2010 jacana jamboree - complete programme

wednesday 28 July Friday 30 Julythursday 29 July

17h30 for 18h00

12h00 – 13h30

12h00 for 12h30 – 14h3010h00 – 11h30

17h30 for 18h00

17h30 for 18h00

19h30 for 20h00

11h00 – 12h30

17h30 for 18h00

JAcAnA mEDiA

Cape Town Book FairEvent Programme

DiScuSSion

Creating literature for children in Africa

book lAunch

Soweto

DiScuSSion

Pop, Popular, Populist: examining the relationship between the ruling party and society

book lAunch

Zimbabwe’s Exodus: Crisis, Migration and Survival

book lAunch

Slow Motion Speakers: Andie miller in conversation with Damon galgut

this collection of non-fi ction stories about walking, documents transformation in South Africa through the eyes of pedestrians across the economic, racial and age spectrum. it tells the stories of South Africans (and visitors) who have chosen to ‘reclaim the streets’ from predators and traffi c – including writers, artists, political activists, disabled people, dogs and their owners, domestic workers and refugees.

Venue: the book lounge, 71 roeland Street

rSVp: [email protected] 462 2425

All events: please bring high-quality children’s and young adults’ books, in good condition, to donate to Equal Education’s book drive for school libraries. ten per cent of all Jacana books sold at the launch will also go to Equal Education for their library book drive.

wines for the events supplied by leopards leap

Speakers: carole bloch, niki Daly, Arabella koopman, nombulelo baba and pamela maseko

librarians, educators and others concerned with creating literature for children in Africa, come and share your ideas about what books our children should be reading, what they should look like AnD how we get these books to them!

Venue: cape town international book Fair, room: 1.42, cape town international convention centre, 1 lower long Street

capacity: 60 people

buS tour

Cape Town Literary Bus TourSpeakers: helen moff ett will conduct our trip around town with patricia Schonstein, Don pinnock, ronnie govender, rustum kozain, Sindiwe magona and other writers and poets of cape town.

come with us on a literary tour that will provide a chance to meet some of the writers who have created and recreated cape town in writing. writers on board the bus will read extracts from their work at the places that have served as locations for scenes in their work or provided the inspiration for their writing, and there will be an opportunity to chat with them on the road. this will be followed by mulled wine and book-signing by the authors at clarke’s book Shop.

Venue: meet at clarke’s book Shop, 211 long Street

price: r80; book on: www.strictlytickets.com

workShop

How to make a success of NGO PublishingFacilitator: marcus toerien with Aadielah maker, leanne Smith and moira levy

Discussions around bespoke materials for second-language audiences, ngo publishing for the trade market, and packaging research for organisational outcomes and the trade market.

Venue: cape town international book Fair, room: 1.42, cape town international convention centre, 1 lower long Street

capacity: 60 people

promotion: lucky Draw – win a hamper of Jacana books

Speakers: Jodi bieber in conversation with ismail Farouk

Acclaimed home-grown photographer, Jodi bieber, has created an open-ended essay which is a celebration and a portrait of life in Soweto today. ismail Farouk is an artist and urban geographer, exploring creative responses to racial, social, political and economic justice.

Venue: lobby books, 6 Spin Street


DiScuSSion

Writing Science in South AfricaSpeakers: Activist nathan geff en (author of Debunking Delusions) in conversation with marcus low (editor of Equal Treatment), christina Scott (president of the South African Science Journalists Association), Adele baleta and Dr george claassen

Science writers and journalists in discussion about how to make quality science writing more accessible and exciting for the public.

Venue: central library, the old Drill hall, Darling Street (opposite the parade)


Speakers: richard calland in conversation with Judith February, raymond Suttner and ronnie kasrils

heavy-weight political analysts come together to look at the state of our democracy and ask: where to from here?


rSVp: [email protected] 467 7606 or book on www.strictlytickets.com

DiScuSSion

The Grande Dames of the Garden talk about growing for love and growing for foodSpeakers: margaret wasserfall (ex-editor of SA Garden & Home), in conversation with una van der Spuy, pat Featherstone and christine Stevens

grande Dames of the garden come together over a pink champagne breakfast to discuss their passions around gardens and food…

una van der Spuy, author of Old Nectar, irrepressible 97-year-old owner of the famous garden, will share her wealth of knowledge and experience. pat Featherstone, founder of cape town-based ngo Soil for life and author of Grow to Live, discusses environmental problems. christine Stevens, author of Harvest, organic farmer, wine-maker and extraordinary cook, will share her passion for growing things and taking food straight from the garden into the kitchen.

Venue: Fraiche Ayres at Stark Ayres nursery, liesbeek parkway


capacity: 50 people

Speakers: Jonathan crush and Daniel tevera, with a 50-minute performance by Jonathan khumbulani nkala

the book explores the relationship between Zimbabwe’s economic and political crisis and migration as a survival strategy. it includes personal stories of ordinary Zimbabweans living and working in other countries, who describe the hostility and xenophobia they often experience.

At the launch, Jonathan nkala will be performing, The Crossing, his one-man play about his journey on foot from a dusty Zimbabwean village to cape town.

“This solo performance is … as thrilling as it is inspiring, as frightening as it is miraculous … and confronts South Africans with what it is like to live and survive in this country as a refugee.” – marianne thamm, Times Live, 10 April 2010



17h00 – 19h00

book lAunch

Cannibal Ogres, Mock Europeans, Faux Tintins and the Hovering ShowerheadSpeakers: moderated by Dr Stella Viljoen, in conversation with Jonathan Shapiro, Andy mason and Anton kannemeyer

world-class political cartoonists come together to examine symbols, stereotypes and issues of representation in South African political cartoons

Venue: michael Stevenson gallery, 160 Sir lowry road, woodstock

capacity: 50 people seated


Saturday 31 JulyFriday 30 July Sunday 1 August 19 – 31 August

14 – 15 August

10h00 – 12h00

14h00 for 14h30 – 16h00

17h30 for 18h00

9h00 – 18h00

18h00

20h00

13h00

12h30 for 13h00 – 14h00

16h30

20h00

9h00 – 18h00

12h00 – 12h45

DiScuSSion

The Eyes and Minds of the Boys behind the Birds and the Bees

DiScuSSion

Dinosaurs or Dynamos: Is there a future for museums in South Africa?

Exhibition opEning

SA Cartooning: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

cArtoon clASS

CCIBA Cartooning Master Class

AwArDS

European Union Award Ceremony

DinnEr

European Union Literary Award Dinner

DiScuSSion

Zapiro’s Sports Commentaries 1994–2010

DiScuSSion

Sustainability: a voting issue?

high tEA

At The Mount Nelson

DinnEr

Satire Supper

workShop

Kids’ Toonlab Cartoon Workshop

DEmonStrAtion

Organic Cooking with Christine Stevens

Speakers: John ledger hosts peter Steyn, trevor carnaby and Shem compion

how field guides and photographic reference books are made – hosted by John ledger, with some of South Africa’s top wildlife writers and photographers

Venue: the labia theatre, 68 orange Street, gardens


Speakers: pippa Skotnes in conversation with Steven Dubin, Sue williamson, riason naidoo and Andrew lamprecht

South African museums are often cherished places the world over. they put a public face on collective accomplishments, histories and identities. but even with transformation, are they relevant, or relics, in a democratic South Africa?

Venue: iziko SA national gallery, government Ave, company’s garden

rSVp: [email protected] 011 628 3204 or book on www.strictlytickets.com

the event will include the launch of the toonlab tabloid, a publication featuring work by South Africa’s current and future generations of political cartoonists. the exhibition will run from 19 to 31 August.

Venue (to be confirmed): the Annex (iziko), government Ave, company’s garden


Facilitator: Andy mason in collaboration with Zapiro, Jeremy nell (The Times), brandan reynolds, (Business Day), chip Snaddon (Cape Argus), John curtis (Africartoons), Stacey Stent (Noseweek), and gavin thomson and Dave gomersal (Trek Net)

A hands-on immersion into the world of political cartooning


price: contact: [email protected]

capacity: 20 – 30 people

the announcement of the winner of the prestigious Eu literary Award

Venue: old town house, greenmarket Square.

price: Free but booking essential as seating is limited

rSVp: [email protected]

Enjoy dinner in the company of the newly announced Eu literary Award winner, former winners, sponsors of the Award and various other dignitaries and literary buffs.

Venue: 5 Flies restaurant & bars, 14 –16 keerom Street

price: r180; book on:www.strictlytickets.com

Speaker: meet Zapiro as he discusses the background to his latest cartoons.

Venue: cape town international book Fair, meeting room: 1.63-1.64, cape town international convention centre, 1 lower long Street

booking: the booking kiosk, cape town international book Fair

Speakers: moderated by prof. Edgar pieterse (African centre for cities), in conversation with lance greyling (mp and chief whip of iD parliamentary caucus), muna lakhani (Earthlife Africa) and prof. mark Swilling (Director, Sustainability institute)

Discussing how we get sustainability on the political agenda for the upcoming local elections.



Speakers: prof. wole Soyinka in conversation with kopano matlwa, joint winner of the prestigious wole Soyinka prize for literature in Africa

Venue: the mount nelson hotel, 76 orange Street

booking: through the cape town international book Fair

Speakers: marianne thamm hosts rico Schacherl & Steve Francis (the men behind Madame & Eve), Eric miyeni, Andy mason, tom Eaton, Zapiro and ndumiso ngcobo

A selection of South Africa’s sharpest wits will join different tables for each course for some challenging, rigorous and out of the ordinary dinner table conversation.

Venue: Societi bistro, 50 orange Street, gardens

price: r180 (includes dinner and wine); book on: www.strictlytickets.com

promotion: win a hamper of Jacana books

Facilitators: Andy mason and kathy coates, with appearances by Zapiro, Stephen Francis & rico of Madam & Eve, and artists from Supa Strikas.

An interactive one-day introduction to the world of cartooning,


capacity: 60 people


Demonstrator: chef christine Stevens using some of her organic recipes from Harvest

Venue: cape town international book Fair, pick n pay chef’s kitchen, cape town international convention centre, 1 lower long Street

capacity: 80 people

booking: the booking kiosk, cape town international book Fair

20h00

DiScuSSion

South African Writing Now

17h30 for 18h00

book lAunch

In the Balance: South Africans debate reconciliation Speaker: Editor Dr Fanie du toit (programme Director for Educating for reconciliation at the institute for Justice and reconciliation) in conversation with raenette taljaard and other contributors to the book

only by sharing our diverging accounts of reconciliation will we come to terms with its contested legacy, its contemporary meaning and its future possibilities. the essays challenge the conventional wisdom and sound an important call: once again, it is time to ask after reconciliation’s meaning, practice and value.



11h00 – 11h45

Story timE

Stories and GamesSpeakers: maryanne bester and Shayle bester

the bester sisters are an author-and-artist team who publish exquisite children’s books in English, xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans. maryanne will read some of their children’s stories, followed by Shayle doing an interactive game with the kids.

Venue: the book lounge, 71 roeland Street


Speakers: kopano matlwa, Eric miyeni, Fred khumalo, Zinaid meeran, rosie kendall and ndumiso ngcobo

Some of South Africa’s most exciting and innovative writers come together over dinner to talk about new directions in local literature.

Venue: Societi bistro, 50 orange Street, gardens

price: r180 (includes dinner and wine); book on: www.strictlytickets.com

promotion: win a hamper of Jacana books

2010 jacana jamboree - complete programme

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