Various activities at Franschhoek Literary Festival

• Published date: 11 April 2024
• Author: Staff Reporter
• Publication title: Constantiaberg Bulletin

This year’s festival, from Friday May 17 to Sunday May 19, features panel discussions, in-depth author interviews, interactive writing workshops and

poetry readings; and Melodies in Words, an evening of artsong and poetry inspired by literature.

Among the local authors and works featured in this year's programme are Andrew Brown (The Bitterness of Olives); Angela Makholwa (The Reed Dance Stalker); Arthur Goldstuck (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI); acclaimed poet Koleka Putuma and her brand-new collection, We Have Everything We Need to Start Again; Margie Orford and her long-anticipated memoir, Love and Fury; Pieter-Dirk Uys (One Man Shows, in three volumes and free to read online); Sally Andrew, who will be launching her long-awaited Tannie Maria cookbook, Recipes to Die Live For; Shubnum Khan (The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil) and Zibu Sithole (The Thing with Zola).

International authors include pan-African voices such as Adekeye Adebajo, author of eight books...