2026 Programme
Programme Subject to Change
Thursday 29th October – Day 1
| Time | Event |
| 08:00 | Writing workshop at VET MUIS CAFE - Karina Szczurek |
| 09:00 | Hannah Kent - Always Home, Always Homesick & Burial Rites |
| 09:30 | Stephen Symons - Starlorn |
| 10:00 | Darryl David - Scribbler |
| 10:30 | Anthony Akerman - Maverick Writers |
| 11:00 | TEA |
| 11:30 | Hay-on- Wye Festival Classics- Toni Morrison talks to Peter Florence (2014) |
| 12:30 | Melanie Moolman - Amper Daar - Die Nico Moolman gedenklesing |
| 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:30 | Tom Dreyer - Brief op veertig-duisend voet |
| 15:00 | Fanie Olivier - Die mooiste Afrikaanse gedigte van die laaste eeu |
| 15:30 | Becky Cerling - Forbidden Orphanage Outside the Forbidden City |
| 16:00 | Nicole Engelbrecht - Bare Bones - Cold Cases. |
| 16:45 | Paul Weinberg ( 1 hour) |
Friday 30th October – Day 2
| Time | Event |
| 08:00 | Kerry Hammerton - Vet Muis writing workshop |
| 09:00 | Zbyszek Miszczak - Anchors Down in Africa |
| 09:20 | Dietloff van der Berg - Apofatiese Lens |
| 09:40 | Robert Caldwell - More Notes to a Favourite Aunt From a Very Small Island |
| 10:00 | Angie Butler - The Shadow of Elsewhere - A story of friendship and the long road home |
| 10:30 | Rob Hersov - Speaking Truth to the Powerful |
| 11:00 | TEA |
| 11:30 | Nicholas Boggs - Baldwin- A Love Story |
| 12:00 | Naomi Morgan - Die ander dogter / vertaling van Annie Ernaux & Waiting for Godot -die veelbekroonde vertaling. |
| 12:30 | Etienne van Heerden - Diereriem |
| 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 14:30 | Deon Meyer - Scorpio |
| 15:00 | Gail Gilbride - An Unsuitable Girl |
| 15:20 | Leslie Osler-The Story of the Hantam Community Education Trust |
| 15:40 | Tracy Going - The Power of Writing and Storytelling |
| 16:00 | Suzette Mayr - The Sleeping Car Porter |
| 16:30 | WINE TASTING : HAWKSMOOR WINES |
| 16:45 | Roger Lucey - How to build a home in the mountains |
Saturday 31st October – Day 3
| Time | Event |
| 07:15 - 09:00 | Presentation: The Richmond Letters - Breakfast talk at the Supper Klub with Kathy duToit. Please reserve a place with Gary 076-085-4511 or Peter 082-941-1572. Full English Breakfast served R200 pp. Booking is essential. |
| 07:15 | Paper folding workshop at Karoozing Art Gallery on Loop Street. Coffee and muffins served R380 pp |
| 08:00 | Chantal Stewart - Vet Muis writing workshop |
| 09:00 | Chris Marais & Julienne du Toit - Klein Karoo Magic |
| 09:20 | Clinton du Plessis - Toonsettings van sy mooiste gedigte |
| 09:40 | Shamila Ramsookbhai - Eat, Pray, Die |
| 10:00 | Sheryl & Sandy James - Unbridling |
| 10:30 | Jonathan Slaght - Tigers Between Empires - The Journey to Save the Siberian Tiger |
| 11:00 | TEA |
| 11:30 | Neeltjie Swanepoel Outotanatografiese lewenskrywing in Antjie Krog se Plunder |
| 11:50 | Louis Botha - Karoo |
| 12:10 | Lahoucine Aammari - British Travel Writers in Morocco.. |
| 12:30 | Antony Osler - Zen- philosopher of the Karoo |
| 12:50 | Cate Otto - On Ghostwriting and Paper Sculptures |
| 13:10 | Jake Hoddinott - Migrations Beneath Baobab |
| 13:30 | LUNCH |
| 14:30 | Caity Venniker - Unleashed |
| 15:00 | Manni Coe - Little Ruins |
| 15:30 | Angus Bell – The Lost Boys |
| 15:50 | Brahim Benmbark - Desert Imaginations |
| 16:10 | Hennie Greeff - Gatkruiper |
| 16:30 | Tim Cohen - Leon Louw - A Legacy of Solutions |
| 17:00 | WINETASTING: BON COURAGE & STRANVELD WINES |
| Hay-on-Wye Classics - Margaret Atwood talks to Viv Groskop - June 2023 | |
| 18:00 | CLOSING / VOTE OF THANKS |