Monthly Archives: May 2014

SLiP at Franschhoek Literary Festival

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 – […]

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In praise of fellow authors

Amy Stimson, reporting on the FLF, is enchanted by a conversation between Zukiswa Wanner and Jenny Hobbs.

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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.

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Writivism

Attention, aspiring writers! Learn more about ‘writivism’.

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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.

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Can we still trust the cops?

The strained relationship between citizens and law enforcers comes under the spotlight at the FLF.

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Not a Theory seminar

Lauren Beukes, Imraan Coovadia, Karin Schimke and Jenny Crwys-Williams debate the “what” of literature at the FLF.

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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.

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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.

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A Battle of the Tongues

An impressive panel of educators and writers address the perennial predicament of indigenous-language publishing.

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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.

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’n Intieme gesprek

Adam Small gesels by die FLF met Joan Hambidge oor sy verhouding met NP van Wyk Louw.

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SLiP at Dancing in Other Words

Imagine Africa Two – The second volume of ‘Imagine Africa’ takes ‘revolution’ as its theme. Amy Stimson reports on the conversation at the Dancing in Other Words Poetry Festival. An ecstatic kind of dreaming or, dreaming not deferred – Jonathan Amid reports […]

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Imagine Africa Two

The second volume of ‘Imagine Africa’ takes ‘revolution’ as its theme. Amy Stimson reports on the conversation at the Dancing in Other Words Poetry Festival.

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An ecstatic kind of dreaming or, dreaming not deferred

Jonathan Amid reports on the celebration of community and connection at the Dancing in Other Words poetry readings.

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The Dreaming Vein

Follow our reportage on Spier’s Dancing in Other Words poetry festival. Bibi Burger joins ‘Conversation I’.

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