Decolonising the Book – 2016 Time of the Writer programme revealed

Alert! The programme for the 2016 Time of the Writer Festival has been released.

The 19th Time of the Writer will take place from 14 – 19 March in Durban. This year’s theme is Decolonising the Book.

• Read: 2016 Time of the Writer Festival heading to Clermont, Cato Manor, Umlazi, Inanda and KwaMashu

This year participants include Christa Biyela, Panashe Chigumadzi, Ashwin Desai, Mishka Hoosen, Davina Kawuma, Eusebius McKaiser, Niq Mhlongo, Mandla Ndlovu, Nikhil Singh and Nakhane Touré – who will all be introduced at the opening ceremony.

The keynote address will be delivered by Thando Mgqolozana, while Mongane Wally Serote and Sindiwe Magona will make a Living Legends Address.

In addition, the three writers shortlisted for this year’s Etisalat Prize for Literature – Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Penny Busetto and Rehana Rossouw – will be in attendance.

Other writers at the festival will be Zukiswa Wanner, Siphiwo Mahala, Gcina Mhlophe, and many many more.

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2016 Time of the Writer programme

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Related stories:

• Call for English or isiZulu submissions for the 2016 Time of the Writer Schools Short Story Competition

See some of Books LIVE’s coverage of last year’s event:

• Read: Polygamy, Owning English and Ben Okri: NoViolet Bulawayo and Sue Nyathi Talk African Writing at 2015 Time of the Writer

• Read: “Writers are Readers. Readers are Writers”: Advice from MJ Mngadi and Ousmane Diarra at 2015 Time of the Writer

• Read: “I’m So Tired of the Sexy Corpse!” – Charlotte Otter and Margaret von Klemperer Talk Crime Writing at Time of the Writer 2015

• Causing Confusion: Nthikeng Mohlele and Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho Chat About Memoir and Fiction at Time of the Writer

 
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• Getting Dirty: Sex is Great, but Let’s be Honest … by Christa Biyela
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• Sweet Medicine by Panashe Chigumadzi
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• Chatsworth: The Making of a South African Township edited by Ashwin Desai, Goolam Vahed
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• Call it a Difficult Night by Mishka Hoosen
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• A Memory This Size and Other Stories by Chris Brazier
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• Run Racist Run: Journeys Into The Heart Of Racism by Eusebius McKaiser
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• Affluenza by Niq Mhlongo
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• Imfihlo Ngujuqu by Mandla Ndlovu
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• Taty Went West by Nikhil Singh
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• Piggy Boy’s Blues by Nakhane Toure
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• Unimportance by Thando Mgqolozana
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• Rumours by Mongane Wally Serote
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• Chasing The Tails of My Father’s Cattle by Sindiwe Magona
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• Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, edited by Roland Glasser
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• The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by Penny Busetto
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• What Will People Say by Rehana Rossouw
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• London – Cape Town – Joburg by Zukiswa Wanner
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• African Delights: - by Siphiwo Mahala
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• Songs and Stories of Africa: An Audio CD by Gcina Mhlophe
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