2024 Programme | Book Town Richmond Simon’s Town Literary Festival

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Time	Event(s)
08h00 - 08h55	COFFEE & WRITING WORKSHOP WITH KARINA M. SZCZUREK
09h00 - 09h25	Neil Viljoen, Jose Dale Lace: A Collection of Selves
09h25 - 09h50	Julio Agrella Snr., Zeus van Wyngaardt en die godin van deemoed
09h50 - 10h15	Dr Beverley Roos-Muller, Hunting the Seven
10h15 - 11h00	HIGH TEA
11h00 - 11h25	Michael Green (aka R.R. Ryger), Stryd van die reuse
11h25 - 11h45	Susanna van der Merwe, Koerrie Kies Koers
11h45 - 12h10	Anton Krueger, Everybody is a Bridge
12h10 - 12h35	Michael Boyd, The Weight of Shade
12h35 - 13h00	Thobeka Yose, In Silence my Heart Speaks
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
14h00 - 14h25	Gaireyah Fredericks, Een Voet Innie Kabr
14h25 - 14h50	Jaco Alant, Wes en Geweld
14h50 - 15h15	Anthony Nolan Venter, Klippies in my kinderskoene
15h15 - 15h45	Rob Starr, The First Widow
15h45 - 16h15	Robert Ian Caldwell, Notes from a very small island during the time of a lockdown
16h15 - 16h45	Susie Orbach, Fat is a Feminist Issue WINE TASTING

Time	Event(s)
08h00 - 08h55	COFFEE & WRITING WORKSHOP WITH KARINA M. SZCZUREK
09h00 - 09h30	George Lockyer, New Zealand Pubs
09h30 - 10h00	David Butler, Feet with no Nose
10h00 - 10h30	Nicola Bower, Memoirs of a Bi-polar Bear
10h30 - 11h00	HIGH TEA
11h00 - 11h30	Rebecca Willis, Life, Death & Getting Dressed
11h30 - 12h00	Jane Evans, A Path Unexpected
12h00 - 12h30	Louisa Treger The Paris Muse
12h30 - 13h00	Tim Cohen (Daily Maverick), Gazing into a political crystal ball
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
14h00 - 14h50	ROSE WILLIS MEMORIAL LECTURE Nicole Jaekel Strauss, Deelfontein Darryl Earl David, Karoozing
14h50 - 15h15	Roger Chennells , All Rise
15h15 - 15h45	Oliver Lewis, The Orwell Tour WINE TASTING
15h45 - 16h30	Shehan Karunatilaka, Booker Prize Winner 2022 - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida/Chinaman

Time	Event(s)
09h00 - 09h30	Anna Funder, Wifedom
09h30 - 10h00	Anthony Akerman, Lucky Bastard
10h00 - 10h30	Michael Cawood Green, Witches Ghosts and The Ghosting of Anne Armstrong.
10h30 - 11h00	HIGH TEA
11h00 - 11h30	Margaretha Deysel Stemmet, South African Envoys of Opera
11h30 - 12h00	Clinton V. du Plessis, Kaartjies, Asseblief
12h00 - 12h30	Jini Reddy, Wanderland
12h30 - 13h00	Lainy Malkani, Sugar Sugar
13h00 - 14h00	LUNCH
14h00 - 14h30	C.J. Driver, Dayspring
14h30 - 15h00	Gail Gilbride, Cat Therapy
15h00 - 15h30	Jonathan Slaght, Owls of the Eastern Ice WINE TASTING
15h30 - 16h00	Shehan Karunatilaka, Booker Prize Winner 2022 - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida/Chinaman

Anthony Nolan Venter

Anthony Nolan Venter is op 28 Desember 1959 in die klein plattelandse dorpie Cofimvaba in die voormalige Transkei gebore. Hy onvang sy laerskoolopleiding aan die St. James (R.K.) Primêre Skool op sy geboortedorp. Sy hoërskoolopleiding ontvang hy aan die Sen. Sek. Skool Arcadia in Port- Elizabeth waar hy in 1978 matrikuleer.

Hy verwerf sy onderwysersdiploma in 1983 aan die Opleidingskollege Dower in P.E. en betree die onderwysberoep. Hy was 8 jaar lank onderwyser by die St. Josephs (R.K.) Primêre skool op Fort Beaufort in die Oos Kaap. In September 1991 word hy tot prinsipaal van Hertzog Primêre Skool in die Katriviervallei bevorder waar hy in Desember 2014 aftree.

Venter het reeds van kindsbeen 'n groot liefde vir die Afrikaanse taal. Hy was vir bykans 'n halfeeu korrespondent van verskeie streeks koerante en is reeds sedert 2008 'n gevestigde vryskut- en rubriekskrywer vir die Burger.

Nà die tragiese verdrinking van sy twee seuns, onderskeidelik 9 en 11 jaar oud in 1997 stel hy 'n digbundel "Dood van 'n engel" asook 'n kort roman "Om 'n kind te verloor" vry. Venter is 'n selfpubliseerder en sy nuutste boek "Klippies in my kinderskoene" is 'n keur van rubrieke wat sedert 2008 in "die Burger" verskyn het. Venter is getroud en woon Tans op Fort Beaufort. Hy het onder meer 'n Gevorderde diploma in onderwys sowel as 'n B. Opvoedkunde Honeursgraad van die Universiteit van Pretoria. As gesalfde is hy sedert 2003 voltyds in die bediening van die Rooms Katolieke Kerk.

English translation:

Anthony Nolan Venter was born on 28 December 1959 in the small rural town of Cofimvaba in the former Transkei. He received his primary education at the St. James (R.C) Primary School in his hometown. His high school education he received at Arcadia Sen. Sec. School in Port Elizabeth where he matriculated in 1978.

He attained his Teachers Diploma in 1983 at Dower Training College in P.E after which he embarked on his teaching career. He taught for 8 years at St.Joseph's (R.C.) Primary School in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. In September 1991 he was promoted to principal of Hertzog Primary School in the Kat River Valley where he retired in December 2014.

Since childhood, Venter has been passionate about Afrikaans. For more than a quarter of a century, he has been a correspondent for a number of area publications and has since 2008 been a freelance article writer for "die Burger.

After the tragic drowning of his two sons, respectively 9 and 11 years old in 1997 he published a book of poems "Dood van 'n engel" as well as a short novel "Om 'n kind te verloor". Venter is a self-publisher and his latest book "Klippies in my kinderskoene" is a selection of short stories he has been writing for "die Burger" since 2008. Venter is married and resides in Fort Beaufort. He has an Advanced Diploma in Education as well as a B Ed. Honours degree from the University of Pretoria. He has been an ordained cleric of the Roman Catholic Church since 2003.

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Gaireyah Fredericks

Gaireyah Fredericks

Gaireyah self-publiseer talle bundels en lees haar werk by verskeie feeste, o.a. KKNK, Tuin van digters, Prins Albert leesfees en die McGregor poetry festival. Kaaps is Hollands en Mientjies, haar twee debuut bundels word albei vir die Eugene Marais-literêre prys benoem. Sy wen die 2016 Patricia Schonstein Poetry in McGregor Award en ook die DCAS dramafees vir “Beste draaiboek” in 2016. In dieselfde jaar verower sy die Naliba’li Story Bosso-toekenning provinsiaal met haar kinderstorie, “Elkeen hetta krakie” en ook werf sy die tweede plek in die AVBOB-poësie kompetisie met haar Kaapse gedig, “Dood”. In 2020 word sy die Neville Alexander prestige prys toegeken. Sy doen tans haar M by Rhodes universiteit in Kreatiewe skryfkuns.

English translation:

Gaireyah self-publishes numerous volumes and reads her work at various festivals, e.g. KKNK, Tuin van Digters, Woordfees, Prince Albert reading festival, Books on the Bay, Cape Flats book festival, Open book festival and the McGregor poetry festival. Kaaps is Hollands and Mientjies, her two debut collections were both nominated for the Eugene Marais literary prize. She won the 2016 Patricia Schonstein Poetry in McGregor Award and also the DCAS drama festival for “Best Screenplay” in 2016. In the same year she won the Naliba’li Story Bosso award provincially with her children’s story, “Elkeen hetta krakie” and she also recruited the second place in the AVBOB poetry competition with her Kaaps poem, “Death”. In 2020 she was awarded the Neville Alexander prestige prize. The Jakes Gerwel writer’s residency was awarded to her after she completed her Masters in Arts in Creative writing at Rhodes University where she completed her debut hybrid short story collection, een voet innie kabr. Her translation of Russell Kaschula’s Knife’s Edge in English – part of the Siyagruva teen novel collection to Kaaps, will be launched in August 2024. She also represented South Africa at the opening ceremony of the First International Youth Poetry festival – special session for BRICS countries in China recently and presented in closing to the festival at the event Symposium too.

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