The Franschhoek Literary Festival loudly proclaims ‘IT’S MY STORY AND I’M STICKING TO IT’
There are many more ways to share stories – imagined or real – than just the written word. Expand your storytelling horizons at the Franschhoek Literary Festival 2016 (May 13-15), where they explore the spoken word, graphics, the shared experience of live action role playing, and stories on the page and on screen.
Friday 13 May
10h00 In The magic of story, Samantha Page chats to master storytellers Kapilolo Mahongo, Nancy Richards and Sindiwe Magona about how writing and sharing our own stories reveals our true selves and brings us closer to others.
11h30 Pictures worth a thousand words: With writer/director Sam Wilson in the chair, games developer Geoff Burrows and writers Lauren Beukes and Raffaella Delle Donne revel in the growing art (and business) of telling stories through graphic novels, comics and game development.
13h00 In Breathing life into history (chaired by Mike Wills) three very different authors, novelist Claire Robertson journalist Alex Eliseev and historian Nigel Penn tell us how they each bring historic characters to life in their unputdownable stories.
18h30 What was that!? On Friday the 13th haunting stories are created on the fly as Amabookabooka scaremaster Jonathan Ancer stirs the imaginations of his victims, Fred Strydom, Lauren Beukes and Louis Greenberg, through creepy sounds that inspire chilling storylines. Be prepared for much nervous laughter and the odd scream.
Saturday 14 May
10h00 Prepare to be entranced by This is how it was… as Victor Dlamini is joined by Javier Perez (Lingua Franca Spoken Word Movement), legendary storyteller Sindiwe Magona and Irish author Sarah Baume in exploring the rich traditions and the global origins of fiction in oral storytelling.
13h00 With some creative licence in Tall Tales, literary journalist Karabo Kgoleng in the chair asks author and columnist Khaya Dlanga (To Quote Myself) and Paige Nick (Pens Behaving Badly) about imagination, embellishment and the other characteristics of powerful, mostly/sometimes true, stories.
16h00 This one is for those who were too afraid to ask, and those who are already Live Action Role Play fundis. In What a LARP live action role play writers Roxy Kawitzky and Simon Ratcliffe discuss the liberating powers of interactive storytelling through LARP, with young adult author Sally Partridge.
16h00 How do you tell, write and direct stories for different storytelling vehicles? Join CapeTalk’s Africa Melane as he delves into the experiences of working across genres of film-maker Akin Omotoso (whose four festival screenings of his film Tell Me Sweet Something have all already sold out), author/scriptwriter Louis Greenberg and author/playwright Steven Boykey Sidley.
Sunday 15 May
16h00 Two writers of huge reputation, Sindiwe Magona (Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle) and American Margo Jefferson (Negroland), share their personal stories and the story of how they came to write them down, with Nomboniso Gasa in the chair, in As I Recall.
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