Franschhoek Literary Festival

The 2015 Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) will take place from 15 – 17 May in Franschhoek. Along with the very best of local writing talent, will be a host of well-known international authors.

The events take place in village venues within a few minutes’ walk of each other, which creates a vibrant ambience in streets buzzing with book-lovers.

The emphasis is on informal discussions and spirited debates between several writers with a chairperson, or one-on-one conversations, and occasional talks.

Fringe events include literary and publishers’ dinners, book launches, writing workshops, a school spelling bee, wine writers’ prizes and classical music concerts.

The FLF is honoured to host the shortlist announcements of the annual Sunday Times Literary Awards – the non-fiction Alan Paton Award and the newly named Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.

A number of early evening events have been added to the line-up of the 2015 FLF, offering festival goers a relaxing and entertaining wind-down before heading off for dinner.

Two events are literary/musical evenings touching on the lives of two of South Africa’s favourite singers – PJ Powers and the late Brenda Fassie. Music lovers should also look out for two events with the legendary muso, Hugh Masekela.

Also on Friday evening, fans of the late Chris van Wyk (Shirley Goodness and Mercy) can still buy tickets for a special tribute to Chris, when Actor Kurt Egelhof will present a programme of tribute readings from the late Chris van Wyk (Shirley Goodness and Mercy) works.

And finally, festival poets will read from the works at a free poetry session and they will be joined by other invited poets.

For more information visit www.flf.co.za

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