{"id":395,"date":"2025-01-29T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/cape-flats-book-festival-offers-literary-feast-1-2-february\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T11:26:46","slug":"cape-flats-book-festival-offers-literary-feast-1-2-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/cape-flats-book-festival-offers-literary-feast-1-2-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Flats Book Festival Offers Literary Feast 1 -2 February"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0Siphokazi Jonas\u00a0is among the line-up of authors and poets at the Cape\u00a0Flats Book Festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Book lovers will have a chance to meet local and international authors at this weekend\u2019s\u00a0Cape Flats Book Festival, at West End\u00a0Primary, in Lentegeur, Mitchell\u2019s Plain.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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All talks are FREE and books will be on sale as well\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Writer, performer and poet\u00a0Siphokazi Jonas\u00a0is one of the highlights in the line-up.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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On the Sunday, from 11.50am to\u00a012.30pm, she will be reciting poetry from her anthology, Weeping Becomes a River, published by Penguin Random House South Africa last year.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0According to the publisher, Jonas \u201cconfronts the linguistic and cultural alienation experienced as a black learner in former Model C schools in the 1990s\u00a0and early 2000s, then fashions the fragments to reclaim and rewrite her place within a lineage of storytellers\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Film-score composer Trevor Jones, in his\u00a0foreword for Weeping Becomes a River, says Jonas\u2019s writing \u201chas an underlying political relevance, not only as a commentary on the politics of South\u00a0Africa and her ethnicity but also as an eagerness to address and redress the gender balance\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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British children\u2019s author Alan Durant will be reading\u00a0extracts from his books, Quill Soup and What I Did on My Holiday, from 12.35pm to 2.10pm on Sunday.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0British children\u2019s author, Alan Durant Durant has\u00a0written books for children of all ages \u2013 from picture books for toddlers to thrillers for teenagers.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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He also writes poetry for children and adults.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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New temple of peace in Obs His titles include Burger Boy, Always and Forever, Dear Tooth Fairy, Clownfish and What I Did on My Holiday, which was\u00a0illustrated by his South African wife Samantha van Riet.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0His picture book Quill Soup was published in South Africa by New Africa Books and is available in\u00a0all 11 official languages. Candice Japhta, author of Crushed for Change.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Also on Sunday, from 10am to 10.40am, Candice Japhta, the author of Crushed\u00a0For Change, will be talking with veteran performer and producer Alistair Izobell (the author of Broken to Heal) about trauma and healing. Former Cape\u00a0Times editor Ryland Fisher will be moderating the session.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Visit\u00a0www.capeflatsbookfestival.co.za<\/a>\u00a0for more \u00a0details..<\/span><\/div>\n
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Siphokazi Jonas. Photo: Penguin Random House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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