festival. Our live Twitter stream can be read here, and you can check out our reports below.

• Writivism - Attention, aspiring writers! Learn more about ‘writivism’.
• Words into action - At the FLF, Victor Dlamini, Antony Altbeker, Redi Tlhabi and Deon Meyer discuss what it takes to make a film of a novel.
• Retweet or retreat? SA crime fiction writers and social media - Do social media help writers to be in the world, or do writers need to escape the world of social media? Robyn Berghoff reports on a conversation at the FLF.
• In praise of fellow authors - Amy Stimson, reporting on the FLF, is enchanted by a conversation between Zukiswa Wanner and Jenny Hobbs.
• ’n Intieme gesprek - Adam Small gesels by die FLF met Joan Hambidge oor sy verhouding met NP van Wyk Louw.
• On ebony, ivory and the lack of South African harmony - Can South Africans change their attitudes to each other, or is the historical damage too overwhelming? Thlabi, McKaiser, Engler and Ngcobo discuss this question at the FLF.
• Can we still trust the cops? Can we still trust the cops? - The strained relationship between citizens and law enforcers comes under the spotlight at the FLF.
• Not a Theory seminar - Lauren Beukes, Imraan Coovadia, Karin Schimke and Jenny Crwys-Williams debate the “what” of literature at the FLF.
• Jumping into the dark of the story - André Brink discusses his thoughts on what it means to be South African with Victor Dlamini at the FLF.
• The pastoral ain’t what it used to be - How might we understand the rise of the ‘new’ African pastoral? A discussion between Harry Garuba, Dominique Botha, Claire Robertson and André Brink.
• A Battle of the Tongues - An impressive panel of educators and writers address the perennial predicament of indigenous-language publishing.