SLiPStellenbosch Literary Project 
SLiPnet sent a busload of ace reporters to cover some of the key events at this year's Franschhoek Literary Festival. Reports are being loaded as fast as they land on SLiPnet's copy desk and get edited, so keep an eye on this page.
- The greatest mission of all - reading, Read SA! Franschhoek Literary Festival, 13 May, report by Stefanie Schneider.
- Die landskap in die digter, The Lyric ‘I’, 13 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, verslag deur Bernard van der Merwe.
- ‘If you threw the book across the room, say it!’, Novels as Entertainment, 11 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, report by Junette Gerber.
- Speaking each other's languages, Reading Each Other’s Classics, 13 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Pieter Odendaal.
- 'New political novels' not so political, Is Crime Fiction the New Political Novel?, 12 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, Report by Kavish Chetty.
- Techno-smart Goldstuck, Dingle disentangle the gadgetry, The Technology Tsunami , Franschhoek Literary Festival, 11 May 2012, Report by Megan Bursey.
- Dancing with Rhumba, Film to Fiction: Michele Magwood in Conversation with Elaine Proctor. Franschhoek Literary festival, 11 May, Report by Lelanie Roux.
- Cross-dressing P-D Uys’s Bambi and her Nazi, Pieter-Dirk Uys in Cabaret, with pianist Godfrey Johnson. 12 May, Franschhoek Literary Festival, report by Jana Jacobs.
- Critics on Critics: A Reviewer’s Manifesto, Critics on critics, 13 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Karin Schimke.
- The pleasures and perils of fame, The Price of Fame, 13 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Michiel Heyns.
- Prizes good, but healing the real gain, Prizewinning Poems, Franschhoek Literary festival, 13 May 2012, Report by Caryn Jeftha.
- Drawing the most fitting picture, Draw your life, publish your self, Franschoek Literary Festival, 11 May 2012, Report by Kate Ellis-Cole.
- The gaps and silences of the Border War, Angola’s Long Shadow, 12 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, Report by Wamuwi Mbao.
- What is it about this place called Cape Town? The Cape and its Town, 13 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Rosalind J de Waal.
- Questions of belonging central to writing Africa, Writing Africa, 12 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Kavish Chetty.
- Tweeting for Africa: The Newest Form of Storytelling, Tweeting for Africa, May 12 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Kim Narby.
- The 1980s: ‘How do we write about a place that was changing?’, The In-between 80s, 11 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Wamuwi Mbao.
- Gendered Genre, Beyond Chick Lit, 11 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Michiel Heyns.
- Exploring our land, step by step, Launch of This Is My Land, 11 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Annel Pieterse.
- Midnight oil burners, The Midnight Oil Burners, 11 May 2012, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, report by Karin Schimke.
