8th Time of the Writer, International Festival of Writers

The 8th Time of the Writer, International Festival of Writers, brings together over 25 writers from South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world to engage in a six-day programme. Activities include nightly readings at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and a stimulating range of day activities, including an educators' forum, schools visits, prison writing project, a workshop on women's writing, and a publishing forum, all designed to nurture a culture of reading, writing and creative expression.

One of the focal themes at this year's festival is negotiating identities, and examining the complexities that arise from issues of race, nationality and language. This includes discussion on the status of writing in indigenous African languages in South Africa .The festival also reflects on writing from war-ravaged zones, places where writers give voice to people who have been rendered voiceless. Time of the Writer 2005 features a varied mix of established writers alongside bright new talent on the literary scene, setting the platform for an extraordinary programme of exchange, dialogue and debate.

PARTICIPATING WRITERS:
Bessora (Gabon/Switzerland) Tanella Boni (Ivory Coast) André Brink (South
Africa) Nawal El Saadawi (Egypt) Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar) Rayda Jacobs
(South Africa) Kossi Komla-Ebri (Togo/Italy) Martin Koboekae (South Africa)
James Mafela (South Africa) Ncamisile Makhambeni (South Africa) Sisana
Mdluli (South Africa) Hari Kunzru (United Kingdom) Niq Mhlongo (South Africa)
Manuel Rui Monteiro (Angola) Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) David Mutasa (South
Africa)Gladman Ngubo (South Africa) DBZ Ntuli (South Africa) Henrietta
Rose-Innes (South Africa) Ncedile Saule (South Africa) Siba Shakib (Iran)
Sami Tchak (Togo) Chris van Wyk (South Africa) MG Vassanji
(Kenya/Tanzania/Canada) Nogwaja Shadrack Zulu (South Africa)

Photos and bios are available on the Centre for Creative Arts website:
www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

MONDAY APRIL 04
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 -Musical Welcome: Zulu Dance - Umlazi Cultural Group
- Introduction: Peter Rorvik, Centre for Creative Arts (CCA)
- Guest Speaker: Fred Khumalo, Editor, Sunday Times Insight
- Introduction of Festival Participants: Lorelle Royeppen-Viegi , (CCA)
- Performance: Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre in collaboration with Zim
Ngqawana: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

TUESDAY APRIL 05
AM: Writers visit schools

AM: Prisons Programme: Hari Kunzru, Ncamisile Makhambeni, DBZ Ntuli

14h00-15h30 Women in Writing Workshop: Bessora, Tanella Boni, Rayda Jacobs,
Nawal El Saadawi, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Siba Shakib - Phillip Russel Room,
Diakonia Centre, 20 St Andrews Street " (031) 310 3501

18h45-19h15 Book Launch introduced by André Brink: Freedom Spring:Ten Years
On: Contemporary Writing from South Africa and Scotland ,Glasgow City
Council & Scottish Arts Council, 2005 - WellingtonTavern Deck, Elizabeth
Sneddon Theatre.

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 Maskanda Music - Shiyani Ngcobo
New Directions in South African Writing
Niq Mhlongo (South Africa), Martin Koboekae (South Africa), Henrietta
Rose-Innes (South Africa)
Presenter: Vuyo Mbuli
Interval
70th Birthday Tribute to André Brink
André Brink (South Africa)
Presenter: Andries Visagie

WEDNESDAY APRIL 06
AM Writers visit schools

- 10h00-11h30 African Writers' Seminar: Bessora, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Kossi
Komla-Ebri Centre for African Literary Studies - PMB Campus " (033) 260 6249

- 11h15-13h00 Writers in Media: Hari Kunzru, Manuel Rui Monteiro, Siba
Shakib -Arthur Smith Hall, City Campus, Durban Institute of Technology,Smith
Street Entrance " (031) 203 6614

- 12h30-13h30 Writers and Activism Workshop: Nawal El Saadawi, facilitated
by the Centre for Civil Society - Senate Chamber, Westville Campus " (031)
260 2506

18h30 -19h15 Book Launch: Jailbirds and Other Stories, Muthal Naidoo,
Botsotso Press, 2005, includes dramatised readings - Wellington Tavern Deck,
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 Electronic Acoustic Music - Jurgen Br?uninger and Sazi Dlamini
New World Voices
Bessora (Gabon/Switzerland), Hari Kunzru (United Kingdom)
Presenter: Lindi Stiebel
Interval
Writing, Resistance and Reconstruction
Manuel Rui Monteiro (Angola), Tanella Boni (Ivory Coast), Siba Shakib (Iran)
Presenter: Ashwin Desai

THURSDAY APRIL 07
AM Writers visit schools

Publishing Forum: Kwa Muhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road (031) 311 2223
-09h00-09h30 A View from Abroad, Ajmal Kamal, City Press, Karachi -
Pakistan
- 09h30-11h00 Indigenous African Language Writers Speak, James Mafela,
Ncamisile Makhambeni,Sisana Mdluli, David Mutasa, Gladman Ngubo, DBZ Ntuli,
Ncedile Saule,Nakanjani Sibiya, Nogwaja Shadrack Zulu
- 11h00-12h00 Preparing Your Manuscript for Publishing, Maggie Davey, Jacana
Press
- 12h30-13h00 South African Perspectives on Publishing, Glenn Cowley, UKZN
Press
- 13h00-13h30 Innovations and Current Publishing Trends, Nelleke de Jager,
Kwela Press
-13h30-14h15 New Publishing Initiatives, Muff Anderson and Maggie Davey,
Jacana Press
-14h15-14h45 Tenth Year Democracy Publications, Nonceba Levin, Skotaville
Media

-13h00-15h00 Educators Forum: Bessora, Ncamisile Makhambeni, Charles
Mungoshi, DBZ Ntuli, HenriettaRose-Innes, Nakanjani Sibiya, Chris van Wyk,
MG Vassanji - Clairwood Secondary School, hosted by the Teacher Centres in
the eThekwini Region " (031) 401 9266

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 Kathak and Drum Duet - Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre
Constructing Identities
MG Vassanji (Kenya/Tanzania/Canada), Kossi Komla-Ebri (Togo/Italy)
Presenter: Lorelle Royeppen-Viegi
Interval
Women, Creativity and Dissidence
Nawal el Saadawi (Egypt)
Presenter: Mandisa Mbali

FRIDAY APRIL 08
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 Mpantsula Dancers - Bright Sparks
- Presentation of Schools Awards
- Presentation of Gcina Mhlophe Short Story Award
- Presentation of Ronnie Govender Literary Award
- Presentation of first copies of The Silent Minaret to European Union
Literary Award winner, Ishtiyaq Shukri
Interval
In Our Own Voices: Writing in Indigenous African Languages of South Africa
James Mafela, Ncamisile Makhambeni, Sisana Mdluli, David Mutasa, Gladman
Ngubo, DBZ Ntuli, Ncedile Saule and Nogwaja Shadrack Zulu (all from South
Africa)
Presenter: Pitika Ntuli

SATURDAY APRIL 09
12h00-14h00 Creative Writers Workshop: Rayda Jacobs, Martin Koboekae, Niq
Mhlongo, TanellaBoni - Mission Control, Bat Centre " (031) 332 0451

Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Evening Programme
19h30 Isicathimiya - Durban Black Drifters
Southern African Stories
Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe), Chris van Wyk (South Africa)
Presenter: Sisonke Msimang
Interval
Writing, Place and Identity
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Zanzibar), Sami Tchak (Togo), Rayda Jacobs (South Africa)
Presenter: Alan Swerdlow

The festival funders and partners are: The National Lottery Distribution
Fund, Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Hivos, French Institute
of South Africa, National Arts Council of South Africa, Pro Helvetia Arts
Council of Switzerland , Consulate of Italy , City of Durban , Royal
Netherlands Embassy, Adams Campus Books, Sparkport Pharmacy, Ferrero,
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and the University of KwaZulu-Natal .

Ticket prices for evening presentations are R20 for adults and R10 for students/pensioners. No charge for workshops, seminars and book launches.
Book at Computicket - Tel: (011) 340 8000 or 083 915 8000 or www.computicket.com or at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 18h30.

For further info contact the Centre for Creative Arts (UKZN)
Tel: +27 31 260 2506 or +27 31 260 3118; Fax +27 31 260 3074
E-mail: [email protected] * Website: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za

Gail Snyman
Centre for Creative Arts
Memorial Tower Building
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Durban
4041
South Africa
Tel: +27+31+260 2506
Fax: +27+31+260 3074
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cca.ukzn.ac.za