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Sneak Peek at the 2012 Mail & Guardian Literary Festival (28 August – 2 September)

by Sophy on Jul 27th, 2012
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Darryl Accone, Books Editor of the Mail & Guardian, has provided a sneak peek at the line-up for this year’s Mail & Guardian Literary Festival, which takes place from 28 August to 2 September at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg.

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The festival’s star-studded programme features Books LIVE members Imraan Coovadia, Mongane Wally Serote, Eric Miyeni, Siphiwo Mahala and Chris Wadman. Keep your eyes peeled for the full programme which will be revealed closer to the time:

Nadine Gordimer, Breyten Breytenbach, Patrick Chamoiseau, Mongane Wally Serote, Zapiro, Diane Victor, Imraan Coovadia, Lauretta Ngcobo and Ronnie Kasrils are among the novelists, poets, artists, activists, academics and struggle icons who will take part in the third Mail & Guardian Literary Festival.

Presented by the Mail & Guardian and the Market Theatre, the festival brings together authors and audiences for almost a week of debate at the theatre, from August 28 to September 2.

From its opening session, No Time like the Present: Gordimer and Serote in Conversation, to its final panel discussion, Stories of Exile, the festival aims to survey what is being written in and about South Africa, its society and people.

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Tags: African Delights, André Krüger, Bhekizizwe Peterson, Books LIVE, Breyten Breytenbach, Burning the Candle at Both Ends, Cambridge University Press, Craig Higginson, Craig MacKenzie, Darryl Accone, David Krut, Diane Victor, Die Twee Lewens Van Dieter Ondracek, English, Eric Miyeni, Events, Fight for Democracy, Glenda Daniels, Groundwork, Human & Rousseau, Imraan Coovadia, Jacana, Kwela, Lauretta Ngcobo, Mail & Guardian, Mail & Guardian Literary Festival, Margaret Lenta, Market Theatre, Michael Chapman, Michael Titlestad, Mongane Wally Serote, Nadine Gordimer, News, No Time Like the Present, Non-fiction, Notes from the Middle World, Oswald Mtshali, Pan Macmillan, Picador Africa, Prodigal Daughters, Revelations, Ronnie Kasrils, Rustum Kozain, Sa Lit Beyond 2000, Siphiwo Mahala, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum, South Africa, The Cambridge History of South African Literature, The Institute for Taxi Poetry, The Landscape Painter, The Last Sushi, The Release, The Unlikely Secret Agent, UKZN Press, Umuzi, Wally Serote, Wits Press, Zapiro
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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
    Helen
    July 27th, 2012 @19:34 #
     
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    It looks wonderful, really it does. BUT [now copy and paste every single thing I have said about the sparse number of women writers invited to the last two M&G Lit Festivals]. And no, upping the representation from about 10% to 15% is NOT what we meant. I have to accept that no-one is listening. Sigh.

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  • <a href="http://rustumkozain.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Rustum Kozain</a>
    Rustum Kozain
    August 1st, 2012 @09:29 #
     
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    Odd. This is the first I hear that I'm a participant.

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  • <a href="http://louisgreenberg.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Louis Greenberg</a>
    Louis Greenberg
    August 1st, 2012 @09:42 #
     
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    They're using a hologram, Rustum - did you notice the cameras at your launch?

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  • <a href="http://rustumkozain.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Rustum Kozain</a>
    Rustum Kozain
    August 1st, 2012 @10:15 #
     
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    BooksLive needs a like button.

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  • <a href="http://book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Ben - Editor</a>
    Ben - Editor
    August 1st, 2012 @12:31 #
     
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    You mean a vote button.

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  • <a href="http://rustumkozain.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Rustum Kozain</a>
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    August 1st, 2012 @13:19 #
     
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    "Like" or "vote" for comments.

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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
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    August 1st, 2012 @18:34 #
     
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    *tea sprayed over keyboard at holographic Rustum...*

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  • <a href="http://modjaji.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Colleen</a>
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    August 2nd, 2012 @19:22 #
     
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    That's what struck me too Helen, the dearth of women ...

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  • <a href="http://helenmoffett.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Helen</a>
    Helen
    August 3rd, 2012 @00:36 #
     
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    They've been getting feedback about the fact that half the writers (if not more) in SA are women for two years now, so it's not as if they're still unaware of this issue. I can only conclude, very sadly, that they just don't think excluding all but a few token ovaries matters. Women's Month: yet another jolly charade...

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  • <a href="http://kelwynsole.book.co.za" rel="nofollow">Kelwyn Sole</a>
    Kelwyn Sole
    August 3rd, 2012 @09:58 #
     
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    Titlestad chairing a panel with Chapman, Lenta and Mackenzie? Michael T aside, that's some seriously distilled (censored) there.

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  • <a href="http://tiahbeautement.typepad.com/quotidian/" rel="nofollow">tiah</a>
    tiah
    August 3rd, 2012 @11:37 #
     
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    I don't live in Jo'burg so it isn't an issue. But if this event was being held in Cape Town, I wouldn't bother going. I read both men and women, but my favourite authors have been shunned. I would prefer honesty, 'M&G Male Literary Fest' to tokenism. Then every year there is a debate why women have the Orange Prize.

    The best thing about graduating university was being able to read women again.

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