The lovely Karoo town Cradock will play host to Deon Meyer, Coenie de Villiers and André Schwartz from 12 to 15 June 2024. That is when the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival (SKWF) will take place.
On Wednesday 12 June Coenie de Villiers and André Schwartz will perform their show Winterkersfees. The choirs of various schools in Cradock will also perform at the event.
On 13 June Deon Meyer and Coenie de Villiers will perform a condensed version of their show Karoo Suite.
On 14 June various authors and performers, including David Viviers, Luthando Rasmeni, Ian Sutherland and Izak de Vries, will join Meyer, De Villiers and Schwartz in presenting a series of talks entitled Ideas worth sharing sponsored by The AVBOB Poetry Project.
Alumni from the Access Music Project (AMP) in Makhanda, Bulelani Mfuku, Siyabulela Mfuku and Athenkosi Nelani will also share their stories.
That evening De Vries will interview De Villiers, Meyer and Schwartz on their artistic journeys to success.
As part of The AVBOB Poetry Project at SKWF 2024, during two days of workshops Languages and Creative Arts Educators will be unpacking the various avenues of creative flow, looking at the role of focused creative play in unlocking literacy, with Tracey Lloyd and Coenie de Villiers’s Master Class, The Art of Lyric Writing.
On 15 June published authors will participate in discussions on how to execute one’s dream of writing and finishing a book. Staff members of Amazwi will be on hand to explain how they assist authors in getting books published.
That evening the power couple from the Karoo, Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit, will do a presentation on their latest travels-to-be-turned-into-a-book and Melina Smit will host an open mic.
For more information and accommodation, contact Die Tuishuise, Victoria Manor, Cradock:
- Tel: +27 (0)48 881 1650
- Email: reservations@tuishuise.co.za
- Website: http://www.tuishuise.co.za/