30 AUGUST 2019
8:00 AM
9.00 -9.15 AM
9.30 -10.20 AM
10.30 – 11.20 AM
11.30-1.15
8:00 AM
Arrivals and Registration – (Mary Fitzgerald Square)
Welcome Morning Tea & Juice
Register for Workshops and Author(s) Sessions
Exhibitions and Walkabouts, booksales & t.shirts
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 AM
Conversation/Meet the Authors click here
Parallel conversations and time only to meet 2 authors (2 x 20 minutes)
11.30-1.15
Plenary Celebrations (Venue: MA 4th Floor West)
- Tsohang Batjha Physical Theatre (25min)
- Open Mic Poetry – on THURSDAY ONLY!
- Slam Poetry Finals – on FRIDAY ONLY!
- James Matthews Celebrating 90th Birthday
- Introducing JBF/Wit Spelling Bee Winners
- Introducing JBF School Authors 2019 – winners of short story competition
The Special TEACHERS Programme: 9.15 – 11.15, Ground Floor,
East
| Workshop | Venue | Facilitator | |
| 1 | Writing Poetry | Auditorium, Ground Floor | Masai Dabula |
| 2 | Reading Photos: Exhibitions on Newspapers & alternative press | 3rd Floor, Exhibition Room 1 | TBC |
| 3 | Basic Computer Skills | 4th Floor, West 2 | Nhlamulo Rikhotso |
| 4 | Whatsapp tv news, on your phone | 2nd Floor West | Dorothy Mabelebele |
| 5 | Philosophy for Youth | 3rd Floor Exhibition Room 2 | Theresa Giorgza |
| 6 | Journalism – writing stories for a newspaper | 3rd Floor, Exhibition Room 1 | Siya Mviko |
| 7 | Writing Short Stories | Geology Basement | Jolyn Phillips |
| 8 | Drama | Arena | Lawrence Simelane |
| 9 | Make a film with your film | 3rd Floor, Exhibition Room 2 | Thamsanqa Dlamini |
| 10 | Short Films Short Films (30 persons) | 3rd Floor Screen Room | Ahmed Jooma |
| 11 | Physical theatre | 4th Floor West 1 | Chantal Thomas |
| 12 | Playing the recorder | Playing the recorder | Makhosonke |
| 13 | Writing for youth | 3rd Floor, Exhibition Room 3 | Jayne Bauling |
| 14 | Writing life stories/biography | Boardroom, Ground Floor | Pat Fahrenfort |
| 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 |
