Dates: 2 - 4 September 2011
The Mail & Guardian Johannesburg Literary Festival hopes to be bigger and better this September. To mark the city’s 125th birthday the festival will focus on Jo’burg as both an African city and a world city. It has been titled: Five Quarters: Jo’burg at 125.
Programme
September 2
Keynote address -- The Johannesburg moment
Time: 6.30pm for 7pm
Venue: Main Theatre
Karl von Holdt
September 3
Session 1 -- Memory is the weapon
Time: 9.30am to 11 am
Venue: Main Theatre
Chair: Nic Dawes
Panel: Hugh Lewin
Jay Naidoo
Ronnie Kasrils
Session 2 -- Jo'burg: Renewing, restoring, reviewing
Time:11.30am to 1 pm
Venue: Kippies
Chair: Steven Sack
Panel: Gerald Gardner
Achille Mbembe
Karl van Holdt
Session 3 -- Memories of the city
Time: 11.30am to 1pm
Venue: Laager Theatre
Chair: Jon Hyslop
Panel: Ufrieda Ho
Mbulelo Mzamane
Chris van Wyk
Session 4 -- Poetry
Time: 1.30om to 2.15pm
Venue: Kippies
Ingrid de Kock and Denis Hirson
Session 5 -- Workers of the world unite: Labour, the ANC and history
Time: 2.30pm to 4pm
Venue: Kippies
Chair: Nic Dawes
Panel: Kally Forrest
Susan Booysen
Jay Naidoo
Moeletsi Mbeki
Session 6 -- Science fiction and fantasy in the city
Time: 2.30pm to 4pm
Venue: Laager Theatre
Chair: Gwen Ansell
Panel: Lauren Beukes
Louis Greenberg
Sarah Lotz
Session 7 -- Aspects of South African literature
Time: 4.30pm to 6pm
Venue: Laager Theatre
Chair: Craig MacKenzie
Jane Rosenthal
Leon de Kock
Karabo Kgoleng
September 4
Session 1 -- Not in black and white
Time: 9.30am to 11am
Venue: Main Theatre
Chair:
Panel: Sandile Memela
Andile Mngxitama
Antjie Krog
Session 9 -- New writing from the city
Time: 11.45am to 1pm
Venue: Laager Theatre
Chair: Maureen Isaacson
Panel: Sifiso Mzobe
Jassy Mackenzie
Henrietta Rose-Innes
Contact Information:
For inquiries: book here
Website: http://mg.co.za/specialreport/mg-jhb-literary-festival-2011