WordFest 2005 Programme

This year's theme: South Africa: Fusion, Fission or Fantasy.
All events are FREE and all take place in venues in the Eden Grove Building, Lucas Avenue, Rhodes campus.
Put a couple of pages of your writing into the WordBox in the bookshop the evening before if you want to attend a morning workshop.

Events Wednesday 6 July
16:30-17:00    Tea-time with the authors: meet the Wordfest authors over a cup of tea or coffee with a slice of famous choclate cake.
17:15-18:15    The Wordfest Symposium: Martin Welz editor of Noseweek and Gavin Stewart, former Daily Dispatch editor and professor of journalism on media freedom in South Africa, the openings, closures and threats.
18:30 - 19:30    Poetry Presentations: "The Poetry of Spirituality". Sarah Johnson, Shabbir Banoobhai. Two traditions in harmony.
19:30 till 21:00    Readings Deep South and substancebooks. Launch of new books by Paul Wessels, Nadine
Botha, Joan Metelerkamp and Lesego Rampolokeng then open to the floor.

Thurs 7 July
10:00-12:00    Young Reader Buzz: The Daily Dispatch and Wordfest give young people a chance to experience the fun of words.
10:00-11:00    Creative writing workshop: Editing your own writing, poetry and prose, with Robert Berold.
11:00-11:45    Morning book launch & talk: Tom Eaton. Mutterings. Launch of first book by humorous and insightful columnist.
13:00-14:00    Lunchtime with the authors. Grab a bite to eat at the Readers' and Writers' restaurant and meet the authors.
15:00-15:30    Book launch and talk Verenia Keet. Colored Hill. Vivid view of SA life.
16:00-17:00    Tea-time book launch & talk withGus Ferguson. Waiting for Gateau.
16:30-17:00    Tea-time with the authors: Meet the Wordfest authors over a cup of tea or coffee with a slice of famous carrot-cake.
17:15-18:15    The Wordfest Symposium: Matthew Lester: Tax and Words. Tom Eaton: Sport and Words.
19:30 till 21:00    Open mike launch of first volumes by four new EC poets: Ingrid Andersen, Crystal Warren, Mzwandile
Matiwana and Rosamund Stanford then open to the floor.

Friday 8 July
10:00-12:00    Young Reader Buzz: The Daily Dispatch and Wordfest give young people a chance to experience the fun of words.
10:00-11:00    Creative writing workshop: Editing your own writing, poetry and prose, with Robert Berold.
13:00-14:00    Lunchtime with the authors: Grab a bite to eat at the Readers' and Writers' restaurant and meet the authors.
14:00-16:00    Wordfest Gala Event: Launch of Xihlovu Xa Vutivi (Fountain of Knowledge) publishing project by Minister Pallo Jordan and Mgangatho Media.
                       Launch of Words Gone Two Soon, a volume of tributes to the late Sello K Duiker and Phaswane Mpe edited by Mbulelo Mzame with essays by Eskia Mpahlele and others
16:00-17:00    Tea-time: Book launch & talk Brian Gaybba. God is a Community. Comprehensive overview of Christian theology.
17:15-18:15    The Wordfest Symposium: Luli Callinicos and William Gumede on their biographies of Tambo, Mandela and Mbeki.
19:30 till 21:00    Open Mike. Last chance to share your words with the festival.

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