Umuzi http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog Umuzi on BOOK SA! Thu, 17 May 2012 12:49:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 © info@bookslive.co.za () info@bookslive.co.za Umuzi on BOOK SA! info@bookslive.co.za No no http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Umuzi http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog 144 144 Phyllis Green stel vrae aan die veelsydige Mike Nicol http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/17/phyllis-green-stel-vrae-aan-die-veelsydige-mike-nicol/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/17/phyllis-green-stel-vrae-aan-die-veelsydige-mike-nicol/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 12:48:58 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/17/phyllis-green-stel-vrae-aan-die-veelsydige-mike-nicol/ Monkey BusinessBlack HeartPhyllis Green het met die veelsydige skrywer Mike Nicol gesels oor sy misdaadromans, skryfkursusse en sy mees onlangse boek, Monkey Business, oor die moord op Anni Dewani tydens haar wittebrood in Kaapstad:
Jy het begin as joernalis, nou skryf jy fiksie. Was dit ‘n moeilike oorgang? Ek het poësie geskryf lank voor ek die joernalistiek in 1974 betree het.
...]]> Monkey BusinessBlack HeartPhyllis Green het met die veelsydige skrywer Mike Nicol gesels oor sy misdaadromans, skryfkursusse en sy mees onlangse boek, Monkey Business, oor die moord op Anni Dewani tydens haar wittebrood in Kaapstad:

Jy het begin as joernalis, nou skryf jy fiksie. Was dit ‘n moeilike oorgang?

Ek het poësie geskryf lank voor ek die joernalistiek in 1974 betree het. My lewe as skrywer was nog altyd verdeel tussen verslaggewing en kreatiewe skryfkuns. Ek het eers in my laat twintigs begin om fiksie te skryf. My teorie was jy kan nie ‘n roman skryf voor jy ten minste 30 is nie, want jy moet eers lewenservaring opdoen. My sewende poging, The Powers That Be, is in 1989 gepubliseer. Die oorgang van nie-fiksie na fiksie was nooit moeilik nie. Ek was in die dag ‘n joernalis en saans en oor naweke ‘n romanskrywer. Die moeiliker oorgang was van literêre fiksie na misdaad-fiksie. Maar as jy lank genoeg daaraan werk, vind jy ‘n manier.

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/17/phyllis-green-stel-vrae-aan-die-veelsydige-mike-nicol/feed/ 0 Win a Copy of The Restless Supermarket by Ivan Vladislavic http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/16/win-a-copy-of-the-restless-supermarket-by-ivan-vladislavic/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/16/win-a-copy-of-the-restless-supermarket-by-ivan-vladislavic/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:47:45 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/16/win-a-copy-of-the-restless-supermarket-by-ivan-vladislavic/   Umuzi is giving away a copy of the new edition of Ivan Vladislavic's The Restless Supermarket, hailed as a classic novel on the transition of South Africa and winner of the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2002. The Restless SupermarketTo enter and stand a chance to win, simply answer the question below: What is Aubrey Tearle's profession in The Restless Supermarket? A. ...]]>

 
Umuzi is giving away a copy of the new edition of Ivan Vladislavic’s The Restless Supermarket, hailed as a classic novel on the transition of South Africa and winner of the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in 2002.

The Restless SupermarketTo enter and stand a chance to win, simply answer the question below:

What is Aubrey Tearle’s profession in The Restless Supermarket?

A. Medical Sales Rep
B. Advertising Executive
C. Proofreader

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/16/win-a-copy-of-the-restless-supermarket-by-ivan-vladislavic/feed/ 0 Launch of Eric the Brave by Johan Vlok Louw at Kalk Bay Books http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/launch-of-eric-the-brave-by-johan-vlok-louw-at-kalk-bay-books/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/launch-of-eric-the-brave-by-johan-vlok-louw-at-kalk-bay-books/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 12:48:40 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/launch-of-eric-the-brave-by-johan-vlok-louw-at-kalk-bay-books/ Eric the BraveKalk Bay Books and Umuzi cordially invite you to the launch of Johan Vlok Louw's debut novel, Eric the Brave, which is set in the Bush War in 1983. On Tuesday, 22 May at 6 for 6:30 PM, the author will be discussing Eric the Brave at Kalk Bay Books. See you there! Event Details
  • Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
  • Time: 6:00 PM for
...]]> Eric the BraveKalk Bay Books and Umuzi cordially invite you to the launch of Johan Vlok Louw’s debut novel, Eric the Brave, which is set in the Bush War in 1983.

On Tuesday, 22 May at 6 for 6:30 PM, the author will be discussing Eric the Brave at Kalk Bay Books.

See you there!

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/launch-of-eric-the-brave-by-johan-vlok-louw-at-kalk-bay-books/feed/ 0 Margaret von Klemperer Interviews Shaida Kazie Ali, Author of Lessons in Husbandry http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/margaret-von-klemperer-interviews-shaida-kazie-ali-author-of-lessons-in-husbandry/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/margaret-von-klemperer-interviews-shaida-kazie-ali-author-of-lessons-in-husbandry/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:48 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/margaret-von-klemperer-interviews-shaida-kazie-ali-author-of-lessons-in-husbandry/ Lessons in HusbandryMargaret von Klemperer recently interviewed Shaida Kazie Ali about her latest book, Lessons in Husbandry, for The Witness. They discussed her son's aversion to her use of the word 'vagina' at the book launch and her "dysfunctional relationship" with the writing process:
ONE character from Shaida Kazie Ali’s first novel, Not a Fairytale, gets a mention in her second, Lessons in Husbandry. “My son, who is 13,
...]]> Lessons in HusbandryMargaret von Klemperer recently interviewed Shaida Kazie Ali about her latest book, Lessons in Husbandry, for The Witness. They discussed her son’s aversion to her use of the word ‘vagina’ at the book launch and her “dysfunctional relationship” with the writing process:

ONE character from Shaida Kazie Ali’s first novel, Not a Fairytale, gets a mention in her second, Lessons in Husbandry.

“My son, who is 13, told me to bring Zuhra back, so she gets a brief appearance. He also told me he would have enjoyed Not a Fairy­tale more if I hadn’t written it.”

When Ali told him she would probably say the word vagina at least three times at the Cape Town launch of Lessons in Husbandry , he told her to signal when it was coming by touching her ear, so that he could leave the room.

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  • Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
  • Time: 6:00 PM for 6:30 PM
  • Venue: Love Books, 53 Rustenburg Road, Cnr
...]]> Lessons in HusbandryUmuzi & Love Books invite you to the launch of Lessons in Husbandry by award-winning author Shaida Kazie Ali.

On Wednesday, 23 May at 6 for 6:30 PM, the author will be in conversation with Karen Scherzinger at Love Books.

See you there!

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  • Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
  • Time: 6:00 PM for 6:30 PM
  • Venue: Love Books,
    53 Rustenburg Road,
    Cnr 9th Street,
    Melville,
    Johannesburg | Map
  • Guest Speaker: Karen Scherzinger
  • RSVP: info@lovebooks.co.za, 011 726 7408

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/10/launch-of-lessons-in-husbandry-by-shaida-kazie-ali-at-love-books/feed/ 0 Rusana Philander Reports on the Kalk Bay Launch of Imraan Coovadia’s The Institute for Taxi Poetry http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/rusana-philander-reports-on-the-kalk-bay-launch-of-imraan-coovadias-the-institute-for-taxi-poetry/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/rusana-philander-reports-on-the-kalk-bay-launch-of-imraan-coovadias-the-institute-for-taxi-poetry/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 10:29:12 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/rusana-philander-reports-on-the-kalk-bay-launch-of-imraan-coovadias-the-institute-for-taxi-poetry/ The Institute for Taxi PoetryRusana Philander of The New Age attended the recent launch of Imraan Coovadia's The Institute for Taxi Poetry at Kalk Bay Books where Coovadia was in conversation with UCT's Harry Garuba:
Taxi poetry is not receiving the literary attention it deserves, said author Imraan Covaadia at a recent discussion about his new book. Addressing an audience in Kalk Bay, Coovadia said
...]]> The Institute for Taxi PoetryRusana Philander of The New Age attended the recent launch of Imraan Coovadia‘s The Institute for Taxi Poetry at Kalk Bay Books where Coovadia was in conversation with UCT‘s Harry Garuba:

Taxi poetry is not receiving the literary attention it deserves, said author Imraan Covaadia at a recent discussion about his new book.

Addressing an audience in Kalk Bay, Coovadia said his fifth book – The Institute for Taxi Poetry – was a tragicomedy. Covaadia’s book is written from a perspective different to the usual portrayal of the taxi industry in Cape Town.

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/rusana-philander-reports-on-the-kalk-bay-launch-of-imraan-coovadias-the-institute-for-taxi-poetry/feed/ 0 New Edition of Ivan Vladislavic’s Award-winning Novel The Restless Supermarket http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/new-edition-of-ivan-vladislavics-award-winning-novel-the-restless-supermarket/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/new-edition-of-ivan-vladislavics-award-winning-novel-the-restless-supermarket/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 07:01:30 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/new-edition-of-ivan-vladislavics-award-winning-novel-the-restless-supermarket/ The Restless SupermarketThis month Umuzi re-issues Ivan Vladislavic's The Restless Supermarket: It is 1993, and Aubrey Tearle’s world is shutting down. He has recently retired from a lifetime of proofreading telephone directories. His favourite haunt in Hillbrow, the Café Europa, is about to close its doors; the familiar old South Africa is already gone. Standards, he grumbles, are in decline, so bad-tempered, conservative Tearle embarks on a grandiose plan ...]]> The Restless SupermarketThis month Umuzi re-issues Ivan Vladislavic’s The Restless Supermarket:

It is 1993, and Aubrey Tearle’s world is shutting down. He has recently retired from a lifetime of proofreading telephone directories. His favourite haunt in Hillbrow, the Café Europa, is about to close its doors; the familiar old South Africa is already gone. Standards, he grumbles, are in decline, so bad-tempered, conservative Tearle embarks on a grandiose plan to enlighten his fellow citizens. The results are disastrous, hilarious and poignant.

The Restless Supermarket, hailed as a classic novel of the South African transition, was awarded the Sunday Times Prize for Fiction in 2002.

About the author

Ivan Vladislavic is the author of the novels The Folly, The Exploded View and Double Negative, and has edited volumes on architecture and art. His book Portrait with Keys documents Johannesburg, and his short stories have been collected in the volume Flashback Hotel. His work has been published and translated widely and has won many awards, including the University of Johannesburg Prize and the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction. He lives in Johannesburg.

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/09/new-edition-of-ivan-vladislavics-award-winning-novel-the-restless-supermarket/feed/ 0 eKhaya Author Stanley Kenani Shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize for African Writing http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/ekhaya-author-stanley-kenani-shortlisted-for-the-2012-caine-prize-for-african-writing/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/ekhaya-author-stanley-kenani-shortlisted-for-the-2012-caine-prize-for-african-writing/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 11:02:33 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/ekhaya-author-stanley-kenani-shortlisted-for-the-2012-caine-prize-for-african-writing/ For Honour and Other StorieseKhaya, the straight-to-digital imprint of Random House Struik, is delighted that "Love on Trial", a short story from its launch title, For Honour and Other Stories, by SO (Stanley) Kenani, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Caine Prize – known as ‘The African Booker’ – for 2012. The Chair of judges, author and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Bernardine ...]]> For Honour and Other StorieseKhaya, the straight-to-digital imprint of Random House Struik, is delighted that “Love on Trial”, a short story from its launch title, For Honour and Other Stories, by SO (Stanley) Kenani, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Caine Prize – known as ‘The African Booker’ – for 2012.

The Chair of judges, author and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Bernardine Evaristo MBE, has described the Caine Prize shortlist – selected form 122 entries from 14 African countries – as ‘truly diverse fiction from a truly diverse continent’. She noted “Love on Trial”, a story which challenges traditional assumptions about love and sexuality, as ‘bravely provocative’.

The winner of the £10,000 Caine Prize will be announced on 2 July 2012, and will be given the opportunity of taking up a month’s residence at Georgetown University, as a Writer-in-Residence at the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice. The award will cover all travel and living expenses. The winner will also be invited to take part in the Open Book Festival in Cape Town in September 2012 and events at the Museum of African Art in New York in November 2012. South African winners of the Caine Prize include Mary Watson (2006) and Umuzi author Henrietta Rose-Innes (2008).

Stanley Kenani is a Malawian writer and poet who works as an accountant in Geneva. The title story of his collection, “For Honour”, was also shortlisted for the Caine Prize, in 2008.

Stanley is an alumnus of the Random House Creative Writing Course, presented online in conjunction with GetSmarter, a high-touch online education company. eKhaya was initially established to publish select manuscripts from the Random House Struik Creative Writing and Random House Struik Write a Non-Fiction Story courses, both taught by high-profile South African author, Mike Nicol.

For Honour and Other Stories was published in August 2012, and was eKhaya’s first-ever title. It can be purchased online in South Africa at Kalahari.com and Exclus1ves.co.za, in Britain at Amazon.co.uk and internationally at Amazon.com and other e-retailers.

eKhaya is treading into further exciting territory in June 2012 when it publishes Bloody Parchment: Inferna and Other Stories, an anthology of stories selected for the South African Horrorfest taking place in Cape Town in October 2012. In July, the imprint will publish Ms Conception, a rollicking and heartful novel about a woman juggling family and career by Johannesburg-based television writer, Pamela Power.

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/ekhaya-author-stanley-kenani-shortlisted-for-the-2012-caine-prize-for-african-writing/feed/ 0 Random House Struik Authors at the 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival (11-13 May) http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/random-house-struik-authors-at-the-2012-franschhoek-literary-festival-11-13-may/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/random-house-struik-authors-at-the-2012-franschhoek-literary-festival-11-13-may/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 09:27:35 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/random-house-struik-authors-at-the-2012-franschhoek-literary-festival-11-13-may/ Franschhoek Literary Festival takes place from 11 to 13 May. Random House Struik authors to look forward to at the festival include Zuretha Roos and Annalie Nel, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Robert Fridjhon, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Kathryn White, Ivan Vladislavi?, Imraan Coovadia, Andrew Brown, Brent Meersman, Diane Awerbuck, Leon de Kock, Isobel Dixon, Johan Vlok Louw, John Liebenberg, Patricia Hayes, Tim Noakes, Michael Vlismas, Francis Wilson, ...]]> The 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival takes place from 11 to 13 May. Random House Struik authors to look forward to at the festival include Zuretha Roos and Annalie Nel, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Robert Fridjhon, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Kathryn White, Ivan Vladislavić, Imraan Coovadia, Andrew Brown, Brent Meersman, Diane Awerbuck, Leon de Kock, Isobel Dixon, Johan Vlok Louw, John Liebenberg, Patricia Hayes, Tim Noakes, Michael Vlismas, Francis Wilson, Hannes Haasbroek, Peter Harris, Rajend Mesthrie, Jeanne Hromnik, Alan Morris and Shaida Kazie Ali.

Roast Duck on SundayNinevehCaterpillar SeasNever Too NakedThings I Thought I KnewThe Loss LibraryThe Institute for Taxi PoetrySolaceReports Before DaybreakCabin FeverBodyhoodBad SexThe Tempest PrognosticatorEric the BraveBush of GhostsChallenging BeliefsDinosaurs, Diamonds & Democracy'n Seun soos BramBirthEish, but is it English?Missing and MurderedLessons in Husbandry

Friday 11 May

What’s cooking?
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Church Hall)
Abigail Donnelly chats to Reuben Riffel (Reuben Cooks Local), Marita van der Vyver (Summer Food in Provence) and sisters Zuretha Roos and Annalie Nel (Roast Duck on Sunday) about their recent cookbooks.

Novels as entertainment?
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Congregational Church)
Milan Kundera wrote: “The great European novel started out as entertainment, and every true novelist is nostalgic for it.” Jenny Hobbs (The Miracle of Crocodile Flats) asks fellow novelists Henrietta Rose-Innes (Nineveh), Finuala Dowling (Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart) and Tan Twan Eng (The Garden of Evening Mists) whether they agree – or not.

Don’t fence me in
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (School Hall)
Tim Butcher explores the far reaches of adventure and the macho ego with Robert Fridjhon (Caterpillar Seas), James Hendry (A Year in the Wild) and John Dobson (Year of the Gherkin).

Pieter, not Evita
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Congregational Church)
Marianne Thamm in conversation with Pieter-Dirk Uys.

20-minute snapshots
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Library)
Writers Rahla Xenopolous (Bubbles), Paul Nel (The Law of Douglas van Yssen) and Kathryn White (Things I Thought I Knew) present and read from their books.

A pride of literary lions
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Congregational Church)
Jeremy Boraine in conversation with Ivan Vladislavić (The Loss Library), Michiel Heyns (Invisible Furies) and Imraan Coovadia (The Institute for Taxi Poetry).

Nineveh – the layered lives of Cape Town
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Hospice Hall)
Lynda Gilfillan in conversation with Henrietta Rose-Innes about her novel that negotiates the underbelly of a luxury estate beset by an infestation of bugs.

Brotherhood of crime
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (School Hall)
Book broadcaster Karabo Kgoleng takes on three masters of crime fiction: Deon Meyer (Trackers), Andrew Brown (Solace) and Peter Church (Bitter Pill).

Novel trio: BM + CH²
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Council Chamber)
Christopher Hope talks to Brent Meersman (Reports Before Daybreak) and Craig Higginson (The Landscape Painter)

Bad Sex
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM (Hospice Hall)
Diane Awerbuck in conversation with Leon de Kock (Bad Sex).

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Saturday 12 May 2012

In conversation
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Council Chamber)
Michiel Heyns and Andrew Brown discuss their new novels.

Short and savoury
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Library)
Colleen Higgs gets together with short story writers Diane Awerbuck (Cabin Fever), Meg Vandermerwe (This Place I Call Home) and James Whyle, winner of the 2011 SA PEN/Studzinski Literary Award for The Story.

Favourite poems
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Screening Room)
Poets Finuala Dowling, Isobel Dixon (The Tempest Prognosticator), Leon de Kock (Bodyhood) and Gus Ferguson share their favourites with a select audience.

Angola’s long shadow
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (School Hall)
Brent Meersman revisits the Border War and discusses its malignant scars with Mark Behr (The Smell of Apples), Johan Vlok Louw (Eric the Brave), photographer John Liebenberg and his co-author Patricia Hayes (Bush of Ghosts).

Challenging Beliefs
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Congregational Church)
John Maytham in conversation with sports scientist Tim Noakes and sports writer Michael Vlismas (Challenging Beliefs).

Script to stage
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (School Hall)
Director Janice Honeyman goes behind the scenes with three co-stalwarts of the South African stage: Pieter-Dirk Uys, Mike van Graan and Craig Higginson.

Remembering Bram Fischer
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Congregational Church)
Francis Wilson talks to the two people who best remember Bram Fischer, his daughters Ruth Rice and Ilse Wilson, as well as biographer Hannes Haasbroek (‘n Seun Soos Bram).

Is crime fiction the new political novel?
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Church Hall)
Lynda Gilfillan threw down the gauntlet in a debate about genre snobs on Stellenbosch University’s SLiPnet site, and chairs the next round of jousting with Margie Orford, Leon de Kock and Imraan Coovadia.

What do publishers want?
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Council Chamber)
Jeremy Boraine (Jonathan Ball) and a line-up of fellow publishers – Terry Morris (Pan Macmillan), Bridget Impey (Jacana) and Frederik de Jager (Umuzi) – mull over the all- important question all writers want to ask.

The Loss Library
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Hospice Hall)
Carrol Clarkson in conversation with Ivan Vladislavić.

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Sunday 13 May 2012

Learning from our mistakes
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (School Hall)
Peter Harris (Birth) chairs this essential discussion with Moeletsi Mbeki, Andrew Feinstein and Ray Hartley, editor of the Sunday Times.

Critics on critics
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Hospice Hall)
Michiel Heyns, Brent Meersman and Sean O’Toole mull over the state of literary criticism in our country, its contribution to fresh new writing, and (the crucial issue for writers today) sales.

Rolling up our sleeves and…
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (School Hall)
John Maytham chairs a discussion about our country’s way forward, with Jonathan Jansen and UCT economist Francis Wilson (Dinosaurs, Diamonds & Democracy).

Eish! but is it English?
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Library)
Linguistics professor Rajend Mesthrie (Eish, but is it English?) in conversation with co-author Jeanne Hromnik.

Baring the body
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Screening Room)
Leon de Kock and Karin Schimke (Bare & Breaking) discuss their poems

The rise and rise of true crime
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (School Hall)
Margie Orford talks real-life crime with forensic anthropologist Alan Morris (Missing and Murdered), Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela (My Father, My Monster) and journalist Mandy Wiener (Killing Kebble).

Muslim writers in the rainbow nation
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Council Chamber)
Imraan Coovadia talks to Shaida Kazie Ali (Lessons in Husbandry) and Azad Essa (Zuma’s Bastard) about writing from within a community that places a high value on privacy.

The lyric ‘I’
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (Screening Room)
Finuala Dowling introduces poets Ingrid de Kok (Other Signs) and Isobel Dixon.

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]]> http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/random-house-struik-authors-at-the-2012-franschhoek-literary-festival-11-13-may/feed/ 0 Johan Vlok Louw Debuts with Border War Novel Eric the Brave http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/johan-vlok-louw-debuts-with-border-war-novel-eric-the-brave/ http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/johan-vlok-louw-debuts-with-border-war-novel-eric-the-brave/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 07:08:34 +0000 Amanda http://umuzi.bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/05/04/johan-vlok-louw-debuts-with-border-war-novel-eric-the-brave/ Eric the Brave"They sit in the doors of the Big Mamma Pumas, feet dangling out, all gung ho. Sometimes you have a bad hair day in the big fat sky – come back with holes in you." First nothing happens, on the border between Namibia and Angola, 1983. A platoon of servicemen at a remote outpost kill time smoking, drinking, grating each other’s nerves. Eric draws Scope pictures to amuse ...]]> Eric the Brave“They sit in the doors of the Big Mamma Pumas, feet dangling out, all gung ho. Sometimes you have a bad hair day in the big fat sky – come back with holes in you.”

First nothing happens, on the border between Namibia and Angola, 1983. A platoon of servicemen at a remote outpost kill time smoking, drinking, grating each other’s nerves. Eric draws Scope pictures to amuse his mates while he observes everything around him with a distant eye. They are mere boys, lounging in the waiting room to hell.

When hell breaks loose all bets are off, and for Eric there is no escaping the horror of the scores he must settle.

Written in hardened yet lyrical prose electrified with heart-stopping lines, Eric the Brave is an elegy on boot level that marks the arrival of a remarkable new writer.

About the author

Johan Vlok Louw was born in Cape Town. After National Service, a stint in banking and some time underground in the gold mines followed. He studied Fine Art and Design, and has worked as salesman, manager, franchise owner, director and chairman. He lives in Gordons Bay.

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