MIDLANDS LITERARY FESTIVAL 2011 : PROGRAMME

MIDLANDS LITERARY FESTIVAL & ART EXHIBITION
YELLOWWOOD, HOWICK
26th - 28th August 2011 

FRIDAY 26 AUGUST

3.00 – 3.30	ALLEYN DIESEL - RECLAIMING THE L- WORD – CELEBRATING THE DIGNITY OF LESBIAN WOMEN IN SA
3.30 – 4.00	LESLIE CRIPPS THOMSON – THE DERELICT HOUSE : ELEPHANTS IN MY GARDEN
4.00 - 4.30	ARTHUR DUNCAN - VICTORY IN DIVERSITY – THROUGH THE FIRE
4.30 – 5.00	DAVID DALTON - WILD WEST ADVENTURES IN THE GREAT AFRICAN BUSH
5.00 – 6.00	Dinner break
6.00 - 6.30	JOHN CAMERON DOW - THE COMRADES MARATHON : THE ULTIMATE HUMAN RACE
6.30 – 7.00	DARRYL DAVID - BUILDING AN  ARCHITECTURE OF KNOWLEDGE FOR A ZULU LITERARY MUSEUM
7.00 -7.30	STEPHEN PRYKE - THE MAGIC OF THE MIDLANDS – SLIDE SHOW
7.30 – 8.00	PETER BROWN BIOGRAPHY – Talk on OPENING MENS EYES
8.00 - 8.30	SIAN HALL - GHOSTS AND SPIRITS OF SA

SATURDAY 27 AUGUST

9.00 - 9.30	MANDY WIENER – WHO KILLED KEBBLE
9.30 – 10.00	MANDY WIENER - continued
10.00 – 10.30	DIANNE STEWART - DURBAN IN A WORD
10.30 – 11.00	WOLF AVNI - WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW
11.00 – 11.30	Tea break
11.30 – 12.00	INGRID ANDERSEN / KOBUS MOOLMAN – PIECES OF LIGHT – JOINT READING FROM RESPECTIVE ANTHOLOGIES PIECE WORK & LIGHT& AFTER
12.00 – 12.30	SCOTT COUPER - CHIEF ALBERT LUTHULI BIOGRAPHY
12.30 – 1.00	TODD COLLINS - ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME – STORIES BY UNDERBERG’S VILLAGE VET
1.00 – 2.00	Lunch break
2.00 – 2.30	MICHAEL ROBERTS - DARRYL DAVID INTERVIEWS SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPION JOCKEY
2.30 – 3.00	TBA
3.00 – 4.00	DAN RETIEF (1 HOUR) - THE SPRINGBOKS AND THE HOLY GRAIL

SUNDAY 28 AUGUST

9.00 – 9.30	SUE RABIE – BLOOD AT BAY – COMMONWEALTH WRITERS PRIZE FINALIST
9.30 – 10.00	JACKIE CAMERON - HARTFORD HOUSE CELEBRITY CHEF – TALK ON HESTONS FANTASTICAL FEAST
10.00 – 10.30	DUDLEY SMITH - ON STEAM TRAINS AND GERARD BHENGU
10.30 – 11.00	ELWYN JENKINS - THE MYSTERIOUS KIMBERLEY TRAIN (& OTHER RAILWAY POEMS OF SA)
11.00 – 11.30	Tea break
11.30 – 12.30	BRUCE FORDYCE (1 HOUR) - DARRYL DAVID IN CONVERSATION WITH A LIVING LEGEND
2.00 - 2.30	SHAIDA KAZIE–ALI - NOT A FAIRY TALE – SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY PRIZE FINALIST
2.30 – 3.00	SIFISO MZOBE - YOUNG BLOOD – HERMAN CHARLES BOSMAN & SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY PRIZE WINNER
3.00 – 4.00	DR IAN PLAYER (1 HOUR) - THE DUZI & ZULULAND WILDERNESS