It’s Sunday, 13 September – the final day of the 2015 Open Book Festival – and conversations remain riveting.
In a session called “Blood on the Land” Patrick Flanery, Craig Higginson and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor discuss the soiled history that informs their novels with Harry Garuba. Jen Malec was there, reporting via Twitter:
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Antjie Krog, Mbongeni Nomkonwana and Shirmoney Rhode read from their work and discussed how their location impacts upon it in a session titled “Where I’m From: Language and Geography”, chaired by Raphael D’Abdon. Erin Devenish brought us the conversation:
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Annetjie van Wynegaard tweeted from “Sex and the Citadel” where Shereen El Feki spoke to Kharnita Mohamed about intimate life in a changing Arab world:
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The festival is being covered by Books LIVE editor Jennifer Malec (@projectjennifer), deputy editor Helené Prinsloo (@helenayp), assistant editors Erin Devenish (@ErinDevenish811) and Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw).
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- Fallen Land by Patrick Flanery
EAN: 9780857898791
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- The Dream House by Craig Higginson
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EAN: 9781770104105
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- Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
EAN: 9781783781317
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- Literary Landscapes: From Modernism to Postcolonialism by Harry Garuba, Ina Grabe, Merry M Pawlowski, Carrol Clarkson, Johan Geertsema
EAN: 9780230553163
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- Synapse by Antjie Krog
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- Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen el Feki
EAN: 9780099526384
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