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by Lindsay on May 22nd, 2013
Alert! The Sylt Foundation has named Nigerian author Chika Unigwe as the winner of the 2013 Sylt Foundation African Writer’s Residency Award. Unigwe won the Nigerian Prize for Literature last year for her novel, On Black Sisters’ Street.
Indra Wussow, Veronique Tadjo and Helon Habila were tasked with choosing the winner from a shortlist, which included Yewande Omotoso, Ufrieda Ho, Zinaid Meeran and Maaza Mengiste.
Unigwe will be granted a two month residency on the island of Sylt, off the coast of Hamburg, Germany, as part of the Sylt Foundation’s multi-disciplinary Residency Programme. Congratulations!
Chika Unigwe has been selected as the 2013 winner of the Sylt Foundation African Writer’s Residency Award. Unigwe, from Nigeria, will travel to the Sylt Foundation’s headquarters within the next few months. This new residency opportunity is to be awarded annually to writers of contemporary African literature.
The four finalists shortlisted by the three selectors: Indra Wussow, Veronique Tadjo and renowned literary writer and academic Professor Helon Habila, were all very strong contenders. Unigwe was selected as a worthy recipient of the 2013 award. The Sylt Foundation called in November 2012 for writers of contemporary African literature to apply for this two month African Writer’s Residency, offered as part of the Sylt Foundation’s multi-disciplinary Residency Programme.
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by Carolyn on May 21st, 2013
By Jackie May for The Times
Shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2013 in association with CNA, were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. The writers report back.
CHRIS WADMAN
The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma, (Jonathan Ball Publishers)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
I was at the announcement event at the literary festival in Franschhoek.
How did you celebrate?
I had a double scotch and then did a sequence of flick-flacks all the way down the high street.
What is the best line in your book?
There are a number of lines that I am fond of, but I like the opening two lines best in terms of setting the tone. “It takes a special calibre of man to slice, peel and consume an over-ripe mango while manoeuvring, with only one knee, the antiquated oversized steering wheel of a battered Zupco omnibus hurtling along at breakneck speed. Teddington Chiwafambira, was, indeed, just such a man.”
Which book would you like to see win?
I haven’t yet read the other books so I’ll have to go along with my own.
- The Unlikely Genius of Dr Cuthbert Kambazuma is published by Jonathan Ball
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IMRAAN COOVADIA
The Institute for Taxi Poetry, (Umuzi)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
In Cape Town. At home.
How did you celebrate?
I didn’t. Writers are better at funerals than weddings.
What is the best line in your book?
I admire the title very much.
Which book would you like to see win?
In most novels, wishes are even more dangerous than vampires. Having said that, I’d like a book that’s better than mine to win. And most of all I wish that readers and books can encounter one another in a country beyond prizes.
- The Institute for Taxi Poetry is published by Umuzi
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KAREN JAYES
For the Mercy of Water (Penguin)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
I was lucky enough to be in Franschhoek at the event.
How did you celebrate?
Inside I felt very shiny and wobbly and happy, like a bowl full of red jelly. I went home with some very special friends, and chatted over tea until we all felt sleepy.
What is the best line in your book?
“Where the water widened, the sun cut it into silver splinters, as if slicing the fabric of a painting to reveal a glimpse of a hidden country behind it, lit by thousands of sunken lights.”
Which book would you like to see win?
I’ll leave that one to the judges.
- For the Mercy of Water is published by Penguin Books SA
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STEVEN BOYKEY SIDLEY
Entanglement (Picador Africa)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
I heard the news of the shortlisting when they called out my name. I had decided to go with my wife, books columnist Kate Sidley. So serendipity reigned.
How did you celebrate?
Table-hopping a post-event restaurant with Moeletsi Mbeki, Ray Hartley, Mandy Wiener, Edyth Bulbring, Paige Nick, Louis Greenberg, Rachel Zadok, and uber agent Isobel Dixon, after which we moved to a pub, I think it was called The Elephant and Barred. It was a big night, and I am not authorised to tell all.
What is the best line in your book?
My protagonist is grumping about content on the internet: “This democratisation of information strikes him as so much chaff, a chaotic jumble of bits, all treated equally without fear or favour, with no way to adjudge veracity or excellence, no way to separate signal from noise.”
Which book would you like to see win?
Come on, that’s not fair.
- Entanglement is published by Pan Macmillan
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JAMES WHYLE
The Book of War (Jacana)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
At home. [Publisher] Maggie Davey called and said: “Are you sitting down?”
How did you celebrate?
I had a whisky. In a bar. With rugby on the TV.
What is the best line in your book?
“First published by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012.”
Have you read any of the other shortlisted books?
I have read very little that was written after 1850.
Which book would you like to see win?
The best one.
- The Book of War is published by Jacana Media
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by Carolyn on May 21st, 2013
By Jackie May for The Times
Shortlists for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2013 in association with CNA, were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. The writers report back.
JACQUES PAUW
Rat Roads (Zebra Press)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
I was at the announcement in Franschhoek. I didn’t plan to go, but partner-in-crime and fellow author Julian Rademeyer and my partner, Sam, dragged me to the event.
How did you celebrate?
We had dinner with Jenny Crwys-Williams and a handful of other authors and readers at the spectacular Pierneef restaurant at the La Motte wine estate. First we had cap classique, then dipped into the estate’s delicious sauvignon blanc. It was a rather joyous affair and ended at midnight scouring the village for an open bar.
What is the best line in your book?
“This is a book about barabara ya panya – a Swahili proverb that means the roads of the rat, those little paths that you take in order not be seen and to stay alive.”
Have you read any of the other shortlisted books?
I’ve been involved with Julian’s Killing for Profit from the outset. Julian and I are close friends and started writing our books at the same time for the same publisher. We supported one another and read one another’s finished chapters.
It’s important to have this kind of support when one embarks on a writing journey.
Xolela’s Biko is in my bookshelf and Redi is definitely a must-read.
Which book would you like to see win?
Killing for Profit. I’ve seldom seen such dedication from any person embarking on a long-term and difficult project. He gave up his job to write this book. No wonder we now call him Renoster Rademeyer.
- Rat Roads is published by Zebra Press
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JULIAN RADEMEYER
Killing for Profit, (Zebra Press)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
At the announcement.
How did you celebrate?
I drank fine Franschhoek valley wine with friends. Oh, and a brandy and coke with Jacques Pauw.
What is the best line in your book?
You’d have to ask someone who has read the book for an objective opinion. I’d tell you that there are too many good lines to mention just one.
Which book would you like to see win?
Mine, of course.
- Killing for Profit is published by Zebra Press
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HERMANN GILIOMEE
The Last Afrikaner Leaders, (Tafelberg)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
Erika Oosthuysen, my publisher at Tafelberg, phoned from Franschhoek to tell me the news.
How did you celebrate?
My wife and I hugged each other.
What is the best line in your book?
A line from a letter in 1951 from the historian of world civilisations, Arnold Toynbee, to Piet Meyer, a correspondent in South Africa: “In South Africa you are faced with a situation that is going very soon to be the common situation of the world as a result of the annihilation of distance through the progress of Western technology. There will never be room in the world for the different fractions of mankind to retire into isolation from each other again.” This became the main theme of my book.
Which book would you like to see win?
I will decide after I have read the other books on the shortlist.
- The Last Afrikaner Leaders is published by Tafelberg
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XOLELA MANGCU
Biko: A biography, (Tafelberg)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
I was invited to the ceremony and thought I should attend, even if it meant risking the awkwardness that comes with not making it and still keep up a grin the whole evening. I thought I had a fair chance, though.
How did you celebrate?
With loads of cranberry juice. “Boring, boring boring,” I hear you say.
What is the best line in your book?
It is from the distinguished historian Jeff Peires: “A brilliant biography, a landmark in Biko studies.”
Which book would you like to see win?
I hope my book wins, of course. If not, then Redi’s. She’s a good friend and Biko would be proud. But as they say in sports, may the best book win.
- Biko: A Biography is published by Tafelberg
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REDI TLHABI
Endings and Beginnings (Jacana)
Where were you when you heard the news of your shortlisting?
At home, frying bacon and eggs for our Sunday morning brunch.
How did you celebrate?
Celebrate? I haven’t won. Of course I am pleased but celebrating should wait until an award is announced, surely?
Which book would you like to see win?
I don’t have a view on a specific book. I think all the shortlisted books are excellent and the authors have proven, some over many years, that they are formidable.
- Endings and Beginnings is published by Jacana Media
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by Lindsay on May 21st, 2013
Times LIVE has shared their footage from the 2013 Sunday Times Literary Awards, held in Franschhoek on Saturday evening, during the Franschhoek Literary Festival. View the full Sunday Times Fiction Prize shortlist and the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award shortlist.
Watch as Tymon Smith announces the shortlists:
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by Lindsay on May 21st, 2013
The Times
Alex Latimer talks about bringing children’s books to life
You write and illustrate. Are they very different?
They are very different. It feels as though I use one half of my brain for writing and the other for illustration – I get to rest one side whenever I switch between them. For me writing always comes first, and then I get onto figuring out the illustrations.
When did you start writing and drawing?
I always wanted to be a writer, but I grew up in an arty family. Art and drawing were second nature to me, but I worked hard on my writing even when I was very young.
What inspires your stories?
It’s difficult to say. I usually try thinking of a story, and I get frustrated and stop trying so hard, and then one pops into my mind.
You recently illustrated The Just So Stories. Where did you start?
I started with “The Elephant’s Child” because it was my favourite as a child. I tried to read the stories as though I’d written them, to see where an illustration might either add to the plot or enhance a climax. My illustration style, which is silly and fun and colourful, gave the stories a fresh approach. It’s a contrast to Rudyard Kipling’s own original illustrations for the book, which are dark and scary at times.
What influences your style?
My limitations as an illustrator influence my style. I just draw the way I can, and thankfully people like it. My favourite picture book illustrators are Oliver Jeffers, Delphine Durand, Jon Klaasen and Scott Campbell. It was Jeffers’s work that got me interested in writing my own books. When I had finished writing and illustrating The Boy Who Cried Ninja, I sent it to him and asked whether he’d send it on to his agent. Miraculously, he did.
How do we encourage art and writing among children?
It’s a matter of creating and supporting local writers, illustrators, picture book makers and novelists in all local languages. Financially there’s really no incentive to write a great Sotho or Venda novel at the moment. It’s a catch 22 situation because people aren’t reading (partly) because there aren’t a lot of good books in local languages, and there aren’t a lot of good books being published because people aren’t reading. If there was money available for someone to write and publish popular teen novels for Tsonga speakers, for example, not just a translation from English, then I think we could build a culture of reading in South Africa.
Latimer is a writer and illustrator from Cape Town. As well as creating picture books including The Boy Who Cried Ninja, Penguin’s Hidden Talent and The South African Alphabet, his quirky illustrations are seen on posters and greeting cards and in magazines.
- Just So Stories is published by Penguin Books SA
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by Ben - Editor on May 19th, 2013
It’s Franschhoek Literary Festival time: follow all the action from day three of the 2013 fest on our FLF Liveblog!
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15.42
The sessions for the last hour of this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival conclude:
15.39
A last few questions get answered at “Prisms on the Past”:
15.37
Lastly, the leadership of Van Zyl Slabbert and FW de Klerk is put under the spotlight at “The Last Afrikaner Leaders”
15.34
Question time at “To Frack or Not to Frack”:
15.29
The affordability and accessibility of books discussed at “Writing Africa”:
15.27
Mtshali on mixing praise songs and Shakespeare:
15.25
An idea for a new genre, “biografiction”, is discussed at “Prisms on the Past”:
15.22
More thoughts on PW Botha are shared at “The Last Afrikaner Leaders”
15.20
Jonathan Deal now gets his chance to speak at the “To Frack or Not to Frack” session:
15.16
Nyoka talks about his books, which, according to Ndebele lay the ground for an honest discussion about SA’s recent history:
15.13
Robertson and Binet discuss how history is given a particular narrative:
15.09
John Vorster and PW Botha are two more Afrikaner leaders to be discussed by Giliomee and Wills:
15.05
Ivo Vegter explains why he is not against fracking:
15.03
Now it is Mtutuzeli Nyoka’s turn to share his relationship, from a young age, with books:
15.01
Mtshali on his “worldly” education:
14.58
Laurent Binet explains how he used sources in HHhH:
14.57
Hendrik Verwoerd is the first Afrikaner leader under discussion at the session “The Last Afrikaner Leaders”
14.54
Cormac Cullinan engages with Ivo Vegter’s book Extreme Environment
14.52
Oswald Mtshali relates where his love of books comes from:
14.49
Claire Robertson elaborates on her love of research:
14.48
Giliomee and Wills discuss the title of The Last Afrikaner Leaders
14.46
Cormac Cullinan on why fracking in the Karoo is not a good idea:
14.42
Introductions are in order at “Writing Africa”:
14.39
Historical novels under discussion at “Prisms of the past”:
14.34
Praise for Alan Paton shortlistee Hermann Giliomee at talk on The Last Afrikaner Leaders:
14.15
Who’s tweeting what at the final sessions today?
14.13
…we’re back LIVE at the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival!
The Books LIVE team covering the final Sunday session of the FLF comprises these stellar tweeters -
Ben Williams, tweeting via @benrwms
Lindsay Callaghan, tweeting via @lindsaycal
Maggie Marx, tweeting via @BookishMaggie
The Books LIVE Twitter account will also be active today, as we cover various events via @BooksLIVESA.
Follow #flf13 and #flf2013 to watch the festival unfold across all venues, or track each tweeter individually if you have a particular interest in their event.
by Lindsay on May 19th, 2013
It’s Franschhoek Literary Festival time: follow all the action from day three of the 2013 fest on our FLF Liveblog!
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14.10
What can be done about child soldiers?
14.09
Miller ends off commenting on current state of Russia:
14.06
Verwoerd talking about her past struggles:
14.04
Question on whether child soldiers could be considered evil:
14.02
Miller answers question about Pussy Riot’s sentencing:
14.01
Question time over at The Great African Society session:
13.58
Hamilton Wende discusses his writing:
13.55
Melinda Ferguson discussing addiction:
13.53
Life lesson from Fahrenfort:
13.52
Miller discussing Russia’s contradictions and dual nature:
13.50
Biko discussing Unions:
13.47
Jamala Sarafi on his experiences with child soldiers:
13.43
Pat Fahrenfort talking about the struggles she faced:
13.36
Miller discussing the presence of winter in his novel:
13.35
Writing helped her discover herself again, says Melanie Verwoerd. Also speaks about her problems with the media:
13.32
Biko touches on issue of education:
13.30
Ndumiso Ngcobo points out that there are different child soldier experiences:
13.28
Miller discusses corruption in Russia:
13.26
Pat Fahrenfort explains how her book came about:
13.24
Biko discussing his ideas for The Great African Society:
13.20
Discussion on child soldiers turns to methods used to brainwash the children:
13.16
One of Feisty Women on the panel wonder about being described as such:
13.14
Hlumelo Biko discusses current situation in South Africa:
13.09
AD Miller’s Snowdrops discussed:
13.07
Hard topic of child soldiers not without hope:
13.04
Sessions kicking off:
13.00
Pics of the Moscow! Moscow! panel and the Child Soldiers panel:
Tymon Smith will be tweeting from The Great African Society talk with Francis Wilson and Hlumelo Biko:
12.46
Here’s what the Books LIVE team is tweeting this hour:
12.45
…we’re back LIVE at the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival!
The Books LIVE team covering the second Sunday session of the FLF comprises these stellar tweeters -
Carolyn Meads, tweeting via @carolynmeads
Lindsay Callaghan, tweeting via @lindsaycal
Ben Williams, tweeting via @benrwms
Follow #flf13 and #flf2013 to watch the festival unfold across all venues, or track each tweeter individually if you have a particular interest in their event.
by Ben - Editor on May 19th, 2013
It’s Franschhoek Literary Festival time: follow all the action from day three of the 2013 fest on our FLF Liveblog!
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12.34
The sessions are closing. Last call for tweets!
In the Church Hall, Carolyn Meads covered “Literary Prizes”:
In the School Hall, Lindsay Callaghan covered “Liberal: Fine Ideal or Dirty Word”?
In the Council Chamber, Maggie Marx covered “Dis ek, Anna”:
12.31
The Sunday Times Literary Awards are being scrutinised by the “Literary Prizes” panel in the Church Hall:
12.28
What’s happening in the School Hall? ‘n Bietjie Q&A:
12.20
In the Council Chamber, Anchien Troskie is weighing her words:
12.16
We’re pleased to report that Eusebius McKaiser and Tony Leon are still having a go at each other in the School Hall:
12.15
An interesting idea from the Tan Twan Eng, speaking on literary prizes in the Church Hall:
12.13
Sombre notes are still being sounded in the Hospice Hall:
12.07
Goodness, is it possible that Eusebius McKaiser’s prediction of no fighting between him and Tony Leon is off?
12.07
Two zingers from the “Literary Prizes” panel in the Church Hall:
12.05
Liberals are defending their ground in the School Hall:
And our tweeter-in-residence, Lindsay Callaghan, is exercising her free will to post politically insinuating pictures of the audience:
12.02
I’m as impressed with Maggie Marx’s dual-language tweeting as I’m distressed by the horrors that author Anchien Troskie suffered, growing up:
11.57
It’s Finuala Dowling’s turn to speak on the “Literary Prizes” panel in the Church Hall:
11.55
Eusebius McKaiser is hogging the oxygen in the School Hall, which is quite a feat given Tony Leon’s also present. But he’s value for money, talking “Liberalism”:
11.52
A bit more from Anchien Troskie in the Council Chamber:
11.51
Kan jy Afrikaans praat? Ja, a bietjie. Slagoffers are being slagged off in the Council Chamber:
11.48
Who wants to win the Man Booker Prize? If you do, you should reconsider – or at least that’s what we’re hearing over in the Church Hall:
11.47
A cracker from Eusebius McKaiser in the “Liberalism” discussion in the School Hall:
Unfortunately, the audience isn’t in for a fight, however:
11.43
One of the FLF’s few Afrikaans sessions is proceeding apace in the Council Chamber. Some tweets are in Engels, however:
11.41
Top bants in the Church Hall, where the topic is nominally “Literary Prizes”:
11.39
From the stage in the School Hall, Eusebius McKaiser tweets a snap of the audience:
11.38
From the Council Chamber, an updated pic with correct caption!
11.36
Who in the Church Hall has won (or founded) what?
11.33
Check these studmuffins in the School Hall!
11.32
And here’s the literary prize panel in the Church Hall:
11.31
In the Council Chamber, Helen Naude (not Mike Wills as noted in the tweet below) will be chatting to Anchien Troskie, bestselling author of Dis ek, Anna:
11.28
Here’s who’s tweeting what:
11.26
…we’re back LIVE at the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival!
The Books LIVE team covering the second Sunday session of the FLF comprises these stellar tweeters -
Carolyn Meads, tweeting via @carolynmeads
Lindsay Callaghan, tweeting via @lindsaycal
Maggie Marx, tweeting via @BookishMaggie
The Books LIVE Twitter account will also be active today, as we cover various events via @BooksLIVESA.
Follow #flf13 and #flf2013 to watch the festival unfold across all venues, or track each tweeter individually if you have a particular interest in their event.
by Ben - Editor on May 19th, 2013
It’s Franschhoek Literary Festival time: follow all the action from day three of the 2013 fest on our FLF Liveblog!
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11.07
We’re wrapping up. Final tweets from the sessions:
In the Congregational Church, Carolyn Meads covered “Steve Biko”:
In the School Hall, Tymon Smith covered “What’s Going on in the ANC?”:
In the Hospice Hall, Maggie Marx covered “A Song of Africa”:
And in the Screening Room, Lindsay Callaghan covered “Thomas Pringle”:
11.00
Suddenly, Mamphela Ramphele and Agang have come into focus at the School Hall. Was her decision to turn down the DA the correct one?
10.58
In the Screening Room, the case for Thomas Pringle as an “SA great” is being made, even though he only lived here six years:
10.56
Walt Disney’s getting a bad rap in the Council Chamber:
10.55
In the Congregational Church, Xolela Mangcu remains on the front foot:
10.53
Staying in the School Hall, we’re also learning about how the ANC has learned lessons from the Nats:
10.51
Back to the ANC in the School Hall. It’s Q&A time and the platinum belt, unions and Marikana have inevitably arisen.
Of AMCU:
Of Cyril Ramaphosa:
10.46
Pringle! O Pringle, Pringle, Pringle:
10.44
Isak Dinesen wrote, “If I have a song of Africa, does Africa have a song of me?”. For Marguerite Poland in the Council Chamber, the answer is indubitable:
10.43
Biko! O Biko, Biko, Biko. And Mandela:
10.41
And we’re also getting an ethno-historical view on SA’s past in the School Hall:
10.39
Poet Thomas Pringle is in the spotlight in the Screening Room:
10.37
In the School Hall, the topic has turned to the ANC’s 2014 election strategy:
10.35
At the Biko session, Xolela Mangcu swats criticism of his biography aside:
He also has a few choice words for the dominant political parties of our time:
10.33
They’re singing a song of Africa over in the Council Chamber, where Marguerite Poland (Taken Captive by Birds) and Patricia Glyn (What Dawid Knew) are explaining their work:
10.25
ANC alliance partner COSATU is under the microscope in the School Hall:
10.22
Thomas Pringle, SA Pioneer, Poet and Abolitionist by Randolph Vigne is being discussed in the Screening Room:
10.19
Over in the Biko session, Xolela Mangcu is on the intellectual warpath:
10.15
Lots of tweets flying out of the School Hall, where Moeletsi Mbeki, Carol Paton and Richard Calland are dissecting the ruling party:
10.12
We’ve kicked off in the Council Chamber, where Marguerite Poland and Patricia Glyn are fleshing out “A Song of Africa”:
10.10
The late radio and television journalist Vuyo Mbuli – whose voice more than any other’s, it might be said, was the sound of SA’s first 20 years of democracy – is remembered at the School Hall, where the panellists are trying to answer the question, “What’s Going on in the ANC?”
10.08
Lindsay Callaghan is in the cosy Screening Room for a chat on Thomas Pringle:
10.06
And the final day of the Franschhoek Literary Festival kicks off! Carolyn Meads is at the Congregational Church, where newly-Alan-Paton-shortlisted Xolela Mangcu is talking about Steve Biko with Suren Pillay and Christi van der Westhuizen:
10.03
Have you bought your Sunday paper yet?
09.47
Oops! Wrong embed from @carolynmeads – here’s where she’ll be from 10-11am:
09.45
So who’s tweeting what this first hour?
09.43
…we’re back LIVE at the 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival!
The Books LIVE team covering the final Saturday session of the FLF comprises these stellar tweeters -
Carolyn Meads, tweeting via @carolynmeads
Lindsay Callaghan, tweeting via @lindsaycal
Maggie Marx, tweeting via @BookishMaggie
Tymon Smith, tweeting via @tymonsmith
The Books LIVE Twitter account will also be active today, as we cover various events via @BooksLIVESA.
Follow #flf13 and #flf2013 to watch the festival unfold across all venues, or track each tweeter individually if you have a particular interest in their event.
by Carolyn on May 18th, 2013
Alert! The 2013 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award shortlist has been announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. A longlist of 42 titles has been whittled down to five. In no particular order:
Have a look at last year’s shortlist, from which Hugh Lewin’s book emerged the winner, Stones Against the Mirror.
The winner of the 2013 edition of the R75 000 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award will be announced at a ceremony on 29 June. Best of luck to the shortlisted authors!
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