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Round-up: Franschhoek Literary Festival 2012 Articles and Opinion Pieces

by Lindsay on Jun 1st, 2012
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At the Franschhoek Literary Festival, held earlier this month, the Books LIVE team live-tweeted various panel discussions. Have a look at our wrap-up of each day if you missed any of our coverage. For your reading pleasure, we have also compiled a selection of the most interesting articles and opinion pieces on the festival, below:

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Kavish Chetty attended a session where panelists debated whether crime fiction is the new political fiction. This debate continues in the comments section of the article, so give it a read and add your two cents:

Let’s open with an organising axiom: crime-fiction is surging through the cultural circuits of South Africa. There are plenty of theories as to this re-energised interest in the theme, but most centrifuge around the idea that crime generates an uninterrupted flow of anxiety among the un-fortressed public, and these books – with all their catharsis/fantasy and possibilities to purge in text what cannot be so graciously excised from reality – are not mere entertainment, but rather serve a “socially diagnostic” function: they refract the chaos and questless violence that actually exists.

SLiPNet had a busload of reporters at the festival. Here’s a list of all the events and talks that they covered:

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.

Arja Salafranca, author The Thin Line, attended a number of talks and wrote about the discussions that stood out for her at the festival:

At best, what you’re left with after attending this dynamic yet intimate writers’ festival is an overwhelming swirl of words, sensations and stimulation enough to take you through the next few weeks. Plus, of course, an oversized suitcase weighted with the number of books you’ve bought after having listened to the various authors.

Andra le Roux-Kemp, correspondent for Artslink.co.za, spent a busy day attending talks and bumping into authors and other literary types:

As we ran towards the Franschhoek Congregational Church, we almost bumped into the man we were all so eager to meet: Deon Meyer.

At the Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) it is indeed guaranteed that you will, literally, run into some famous and infamous personalities.

Barry Ronge waxes lyrical about the literary (and culinary) delights of the festival:

I am in two minds about singing the praises of the Franschhoek Literary Festival, a four-day event in which books, words, critics, writers and even publishers are more or less accessible, a literary feast backed by some of the best restaurants in the country.

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