Time Of The Writer

Art, theatre and literature events to feed your soul this long weekend

The Caine Prize winner is writing a film script and would love to see his work screened at schools and townships.

Authors Megan Ross and Sibongile Fisher talk about the challenges of maintaining a balance between work and family.

Decolonising the spaces that exhibit writers in the country is just as important as decolonising content

The Time of the Writer festival isn’t all about reading. At ‘Notes on Music’, book chapters are represented through sound and musical composition.

Local writer sets a new agenda and moves the Time of the Writer Festival out of its ivory tower.

The Mail & Guardian speaks to African Flavour Books owner Fortescue Helepi at the Time of the Writer festival hosted in Durban this week.

Authors and audiences attempt to chart a new path for the literary world and knowledge production at this year’s Time of the Writer festival.

Co-curator of the Time of the Writer festival Thando Mgqolozana speaks to the Mail & Guardian about decolonising literary systems in South Africa.

Reviewing a book when its writer, who is foreign, is on a visit to South Africa is something of a double-edged sword.

Just when you think the organisers of the festival have exhausted the well from which they scoop their writers, they manage to surprise you.

An edited extract from Breyten Breytenbach’s speech at the Time of the Writer festival.

The <i>Mail & Guardian</i>’s Niren Tolsi sought response from writers attending the Time of the Writer festival about their role.

The Time of the Writer Festival has become a drawcard for regional literary boffs. Niren Tolsi caught up with some Zimbabweans attending the event.