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Denis Beckett's discussion of eight travel books at the JM Coetzee | Athol Fugard Festival 2015
2015-06-24"Darryl says I need only comment on why the winner wins. But when I’ve won competitions I haven’t cared why I won. It’s when I didn’t that I wanted to know what the judge thought of my entry. So my penance for taking on this job is I give everyone a comment."
Majozi: "I don't want to be the same as everyone else"
2015-06-04"I want to be different, and that's always in the back of my mind, and I think a big part of being different or standing out from everyone else is just being yourself. I'm not sure if I get it right all the time, but I try."
Interview: Darrell Roodt on Treurgrond
2015-05-26Treurgrond is definitely a hot potato. Casting Steve might, as you suggested, give the (false) impression that this is right-wing propaganda. It is not.
The Franschhoek Literary Festival 2015 and the elephant in the room
2015-05-22"And for all that the Franschhoek Literary Festival is irredeemably disengaged from the lived reality of much of South Africa ..."
Booktown Richmond: The Third Annual JM Coetzee | Athol Fugard Festival
2015-05-20Here is the programme to this year's festival, which takes place from the 28th to the 30th of May 2015.
Jimmy Nevis: "The message is what is most important"
2015-04-28"In the end I did what came naturally to me and that was honesty. I just wrote about what I was feeling and did what I felt I wanted to do ..."
On the Emcee in Cabaret
2015-02-24 "He is omnipresent and to a large extent almost becomes the audience's conscience."
Interview: Santa's Story
2015-02-06 Aviva Pelham: "However, nothing can replace the experience of hearing a survivor's story ..."
Ten questions: Daniel Jardim on Retreat – The Joy of Conscious Eating
2015-02-05 "Live lots. Laugh lots. Play with your food."
"What Good is a Song?"
2014-12-15 "If a song has no meaning | if it cannot send you higher | it is not good enough to sing." Phil Ndlela writes a tribute to Marvin Gaye, USA for Africa Project, Peter Tosh and Hugh Masekela.
To whom does a music genre belong?
2014-11-19 "Is it politically accurate to speak of 'white' or 'black' music? Why do we commonly designate hip hop to gangsters, reggae to Rastafarians, gospel to converted Christians, and bubblegum pop to teenage girls?"
The Image of a Pie: Reflections on Open Book 2014
2014-09-25 "I should have started shedding tears at the beginning of the event, when the woman who is our national treasure, Sindiwe Magona, noticed that we were only a few people in the audience while the whole of South Africa should have been attending."
Interview: Cape Town Fringe Festival 2014
2014-09-22 The first-ever Cape Town Fringe Festival takes place from 25 September to 5 October. Steyn du Toit chats to the festival’s artistic director, Ismail Mahomed, about this new initiative, Cape Town as host city, and the benefits for independent artists taking part in the event.
Open Book Festival 2014: Programme
2014-09-16 Here is the exciting programme of Open Book Festival 2014: 17–21 September 2014 at the Fugard Theatre.
The Midlands Literary Festival – a veritable feast
2014-08-28 "The crowds left the festival with smiles on their faces. Many who had planned to attend only some of the Saturday sessions drove all the way back to Howick on Sunday as well, some from a fair distance away."
Designer students rock the runway
2014-08-21 "With a theme of 'self-expression' there was much variety and every outfit stood out as fabulously unique – from shimmering shorts and floral maxis to refined menswear and exquisite bridal gowns."
The Midlands Literary Festival 2014
2014-08-14 The fifth Midlands Literary Festival takes place from the 23–24 August at Yellowwood Cafe in Howick.
National Arts Festival 2014: #omnomnom
2014-07-16 "You are what you tweet." Elzette Steenkamp reviews #omnomnom.
Impressions of contemporary South Africa through the theatre of the National Arts Festival 2014
2014-07-16 Mike van Graan shares his thoughts on the National Arts Festival in a year that marks 40 years of the festival, but more importantly, 20 years of democracy.