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Pan Macmillan Authors at the 2012 Open Book Festival (20 – 24 September)

by Thando on Sep 13th, 2012
The Stranger's ChildThe Landscape PainterA Bantu in My BathroomWhen the Sea is Rising Red
Matilda's CatSarah HouseAbundanceNext Stop, Zanzibar Road!Entanglement

 
Pan Macmillan will be participating in this year’s Open Book Festival, which takes place from 20-24 September in Cape Town’s CBD. Pan Macmillan authors taking part include Alan Hollinghurst, Cat Hellisen, Craig Higginson, Emily Gravett, Eusebius McKaiser, Ifeanyi Ajaegbo, Marlene van der Westhuizen, Niki Daly and Steven Boykey Sidley.

Thursday 20 September, 2012

BOOK CLUB MORNING 1

Venue: The Book Lounge
Time: 10.00 – 11.00
Price: Free Event

Lola Shoneyin, Alan Hollinghurst and Patrick Flanery chat about their writing and give you a glimpse of how it’s done. Chaired by Megan Hitchin.

Friday 21 September, 2012

ALAN HOLLINGHURST: THE STRANGER’S CHILD

Venue: The Fugard Theatre
Time: 14.00 – 15.00
Price: R40

Alan Hollinghurst talks to Loftus Marais about The Stranger’s Child

TALKING FRENCH FOOD – JOANNE HARRIS AND MARLENE VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

Venue: Fugard First
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
Price: R30

Joanne Harris and Marlene van der Westhuizen talk to each other about the French food they love and the books that resulted from that.

Saturday 22 September, 2012

CAINE PRIZE 2012

Venue: The Fugard Theatre
Time: 12.00 – 13.30
Price: Free Event

CO/MIX THE ART OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION

Venue: The Bank
Time: 13.00 – 14.00
Price: Free Event

Emily Gravett, Chris Venter and Alex Latimer talk to Niki Daly about the challenges of the industry.

ALAN HOLLINGHURST AND DAMON GALGUT

Venue: The Fugard Theatre
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
Price: R40

Alan Hollingurst and Damon Galgut discuss their work with Eusebius Mckaiser.

CRAIG HIGGINSON – THE LANDSCAPE PAINTER

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 14.00 – 15.00
Price: R30

Craig Higginson, author of The Landscape Painter, talks to Karina Brink about his novel.

SOUTH AFRICAN LITERATURE 2

Venue: The Book Lounge
Time: 15.00 – 16.00
Price: Free Event

Dawn Garisch, Deon-Simphiwe Skade and Steven Boykey Sidley speak to Liesl Jobson about their work.

THE LIVES OF WRITERS

Venue: Fugard Studio
Time: 16.00 – 17.00
Price: R30

Alan Hollinghurst, Kiran Desai and Lionel Shriver discuss the process behind their books with Nancy Richards.

EUSEBIUS MCKAISER: A BANTU IN MY BATHROOM – LAUNCH

Venue: Fugard Ground
Time: 20.00 – 21.00
Price: R30

Eusebius McKaiser, author of A Bantu in my Bathroom, talks to Rebecca Davis about the book.

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  • A Bantu in My Bathroom: Debating Race, Sexuality and Other Uncomfortable South African Topics by Eusebius McKaiser
    EAN: 9781920434373
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Book Excerpt: Sarah House by Ifeanyi Ajaegbo

by Thando on Jan 27th, 2012

Sarah HouseIfeanyi Ajaegbo’s harrowing debut novel, Sarah House, was published by Picador Africa this month. Women24 has released an exclusive extract from the book, in which we are introduced to some of the chilling real life issues that Ajaegbo addresses in his fiction:

‘You want me to be nice to you, don’t you?’

‘I don’t want anything,’ I stammered and made no effort to steady my voice. Something terrible was about to happen to me.

I felt it in the way he looked at me and the way he touched my skin. I saw it in his lopsided double smile, and the wall that refused to melt and swallow me so he would never have me within his reach.

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Ifeanyi Ajaegbo Enters the Harrowing World of Human Trafficking in Sarah House

by Thando on Jan 25th, 2012

Sarah HouseA compelling novel about a young woman’s life in a harrowing Nigerian world of human trafficking and prostitution. Sarah House will stay with you long after you finish reading this testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

Nita wakes up in a dark world very different from the life of opportunities promised to her by Slim, the man she loved and trusted to take her away from the small town in opobo in Nigeria. Soon she realises she is a slave, bought and sold without her consent and forced into a life of prostitution and sleazy strip clubs.

Every day Nita walks a tightrope of survival surrounded by vicious pimps and thugs. She meets Tega, a fellow slave lured into prostitution by Slim; she is sold to Madam, who runs Sarah House and makes money from young women and children; she finds favour with Chief, an influential politician who provides protection for Madam’s illicit business; and she must survive Lothar, a renegade porn film maker.

Life in this nightmare world gets more complicated when Nita meets young Damka and is approached by a police detective working undercover. When Damka disappears and Nita discovers the child’s bloodied clothes in a room in Sarah House, she knows she has to work with the police in spite of the dangers to her own life.

“This is a story, told with passion, that the world – beaten out of shape by men who prey on the powerless – should hear.” – Mandla Langa

About the author

Ifeanyi Ajaegbo is a development consultant and communications practitioner who lives and works in Port Harcourt in Nigeria. His writing has won awards and fellowships, including the 2005 african Regional prize for the Commonwealth Short Story competition. Sarah House is his first novel.

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