Green themes and environmental issues run through the Franschhoek Literary Festival 2023, appropriate for the FLF located in this verdant, rural setting.
Here are some sessions that should appeal.
New Wild Order
James Hendry discusses the strategies and ethics of progressive zookeeping and rewilding with author-conservationists Willie Labuschagne (The Soul of A Lion) and Grant Fowlds (Rewilding Africa).
The Recall of the Wild
Nancy Richards heads for the bush with Françoise Malby-Anthony (The Elephants of Thula Thula) and Grant Fowlds (Rewilding Africa), who worked for many years with Malby-Anthony’s late husband, Lawrence Anthony, aka ‘The Elephant Whisperer’.
Walking with Elephants
Sarah Bullen talks to Françoise Malby-Anthony about her book The Elephants of Thula Thula, an astonishing account of her life’s work caring for hundreds of troubled pachyderms at the rehabilitation reserve she established with her late husband, Lawrence Anthony.
Safari So Good
Gail Schimmel talks to James Hendry – safari guide, wildlife TV presenter, photographer and author – about his latest novel Return to the Wild, set in the Kruger Park, and the true events that inspire his bush-life bestsellers.
Flight or Write
C.A. Davids in conversation with Vernon R.L Head, author of the acclaimed bestseller The Search For the Rarest Bird in the World. His new novel, On The Wave of Gulls, animates the overlapping lives of a troubled Cape Town architect, a homeless wanderer and a seagull in search of a mate.
– Sponsored by Pam Golding Properties
I came from the Wilderness
An exhilarating hour-long exploration of poems that celebrate both the wild in you and the increasingly threatened wilderness we all depend upon. Compiled by Finuala Dowling and performed by John Maytham.
Verses and Reverses
Dominique Botha is in conversation with Antjie Krog about Pillage, her first collection of poetry in eight years – a powerful reflection on family, land and the act of plunder – whether imposed by time, nature or human agency.
Varied and informed voices to view and review nature.
WHAT: Green Themes & Environmental Issues – Franschhoek Literary Festival 2023 You can find the full programme HERE
WHERE: Franschhoek Valley
WHEN: Friday 19th – Sunday 21st May 2023
TICKETS: Bookings via Webtickets | Ticket price: R100-00 | Student tickets: R50-00 |
INFO: Visit | Social media: Twitter – @FranLitFest | Facebook/franlitfest | Instagram – @franlitfest
See also Cape Town Green Map
The festival thanks FLF 2023 partners including Franschhoek Wine Valley, FLF founding sponsor Porcupine Ridge, official FLF bookstore Exclusive Books, as well as sponsors News24, Ninety One SA, Yellowwoods Social Investments, Jonathan Ball Publishers, NB Publishers, PanMacmillan, Pam Golding Properties, Discovery and venue sponsors Le Quartier Français and Sterrekopje.
