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Important Notice with regard to Programme Events / Presentations held on First Floor

This notice applies to events held in the following venues (1st Floor of Convention Centre):

Room 1.41 • Room 1.42 • Room 1.43 – 1.44 • Room 1.61 • Room 1.62 • Room 1.63 – 1.64

Since seating in these venues is limited, all attendees at the event / presentation are required to obtain an Event Booking Ticket from the Event
Ticket Collection Area outside Hall 2 on the Ground Floor of the Convention Centre.

• All tickets are available on a first come, first served basis

• Two tickets per person
• Event Tickets are only obtainable on the day that the event is being held
• The duration of each event is 45 minutes - the time indicated on the programme is the start time of the event.
• Attendees arriving more than 5 minutes after the start of an event will not be allowed entry to the room since this disrupts the speaker / panellists

Events on the Exhibition Floor / Main Hall (Stand Events) do not require tickets and can be accessed on a first come, first served / space availability basis.

TIME VENUE EVENT DESCRIPTION

G3 - MML Educational fun on interactive whiteboards. Regular, 30 minute, hands-on sessions
available every hour, on the half-hour - 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30,
16:30 and 17:30.
10:00 F7 - Via Afrika Load Shedding: Writing on and over the edge of South Africa.
11:00-11:30 H2 - Paarl Media Press and Printing demonstration.
11:00-11:45 Rm 1.42 Sally Peberdy will discuss her latest book Selecting Immigrants: National Identity and South
Africa’s Immigration Policies, 1910-2005.
11:00-11:45 Rm 1.43 - 1.44 John van de Ruit , bestselling author of Spud and Spud -The Madness Continues... reads an
extract from his new book Spud - Learning to Fly and chats about his writing life.
11:00-11:45 Rm 1.61 A proof-reading workshop with John Linnegar.
11:00-11:45 Rm 1.63 - 1.64 Precedent & Possibility: The (ab)use of Law in South Africa - The Constitution as a means
of preventing the abuse of law. Double Storey authors Judge Dennis Davis and Michelle
le Roux in conversation with UWC Professor of Constitutional Law, Pierre de Vos.
11:00-11:45 F6 - Dalro Forum Ben Williams, from Book SA, in discussion with... Peter Merrington, Fred Khumalo, Jane
Taylor, Ronnie Govender & Isobel Dixon.
11:00 M1a - Electric Book Launch: Tania van Schalkwyk’s new collection of poems, Hyphen, is the latest addition to
Works the UCT Writers Series.
11:00 G3 - MML Early Reading for Babies and Toddlers. Join a prominent educationist on this exploration of
how books can entertain and educate, making story-time very special for the family.
11:00 F7 - Via Afrika Interviews with the winners of the following prestigious prizes: the WA Hofmeyer Prize and
the Jan Rabie/Rapport Prize for Afrikaans fiction, the Recht-Malan Prize for Afrikaans and
English non-fiction, the MER Prize for illustrated children’s books, the MER Prize for youth
literature and the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English literature and autobiography.
TIME VENUE
12:00 G3 - MML
12:00-12:45 Rm 1.41
12:00-12:45 Rm 1.42
12:00-12:45 Rm 1.43 - 1.44
12:00-12:45 Rm 1.61
12:00-12:45 Rm 1.63 - 1.64
12:00-13:45 F6 - Dalro Forum
12:00-12:45 E14 - JUTA
12:00-13:00 K1 - Penguin
12:30-13:00 H2 - Paarl Media
13:00 G3 - MML
13:00 F7 - Via Afrika
13:00-13:45 Rm 1.41
13:00-13:45 Rm 1.42
13:00-13:45 Rm 1.43 - 1.44
13:00-13:45 Rm 1.61
13:00-13:45 Rm 1.62
13:00-17:00 Rm 1.63 - 1.64
13:00-14:00 E14 - JUTA
13:15-14:00 K1 - Penguin
13:30-14:00 M8 - International
Translation Grants
13:30 F4 - Shuter & Shooter The Art of Is-ing, In, Out & Around the World and Sounds from the Inside Out. George, from
the delightful Out of the Box tale, continues in his quest to find out what makes his world
‘tick’. By author Nicole Levin.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Longman South African Schools’ e-Dictionary. Find out why this is the best dictionary for
South African schools!
Kevin Brooks will do a reading from his latest book Black Rabbit Summer.
Ways of Writing: The Works of Zakes Mda. Contributors to the first analytical book on Mda
discuss the author and his work. Mbongiseni Buthulezi with Johan Jacobs & Gail Fincham.
Adele Parks, bestselling author of 8 novels, reads an extract from her new book Love Lies
and chats about her writing life.
Accomplished South African author and owner of a publishing house, Paula Marais, will be
talking about getting into the growing self-publishing industry.
Beating about the Bush: Birds & Mammals by Trevor Carnaby.
Get the lowdown on SA’s best books and their authors! Join the dynamic trio, Prof Leon
de Kock, Dr Innocentia Mhlambi and Bongiwe Selane in conversation with the newly
announced winners of the prestigious M-NET Literary Awards for 2009.
Precedent & Possibility: The (ab)use of Law in South Africa, with Judge Dennis Davis &
Michelle le Roux.
John van de Ruit signs books at the Penguin stand.
Press and Printing demonstration.
Early Reading for Babies and Toddlers. Join a prominent educationist on this exploration of
how books can entertain and educate, making story-time very special for the family.
Stiletto - in die onderwéreld van die seksindustrie. In Stiletto (Tafelberg) vertel die skrywer,
Karin Eloff, haar eie verhaal van haar lewe in die seksindustrie. Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck,
die vrou agter Dowwe Dolla, gesels met Karin.
Moeletsi Mbeki discusses his new book Architects of Poverty.
Dark and dangerous - the wild side of crime fiction writing. The usual suspects plus more
talk, thrills and spills... why crime fiction is taking off in SA. A discussion with Joe Muller
and some of SA’s brightest crime writers. Join Mike Nicol, Deon Meyer, Joanne Hichens,
Margie Orford & Roger Smith.
Simon Gear, SA’s best loved television weather-man, shares his eco-friendly tips, from his
book Going Green - 365 Ways to Change our World.
Ian McCallum discusses his new book Ecological Intelligent.
Zena Edwards is a poet and performer who has appeared at literary events around the
world. She was recently Resident Poet at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, and has also
produced two CDs, entitled Healing Pool and Mine 4 Life. She is appearing at the 4th Cape
Town Book Fair as a guest of the British Council.
Copyright Lekgotla. A copyright symposium on Translation Rights hosted by the Academic
and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa in association with the Publishers’
Association of South Africa. R50 entrance.
Highlights & Footlights: A Tribute to South African Stage and Screen. Bob Martin shares
some of his work as a South African theatre and movie publicity-stills photographer.
Adele Parks signs books at the Penguin stand.
Short introduction and presentation of the offers of translation grants by Helene Schär
(Swissbooks) & Sabine Erlenwein (Goethe Institute).
TIME VENUE
14:00 G3 - MML
14:00 F7 - Via Afrika
14:00-14:30 H2 - Paarl Media
14:00-14:45 Rm 1.41
14:00-14:45 Rm 1.42
14:00-14:45 Rm 1.61
14:00-15:45 Rm 1.62
14:00-14:45 F6 - Dalro Forum
14:00-15:00 E14 - JUTA
14:00-15:00 K11 - Macmillan
14:15-15:00 K1 - Penguin
15:00 F7 - Via Afrika
15:00 G3 - MML
15:00-15:45 Rm 1.41
15:00-15:45 Rm 1.42
15:00-15:45 Rm 1.61
15:00-15:45 F6 - Dalro Forum
15:15-16:15 K1 - Penguin
15:30-16:00 H2 - Paarl Media
16:00 F7 - Via Afrika
16:00 G3 - MML
16:00-16:45 Rm 1.41
16:00-16:45 Rm 1.42
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Interactive materials for whiteboards. Parents, teachers and learners from grades 4 to
12 are invited to a presentation on a range of interactive materials available for language,
reading, mathematics and science.
Riana Scheepers en Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh gesels oor die verskyning van die Nuwe
Kinderverseboek. Met voorlesings deur Martelize Kolver. Aangebied deur Tafelberg.
Press and Printing demonstration.
Africa in German books and other literary highlights. A presentation of German novels
dealing with Africa and of the recent literary highlights in Germany with Kira Schmidt &
Sabine Erlenwein.
Shark/Geldwolf Member of Parliament, Dene Smuts, interviews Carel van der Merwe about
his fourth novel. Presented by Umuzi.
Ways of Staying. Join Kevin Bloom as he discusses his thought-provoking book chaired by
Prof Leon de Kock.
Youth: From lost generation to future leaders. Can counselling make the difference? Listen
to contributors to Heinemann’s Handbook of Youth Counselling.
A New Scramble for Africa? Africa’s resources are under siege by the world’s leading
economies. Can Africa broker an outcome that truly benefits the continent and its people?
Moeletsi Mbeki with Henning Melber & Roger Southall.
Mama Taxi: The Collection. Deni Brown is the first South African woman to break into the
male-dominated world of the daily comic strip.
Macmillan African Writer’s Prize - Award Presentation.
Simon Gear signs books at the Penguin stand.
Awam ngqo. Sindiwe Magona has written an autobiography, short stories, essays, plays,
poetry, novels as well as many children’s books. Her books are published in English
and isiXhosa.
The Longman Exams Dictionary. Find out how this dictionary can improve your exam results.
High Low In-Between. High-profile author Imraan Coovadia speaks about his new novel,
which explores the fault lines in the denialist new SA through a troubled Indian family.
Citizen of the world, Hansjorg Schertenlieb, will engage his audience with a reading and
discussion on ‘Language and Identity’.
The message in this book heals. Louis Benjamin introduces Mary Baker Eddy, author of the
book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
Alison Lowry (CEO of Penguin Books) chats to Rosemund J Handler (author of Madlands,
Katy’s Kid and Tsamma Season), Sarah Lotz (author of Pompidou Posse and Exhibit A) and
Shaun Johnson (author of The Native Commissioner) about the art of writing fiction.
John van de Ruit signs books at the Penguin stand.
Press and Printing demonstration.
Droomskip en ander radiodramas. Radio drama performance demonstration and book
launch with Chris Barnard, Charles J Fourie, SD Fourie, Helena Hugo, Engela van Rooyen
& Fanie Viljoen.
Educational fun on interactive whiteboards. Parents, teachers and learners are invited to
come and manipulate our interactive educational materials. Learn how to learn with the
push of a button!
Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: Representations of Sara Baartman with Pamela
Scully, Meg Samuelson, Desiree Lewis & Angelo Fick.
Writing History - Is fact really stranger than fiction? André P Brink and Max du Preez
compare notes on different approaches to bringing the past to life.
TIME VENUE EVENT DESCRIPTION
16:00-16:45 Rm 1.43 - 1.44 Rioting & Writing with the Bad Ous: HayibO, TrovatO and LiO. Join Sunday Times satirist,
Ben Trovato (Ben Trovato’s Hits and Missives); and Justin Nurse of Laugh it Off for a lively,
quick-witted Souf’ Effrican debate.
16:00-16:45 Rm 1.61 Panel discussion: Copy-editors do make a difference to published fiction. How far can/may
an editor go in ‘fixing’ an author’s words?
16:00-16:45 Rm 1.62 The Artist in the Garden - The Quest for Moses Tladi by Angela-Read Lloyd.
16:00-16:45 F6 - Dalro Forum Jennifer Crocker (freelance journalist) chats to Adele Parks about the chic-lit debate.
Adele Parks is the author of 8 UK best-sellers. Her new book is Love Lies.
17:00 E7 - Wits University Meet Pamela Scully, co-author of Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story
Press and a Biography.
17:00-17:30 H2 - Paarl Media Press and Printing demonstration.
17:00-17:45 Rm 1.62 Zulu Basketry - traditional Ilala Palm and contemporary telephone wire Zulu basket
weaving with Jannie van Heerden.
17:30-18:00 K1 - Penguin Launch of Tsamma Season by Rosemund J Handler at the Penguin stand.
17:30-18:30 F6 - Dalro Forum Modjaji Books is proud to launch new books of poetry by four quite different and highly
talented poets. Sindiwe Magona, Joan Metelerkamp, Fiona Zerbst and Helen Moffett will be
reading from their new books due out in June 2009.

DISCLAIMER : Unless stated otherwise, all events are open to the public. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure accuracy,
the programme remains subject to change