More than 100 authors to descend on Franschhoek for annual literary festival – see the 2023 programme here
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- 14 Mar 2023
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The Franschhoek Literary Festival 2023 programme is now live, showcasing a compelling and content-rich programme curated with a focus on books published in the last year. The FLF programme is available to view on the Franschhoek Literary Festival website.
Bookings open for members on 10 March, with general public booking opening on 17 March. The festival takes place from 19 to 21 May.
The festival will open with the News24 Breakfast: The Next New South Africa which will take place at Reuben's Restaurant & Bar. Adriaan Basson will be in discussion with Ferial Haffajee, Prince Mashele, and Qaanitah Hunter to discuss the state of South Africa's coalition polictics and infrastructure collapse. The ticket price of R450 includes a delicious Reubens buffet breakfast.
Among the more than 100 authors who will be in Franschhoek is Johnny Steinberg, whose Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is one of the most anticipated reads of 2023.
Described as a "shattering, revelatory account of a relationship that shaped South Africa's journey to freedom", it is published just weeks before the festival starts.
The successful American-British comedian, TV writer and performer Ruby Wax will join live via Zoom from her home in England to talk about her most revelatory book yet on mental health, I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was.
Other local and international authors in attendance with recently published books include Zimbabwe's critically acclaimed Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, with the final instalment of her trilogy, The Quality of Mercy; Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase, whose book Witnessing tells his astonishing story of fleeing tragedy in Rwanda to South Africa; international award-winning author, Rachel Joyce (The Unlikely Genius of Harold Fry series); Sihle Khumalo (Milk the Beloved Country) and "queen of South African crime fiction" Margie Orford (The Eye of the Beholder).
Alongside these are several writers who have won prizes over the past 12 months. These include Joanne Joseph, whose Children of Sugarcane won the Adult Fiction Prize at the SA Book Awards 2022; Mignonne Breier, who won the 2022 Sunday Times Literary Award for non-fiction for Bloody Sunday, Tshidiso Moletsane, whose Junx won the 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Award, and Maddie Mortimer who won the Desmond Elliott Prize 2022 for Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies. Read More…
