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Die Suidoosterfees nooi feesgangers uit om die spreekwoordelike kersies te kom doodblaas by die 20ste Suidoosterfees wat van 26 April tot 1 Mei 2023 in Kaapstad plaasvind.

"Ek skryf verhoudingsverhale," sê Sidney Gilroy oor sy romans. In hierdie gesprek stel hy ons voor aan die "swerkaters, belhamels, rebelle, moordenaars en werfetters" wat hy skep.

"The inaugural Gauteng International Book Festival, held in Soweto on the 11th of December 2022, surpassed all expectations. It became a resounding success with its director, Lorraine Sithole, calling it 'a positive beginning'."

Oudtshoorn trek in 2023 sy feesklere vir nege dae aan wanneer die 27ste KKNK, geborg deur Absa, van Saterdag 1 tot Sondag 9 April aangebied word.

Die Toyota US Woordfees vind volgende jaar nogmaals in die lente plaas, van 7 tot 15 Oktober. | The Toyota SU Woordfees will once again take place in spring, from 7 to 15 October 2023. 

"I have seen the returning MK soldiers, how disappointed they are in what is happening in our country."

Why were the townships of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage apartheid’s Stalingrad? What happened in the eighties that left the NP with no choice but to start negotiating?

"Of jy ’n amateurkunstenaar is wat met ’n blikkitaar jou voete probeer vind, en of jy tuis is op die troon van sukses, Musiekindaba is ’n noodsaaklike geleentheid vir mense in die Afrikaanse musiekwêreld om hul vaardighede en loopbane op te skerp en om te netwerk." – Melt Myburgh bekyk die eerste Musiekindaba-program, van 30 November tot 3 Desember 2022 op Stellenbosch.

Jo Els used to be a magistrate in a small Karoo town. He has since retired and is now willing to share some of the highs and lows of his days on the bench. His journey and his story are also deeply personal. He used to have a terrible stutter, and today he can hold his own as a storyteller next to a Karoo fire.

"The Cactus Foundation  is deur Sarah Clayton gestig in reaksie op kinders se wrede marteling en poging om ’n klein hondjie dood te maak in opdrag van hul pa. Die hondjie se naam is Phoebe en sy is nou die ambassadeur vir die projek. Feesgangers kan vir Phoebe, Patricia en Sarah tydens die fees ontmoet."

Welcome to the 10th Poetry in McGregor festival. At this festival we will consider, through poetry, our roles as custodians of wilderness and creation, not to mention the need to nurture a certain inner wildness.

"For present purposes, what stands out is Schreiner’s modernity. Schreiner, residing in dusty De Aar, was an equal, a comrade in arms, a thinker in her own right on matters that even in the metropolitan centre still elicited considerable opposition."

Stefaans Coetzee reël die Sanctuary Boekfees in Klerksdorp. Hy deel ’n kort, eksklusiewe video met LitNet om 2022 se fees op te som.

Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit are the authors of numerous books on the Karoo. Tony Jackman spoke to them at the Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée, days after their Karoo roads III had rolled of the press.

Hennie van Coller neem die lewe en werk van Etienne Leroux onder die loep.

"Schalk Joubert, die man wat ook met ’n baskitaar kan toor, was die musiekregisseur; die hooffeesindoena, Saartjie Botha, het self die regie waargeneem."

"That single link will bring you into the Book Town Richmond’s Headquarters where you can hear every speaker. FOR FREE!" Darryl David talks to Naomi Meyer about the upcoming Richmond Madibaland Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, 2 November in Richmond.

Die Sanctuary Boekfees, Klerksdorp, is ’n familiefees. Stefaans Coetzee en Salomé Kotze deel hul indrukke.

"Lesers wat in die toekoms vir die pryse in aanmerking wil kom, kan die hutsmerk #sanctuaryboekfees gebruik, of hul bydraes op die Sanctuary Boekfees en/of leesD!T se Facebook-bladsy plaas."

’n Hoërskoolseun van Upington se kortverhaal "Kat se kroeg" het die eerste plek in die Sanctuary Boekfees in Klerksdorp se kortverhaalkompetisie vir tienerskrywers gewen.