30 AUGUST 2019
| TIME | |
| 8:30 AM | Arrivals and Registration – (Mary Fitzgerald Square)
Welcome Morning Tea Register for Workshops and Author(s) Sessions Exhibitions and Walkabouts, booksales & t.shirts |
| TIME | PARALLEL WORKSHOP |
| 9.00 -9.15 AM | Welcome & Theme of Festival – (Museum Africa Foyer) |
| 9:30 – 10:20 AM | Parallel Skills Workshops & venue click here |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Conversation/Meet the Authors click here
Parallel conversations and time only to meet 2 authors (2 x 20 minutes) Click here! |
| 9:15 – 11:15 AM | The Special TEACHERS Programme: 9.15 – 11.15, Ground Floor, East |
| TIME | PARALLEL WORKSHOP |
| 11.30 AM-1.15 PM | Plenary Celebrations (Venue: MA 4th Floor West)
Introducing JBF School Authors 2019 – winners of short story competition |
JBF SCHOOLS PROGRAMME – Conversations – Meet the Author
There are 2 x 20 minute sessions to meet some of your favourite JBF authors:
| AUTHOR | DESCRIPTION | VENUE |
| Lindsey Collen | Author of many novels and short stories from Mauritius, and winner of the Africa Commonwealth Prize for Literature twice. Collen is also a patron of the JBF. | MA, 3rd Floor, ARENA |
| Jolyn Phillips | Author and short story writer ‘The Fisherman’, amongst others. | MA, 3rd Floor, Exhibition Room1 |
| Pat Fahrenfort | Author of Spanner in the Works, from Cape Town | MA, Auditorium, Ground Floor |
| Jayne Bauling | Author of Soccer series for youth and Dreaming of Light, and winner of Sanlam Prize, from Mpumalanga | MA, Geology Theatre, Basement |
| Futhi Ntshingila | Author of Do not go gentle and Shameless, is from Kwazulu Natal | MA, Boardroom, Ground Floor |
| James Matthews | Is author and dissident poet, of many novels and poetry including Cry Rage and Age is a Beautiful, and many acclaimed awards. He is also a patron of the JBF and this year we celebrate his 90th birthday at the Festival. | MA, 4th Floor, West |
