October 2017 events
26 Sep 2017
Below you’ll find a list of events featuring PEN South Africa members, as well as a selection of other noteworthy literary events, classes and workshops happening around South Africa. If there is an event you’d like us to feature let us know.
- Kobus Moolman at Kamili Coffee
Where: Kamili Coffee, 48 Harrington Street, Cape Town
When: Tuesday 3 October 2017, 6 PM
PEN SA member Kobus Moolman will be reading from his work.
More details - Launch of Inside Apartheid’s Prison by Raymond Suttner
Where: Ike’s Books and Collectables, Morningside, Durban
When: Wednesday 4 October 2017, 5:30 PM for 6 PM
RSVP: cedric@adamsbooks.co.za or 082 873 2702
PEN SA member Raymond Suttner will be launching his book Inside Apartheid’s Prison in conversation with Monique Michal Marks from the Urban Futures Centre.
More details - Launch of Sunset Claws by Brent Meersman
Where: The Book Lounge, Cape Town
When: Friday 6 October 2017, 5:30 PM for 6 PM
RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com
PEN SA member Brent Meersman will be launching his new novel, Sunset Claws, in conversation with Dr Wamuwi Mbao.
More details - Launch of Queer Africa 2 Edited by Makhosazana Xaba and Karen Martin
Where: Bridge Books, 274 Fox Street, Maboneng
When: Sunday 8 October 2017, 2 PM to 4 PM
Queer Africa 2 co-editor Makhosazana Xaba will be facilitating readings, discussions, and a Q&A with Matshepo Thafeng, Zukolwenkosi Zikalala, Jennifer Shinta Ayebazibwe and Emma Paulet.
More details - Literary Crossroads: Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Tania Haberland, Xabiso Vili
Where: Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, Parkwood, Johannesburg
When: Tuesday 10 October 2017, 7 PM
PEN SA member Phillippa Yaa de Villiers will be taking part in a Literary Crossroads event with Tania Haberland and Xabiso Vili.
More details - Once Upon A Time In The Universe with Lucy Hawking
Where: Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Johannesburg
When: Thursday 12 October 2017, 5:30 PM to 7 PM
RSVP: Cynthia.Mohohlo@sci-bono.co.za
Lucy Hawking will be discussing George’s Secret Key to the Universe, which she wrote with her father Stephen Hawking. PEN South Africa worked with PRAESA to translate the book into isiXhosa and isiZulu.
More details - Launch of Inside Apartheid’s Prison by Raymond Suttner
Where: Colin Webb Hall, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus, KwaZulu-Natal
When: Saturday 14 October 2017, 4:30 PM
PEN SA member Raymond Suttner will be launching his book Inside Apartheid’s Prison.
More details - Launch of Tullula by Refiloe Moahloli
Where: Graham’s Fine Art Gallery, Bryanston, Johannesburg
When: Saturday 14 October 2017, 11 AM for 11:30 AM
Dress: Majestically African
RSVP: info@yellowhat.co.za
PEN SA member Refiloe Moahloli will be launching her new book, Tullula. - Launch of Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
Where: The Book Lounge, Cape Town
When: Tuesday 17 October 2017, 5:30 PM for 6 PM
RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com or 021 462 2425
PEN SA member Sisonke Msimang will be launching her memoir Always Another Country.
More details - George’s Secret Key to the Universe: Science and Storytelling with Lucy Hawking
Where: Lecture Theatre 1, Kramer Law Building, University of Cape Town
When: Wednesday 18 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: rsvp@jacana.co.za
Lucy Hawking will be discussing George’s Secret Key to the Universe, which she wrote with her father Stephen Hawking. PEN South Africa worked with PRAESA to translate the book into isiXhosa and isiZulu.
More details - Launch of Flame of Truth by Bontle Senne
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Wednesday 18 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
PEN SA member Bontle Senne will be launching the third book in her Shadowchasers series, Flame of Truth.
More details - Launch of Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
Where: Troyeville Hotel, Johannesburg
When: Wednesday 18 October 2017, 6:30 PM for 7 PM
RSVP: laurance@troyville.co.za
PEN SA member Sisonke Msimang will be launching her memoir Always Another Country.
More details - Third Keorapetse Kgositsile Annual Lecture
Where: Bamboo Lecture Theatre, Kgorong Building, UNISA, Muckleneuk, Pretoria
When: Thursday 19 October 2017, 6:30 PM for 7 PM
Professor Andries Oliphant will be delivering the third Keorapetse Kgositsile Annual Lecture, titled “The Present is Still a Dangerous Place to Live In: Temporality and the Poetics of the Third Space in the Poetry of Keorapetse Kgositsile”.
More details - Launch of Accident by Dawn Garisch
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Thursday 19 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
PEN SA member Dawn Garisch will be launching her novel, Accident.
More details - Launch of Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
Where: Exclusive books, Rosebank, Johannesburg
When: Thursday 19 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: events@exclusivebooks.co.za
PEN SA member Sisonke Msimang will be launching her memoir Always Another Country.
More details - Jam Every Other Day Showing at Masque Theatre
Where: Masque Theatre, Muizenberg, Cape Town
When: Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 October 2017
Jam Every Other Day, which is based on PEN SA member Emmaleen Kriel’s memoir, will be showing at the Masque Theatre.
More details - Launch of A Private Audience by Beverly Rycroft
Where: The Church Hall, Roodebloem Studios, Woodstock
When: Thursday 19 October 2017, 6 PM
PEN SA member Beverly Rycroft will be launching her new poetry collection, A Private Audience, in conversation with Joan Hambidge.
More details - Coffee morning with Sisonke Msimang
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Friday 20 October 2017, 10 AM for 10:30 AM
Join PEN SA member Sisonke Msimang for a coffee morning and a discussion of her memoir, Always Another Country.
More details - A Red Wheelbarrow in the Rain – A Creative Writing Workshop
Where: Emonyeni Retreat Centre, A65 Buffelshoek Farm, Mooinooi, North-West
When: Friday 20 to Sunday 22 October 2017
Cost: R1390.00 – R1650.00
PEN SA member Maren Bodenstein will be teaching a creative writing workshop, which will play with the short form of flash fiction and haiku.
More details - Launch of Sunset Claws by Brent Meersman
Where: Bibliophilia, Woodstock, Cape Town
When: Friday 20 October 2017, 5:30 PM for 6 PM
RSVP: 021 447 1773, info@bibliophilia.co.za
PEN SA member Brent Meersman will be launching his new novel Sunset Claws.
More details - The Poem House – A Poetry Workshop
Where: 11 Station Rod, Observatory, Cape Town
When: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2017
Cost: R2200 including lunch, tea and coffee, and notes
For more information: karinschimke@gmail.com
PEN SA member Karin Schimke will be hosting a two day poetry writing workshop. - ROSACon2017
Where: Melrose Place, Melrose, Johannesburg
When: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2017
Cost: ROSA members – R1725 for two days, R1090 for one day. Non-members – R1895 for two days, R1200 for one day.
The Romance Writers Organisation of SA (ROSA) will be holding its fourth national annual conference. They are offering two scholarships to attend the conference and the deadline for applications is 30 September 2017.
More details - NIROX Words Festival
Where: NIROX Sculpture Park, Krugersdorp, South Africa
When: Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2017
The inaugural NIROX Words Festival will be “dedicated to the power and promise of WORDS in every incarnation, written, spoken and sung – informing, questioning, entertaining and enlightening – imagining and inspiring a better world.” PEN SA members Achmat Dangor, Lauren Beukes, Steven Boykey Sidley, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Christa Kuljian, Kevin Bloom, Athol Williams and Refiloe Moahloli will be speaking at the Festival.
More details - Launch of Wolf Trap by Consuelo Roland
Where: The Book Lounge, Cape Town
When: Wednesday 25 October 2017, 5:30 PM for 6 PM
PEN SA member Consuelo Roland will be launching her new novel Wolf Trap in conversation with fellow member Rahla Xenopoulos.
More details - BookBedonnerd X
Where: Richmond, Northern Cape
When: Wednesday 25 to Saturday 28 October 2017
PEN SA Board Member Karina Szczurek and PEN SA member Athol Williams will be speaking at BookBedonnerd X.
More details - Launch of Jane’s Delicious A-Z of Vegetables by Jane Griffiths
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Wednesday 25 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: info@lovebooks.co.za or 011 726 7408
Jane Griffiths will be launching her new book Jane’s Delicious A-Z of Vegetables in conversation with PEN SA member Jenny Crwys-Williams.
More details - Launch of A – Z of Amazing South African Women by Ambre Nicolson
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Thursday 26 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: kate@lovebooks.co.za or 011 726 7408
Ambre Nicolson will be in conversation with PEN SA member Bontle Senne at the launch of her book A – Z of Amazing South African Women.
More details - Coffee morning with Pamela Heller-Stern
Where: Thornhill Estate community centre, Queen Street, Modderfontein
When: Friday 27 October 2017, 9:30 AM
PEN SA member Pamela Heller-Stern will be discussing her book, Who’s Knocking on my Door?, at the Modderfontein Library’s coffee morning.
More details - Inaugural Zakes Mda Book Fair
Where: Sterkspruit Community Art Centre, Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape
When: Saturday 28 October 2017, 9 AM to 7 PM
The first annual Zakes Mda Book Fair is taking place in Sterkspruit.
More details - Launch of Rusty Bernstein’s Memory Against Forgetting
Where: Love Books, Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, Melville, Johannesburg
When: Monday 30 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: info.witspress@wits.ac.za by Friday 28 October 2017
PEN SA members Ronnie Kasrils and Toni Strasburg will be in discussion at the launch of the second edition of the late Rusty Bernstein’s memoir Memory Against Forgetting.
More details - Launch of A Private Audience by Beverly Rycroft
Where: Kalk Bay Books, Cape Town
When: Tuesday 31 October 2017, 6 PM for 6:30 PM
RSVP: events@kalkbaybooks.co.za or 021 788 2266
PEN SA member Beverly Rycroft will be launching her new poetry collection, A Private Audience, in conversation with fellow member Finuala Dowling.
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