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Tweets from Day Two at Open Book 2015

10 Sep 2015
in Events, Literature
Neel Mukherjee, Mandla Langa, Åsne Seierstad and Steve Connolly

We’ll be rounding up some of the tweets from the talks at the Open Book Festival 2015 featuring PEN SA members.

As you can see from the Open Book programme, there is plenty going on. These tweets are just a glimpse at some of the conversations taking place over the five day festival. For more, take a look at #OBF2015 and read Books LIVE’s round-ups: “Writing Big Events”; “Let’s Talk Frankly about Labour”, “Sins of our Parents” and “Skop, Skiet en Bier”; “Looking for Home” and “The Choice to Fiction”; “Draw Off”, “Reading: Poetry and Prose” and “On Their Own Terms”; “Sowing the Seeds”; “Surprising your Reader” and “Where the Wild Things Are”.

PEN SA members speaking on the second day included Mandla Langa (PEN SA Executive Vice-President), Finuala Dowling, Jacqui L’Ange, Jonty Driver, Bridget Pitt, ZP Dala, Lauren Beukes, Petina Gappah and Justin Fox (PEN SA board member).

Writing Big Events

PEN SA Executive Vice-President Mandla Langa, Neel Mukherjee and Åsne Seierstad spoke to Steve Connolly about doing justice to the events at the centre of their books. Centre co-ordinator Lindsay Callaghan and Books LIVE‘s Jennifer Malec tweeted from the event:

Book Club Morning – Unconventional Families

Gareth Crocker, Finuala Dowling (PEN SA member) and Karen Joy Fowler spoke to Lisa Lazarus. Author Paige Nick tweeted from the event:

Sowing the Seeds

Patrick Gale, Jacqui L’Ange (PEN SA member) and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor spoke about researching place/time with Nancy Richards. Erin Devenish from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

Filling in the Gaps

Maxine Case (Papwa: An Unsung Golfing Legend) and Jonty Driver (The Man with the Suitcase – John Harris) tell Carol-Ann Davids about the remarkable lives they chose to write about.

Sins of Our Parents

Elleke Boehmer, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and Bridget Pitt (PEN SA member) discussed how the actions of the previous generation impacted on their protagonists with Kathryn White. Annetjie van Wynegaard from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

The Choice of Fiction

Finuala Dowling (PEN SA member), Mandla Langa (PEN SA Executive Vice-President) and Rehana Rossouw spoke to Wamuwi Mbao about their choice of genre and style. Erin Devenish (Books LIVE), Caryn Gootkin and Babongile Zulu tweeted from the event:

Looking for Home

Jacqui L’Ange (PEN SA member), Alain Mabanckou and Laura van den Berg interrogated the meanings of home in their recent books with Nick Mulgrew. Annetjie van Wynegaard from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

Sexual Politics

Z.P. Dala (PEN SA member), Saskia Goldschmidt and Nthikeng Mohlele answered Pumla Gqola’s questions. Jennifer Malec from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

On Their Own Terms

Lauren Beukes (PEN SA author), Masha Gessen and Hlonipha Mokoena discussed trailblazing with Rebecca Davis. Jennifer Platt from the Sunday Times tweeted from the event:

The Book of Memory

Petina Gappah (PEN SA member) discussed her debut novel with Lauren Beukes (PEN SA member). Jennifer Malec from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

Where the Wild Things Are

Justin Fox (PEN SA board member), Vernon Head and Helen Macdonald spoke to John Maytham about connections between people and animals. Helené Prinsloo from Books LIVE tweeted from the event:

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