BookBedonnerd XII takes place from 23 to 26 October. The festival, organised by Darryl David, offers a diverse and exciting programme.
The programme is as follow:
WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER
10.00 - 10.30 Athol Williams – Words that Inspire
10.30 - 11.00 Hennie de Villiers – Ontdek jou sielskrag
11.90 - 11.30 TEA at DIE SUPPERKLUB
11.30 - 12.00 Ian Sutherland - Featherstream
12.00 - 12.30 Asta Rau and Jan Coetzee– Narrating the Everyday
12.30 - 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 - 14.30 Antonia Malan – Grootzekoegat, Molteno: rediscovering the past
from frontier farmstead to artists dream – Johannes Meintjes
14.30 - 15.00 Tania Smit – Fine Dining vir die Siel
15.00 - 15.30 Ena Jansen - Like Family
15.30 - 16.30 Filum TBA but a good one! Accompanied by wine tasting
Photo: Clinton V du Plessis
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
10.00 - 10.30 Hendie Grobbelaar - Striksvye
10.30 - 11.00 Athol Williams – The Oaky Series
11.00 - 11.30 Antonia Malan - Grave Encounters
11.30 – 12.00 TEA at DIE SUPPERKLUB
12.00 - 12.30 Jan-Jan Joubert – Writing Politics
12.30 - 13.30 James Brent- Styan – The Bosasa Millions/ Steinhoff
13.30 - 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 - 16.00 Eric Miller & Laurine Platzky – Shunted (Filum about Hutchinson
Railway) Accompanied by wine tasting
18.30 SOUTH AFRICAN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS AWARDS BANQUET - DIE RICHMOND SUPPERKLUB
Photo: Clinton V du Plessis
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER
11.00 - 11.30 James Brent-Styan – Eskom
11.30 - 12.00 TEA at DIE SUPPERKLUB
12.00 - 12.30 Charl Pierre Naude – Die ongelooflike onskuld van Dirkie Verwey
12.30 - 13.00 James Brent-Styan – Chris Barnard – Heartbreaker
13.00 - 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 - 15.30 Geoff Dalglish – Lost and Found… From Soweto to Findhorn. Accompanied by wine tasting.
Photo: Lien Botha
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER
07.30 Social Bike Trail Ride (starting from DIE SUPPER KLUB)
08.00 - 08.30 Jan van Tonder – Die Verevrou
08.30 - 09.00 Pat Kramer – Corbelled Houses of the Karoo
09.00 - 09.30 Clinton V. du Plessis – Verslag
09.30 - 10.00 China Mouton – Tronkhond
10:.00 - 12.00 RUGBY WORLD CUP and BRUNCH at DIE SUPPERKLUB
12.30 RICHMOND RAZZMATAZZ
Richmond Mile Road Race Parades, karretjie Concourse d’Elégance, dancers, street market, and lots, lots more...
Photo: Chanette Paul
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