The Life Righting Collective - FINDING WATER : THIS IS HOW IT IS Book Here The Life Righting Collective supports creative growth in people who have been starved of opportunity. This is like finding water when you are extremely thirsty. Our first collection of true South African stories called This Is How It Is contains [...]

WHEN RIVERS RUN DRY: A VOICE FOR WATER - Off the Wall Collective Book Here These poems will be presented by a collective of poets, all of them regular performers at Off the Wall, a poetry group that has been running in Observatory, Cape Town, since 2000. The poems will explore the loss or scarcity [...]

Caroline Lavers Creator and compiler of the book “South Africa On Poetry.” Born in Johannesburg South Africa. 1985. This Book: “It began with a vision. It was a desire, to gently shake the poetic voice of South Africa. To bring breath to our words, to teach colour to our eyes, to open our minds and [...]

Fruit Cocktail for My Soul - Lerato Sibanda and Laverne Schwimmbacher Book Here A poetry lounge session fit for a lax Sunday day-out. Come enjoy a two-women presentation with Lerato Sibanda and Laverne Schwimmbacher reading from their own portraits of love, joy, peace, perseverance and more with a denouement portrait of the Sounds of Water [...]

BODIES IN WATER - Karin Schimke and Helen Walne Book Here If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water -- Loren Eiseley, American philosopher and natural science writer. Immerse yourself in a world of beauty, strangeness and magic as award-winning poet Karin Schimke and freediver and writer Helen Walne present a [...]

Godfrey Johnson will be performing his Fleur du Cap nominated cabaret, “The Shadow of Brel”. Book Here This acclaimed show is directed by Sanjin Muftic and features some of Jacques Brel's most popular songs. The show includes "Amsterdam","Marieke", "If you go away","Carousel", "The Middle Class", "Funeral Tango", " Fanette", "Mathilda", "If We Only Have Love" [...]

Vinette - Nomashenge & Lunette Elle Warren Book Here Nomashenge is a Ladysmith born and Durban bred poet-vocalist, and chemist. She began her poetry journey in 2005 as a writer and 2007 as a performer. Having shared her work across the country including the Arts Alive, Essence, and Open Book International Festivals, Nomashenge believes poetry [...]

The Language of Water: Reflections - Cornelia Rohde, Alice Sarembock and Elizabeth Trew Book Here Water speaks to us and shapes our consciousness. We respond to its sensual, vital language from oceans, rivers, lakes and rain, reflecting on its infinite sounds, rhythm, movement and stillness; water that sustains our lives and has properties to heal. [...]

Allegories of the everyday – Brian Walter Book Here Brian Walter is a Port Elizabeth poet whose evocative works spans a few decades. Rooted in his home soil, his poetry uses mini-narratives and imagery of place to find a way through towards shreds of meaning. His “allegory of the everyday” delves for sense in the [...]

Different Voices – Poems by Michelle Ainslie & Graham Dukas Book Here Description: The varied poems of Michelle Ainslie and Graham Dukas open the world of poetry to those who love the written word. Here you will find humour, intensity, love and a range of emotions that affirm our common humanity. Graham Dukas is an [...]

NOSTALGHIA  (Italian and Russian with English sub-titles) Directed By: Andrei Tarkovsky   Runtime2 hr. 5mins. Winner of the Grand Prix de Creation and the International Critics Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.   The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian [...]

The Closing Function takes place on Sunday evening from 18:00 in the Book Tent. This is an open event and you are warmly invited to join with us for this time of relaxation and celebration – soup, wine and poetry. A R100.00 donation at the door will be appreciated to help cover costs.

The French term ‘mise-en-scène’ originates in the theater to refer to the stage arrangement for a theatrical production and in film it includes the visual component that appears in the composition of the shot. In this body of work I, in the same way, choreograph images, depicting a moment of everyday. Join us for the [...]