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FLF 2013: What do publishers want?

Naydene Fisher 2013-05-24 "On the fiction side the publishing house looks specifically for the 'wow' factor, something that will make people sit up and take note of the author or the script."

Flat water Tuesday – an interview with Ron Irwin

Ron Irwin, Joan Hambidge 2013-05-23 Flat Water Tuesday is available in South Africa at all bookstores and releases worldwide on June 4. Joan Hambidge, a buddy and colleague of author Ron Irwin, asked him a few questions over a glass of whisky.

FLF 2013: The Happy World Of Alexander McCall Smith

Tembi Charles 2013-05-22 "Alexander McCall Smith has written over 100 books and sold 45 million copies worldwide. This revelation, by Jenny Crwys-Williams of Talk Radio 702, had the audience clapping and cheering enthusiastically on the first day of the Franschhoek Literary Festival."

Karoo Kitchen 'n gunsteling by die Franschhoek Literêre Fees

Chrizane Geldenhuys 2013-05-22 Kookboekskrywers kon nie uitgepraat raak oor Sydda Essop se Karoo Kitchen nie. Chrizane van Zyl skryf oor dié gesprek tydens die Franschhoek Literêre Fees.

Sunday Times | Nal 'ibali Storybook launch

2013-05-22 The Sunday Times, in partnership with PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), launched the new Sunday Times Nal’ibali Storybook at an event just before the Franschhoek Literary Festival.

FLF 2013: Sex and violence

Louis Roux 2013-05-21 “Does patriarchy lead to sexual violence, or are submissive or absent mothers also at fault?” this panel was headlined.

Chris van Wyk and Paul Geraghty do the “Power of Horowitz”

Melanie du Toit Academic research 2013-05-21

“Sorry about not being Horowitz. Let’s just say I’m the ‘horror’ part of it,” opened Paul Geraghty to ripples of laughter in the school hall in Franschhoek.

The 2013 Sunday Times Literary Awards in association with CNA shortlist announcement

2013-05-20 Ten books were shortlisted for the Alan Paton Award and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize at the 2013 Sunday Times Literary Awards in association with CNA.

Dystopia in Science Fiction: Q&A with Rachel Zadok

Elzette Steenkamp, Rachel Zadok 2013-05-17 Elzette Steenkamp chats to Rachel Zadok (author of Sister Sister) about science and speculative fiction.

Booktown Richmond’s 7th Anniversary

2013-05-15 JM Coetzee/Nobel Laureates and Athol Fugard Festivals: May 23-25, 2013.

The Shining Girls – an adeptly crafted spine-tingler

Kayang Gagiano 2013-05-15 "Beukes’s painstaking historical research delivers up authentic, yet slightly clichéd renderings of the eras she chooses to highlight – from the grunge-era 1990s, to the paranoid spectre of McCarthyism in the mid-1950s, to the politically disenchanted Nixon-era ‘70s, and so on."

Dystopia in Science Fiction: Q&A with Cat Hellisen

Elzette Steenkamp, Cat Hellisen 2013-05-15 Elzette Steenkamp chats to Cat Hellisen about science and speculative fiction.

Dystopia in Science Fiction: Q&A with Lauren Beukes

Elzette Steenkamp, Lauren Beukes 2013-05-15 Elzette Steenkamp chats to Lauren Beukes about science and speculative fiction.

Dystopia in Science Fiction: Q&A with Karen Jayes

Elzette Steenkamp, Karen Jayes 2013-05-15 Elzette Steenkamp chats to Karen Jayes about science and specultive fiction

Bridging gaps with words

Isobel Dixon 2013-05-14 Acclaimed South African poet and literary agent Isobel Dixon works in London, but is currently visiting South Africa for the Franschhoek Literary Festival. Rentia Bartlett-Möhl spoke to her about travelling, displacement, bridging continents and collaboration.

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