The Time of the Writer festival is upon us, and The Daily Vox team will be following it all over Kwazulu Natal, as authors and artists work on “Decolonising the bookâ€. You can follow the happenings right here. Click here for what happened on day 1, here for day 2’s roundup, and here if you want to catch up on day 3. For all the latest on day 4, see below!
20:20
Mandla Ndlovu and Christa Biyela in conversation with Eric Ngcobo about radio drama and tuning in #TOW2016 pic.twitter.com/wCc43IsDCl
— The Daily VOX (@thedailyvox) March 18, 2016
Talking radio drama and tuning in – and the conversation is in full, fluent Zulu.
Mandla claims thay you need to Appreciate literature before becoming a writer📖 #TOW2016 @thedailyvox pic.twitter.com/LoQx0uTSp3
— @Norma_WaMaJele (@NormaWamajele) March 18, 2016
20:10
Science fiction author and artist Nikhil Singh is launching his book Taty Went West at the festival tonight!
Nikhil Singh talking Taty Went West & inspiration behind the sci-fi setting of the book @TimeoftheWriter #TOW2016 pic.twitter.com/AZ0QsxNlDi
— The Daily VOX (@thedailyvox) March 18, 2016
His debut was described by Lauren Beukes as “a hallucinogenic post-apocalyptic carnival rideâ€. He’s writing 13 other novels at the moment, and he’s determined to shatter stereotypes. Dana da Silva caught up with him – you can read his interview here.
20:00
Just before Nikhil Singh’s book launch, meet the lucky young winners of the short story competition!
Congrats to these amazing young women, winners of the short story competition. Boys didn’t make it askies 😨 #TOW2016 pic.twitter.com/felHSH1XBM
— Eusebius McKaiser (@Eusebius) March 18, 2016
19:30
The second last evening of the festival is underway, with the Young Musos kicking off the ‘Notes on Music’ segment
Notes on music with Young Mbazos. They were given a task to compose a song about sex and HIV. #TOW2016 pic.twitter.com/g5J28bGg96
— The Daily VOX (@thedailyvox) March 18, 2016
