Die Tuishuise
Historic Karoo Cottages, Cradock, South Africa 

 Karoo Writers Festival Cradock

CRADOCK 9 - 11 August For information and bookings: 048 881 1650 Thursday 9 August - Women's Day
Time	Event	Information	Meeting Location	Price Per Person
12.00-14.00	Lunch	All Welcome	Schreiner Tearoom Market Street	For own cost
14.00-16.30	Hillary Lewis-Soma on" Sisters Triumphant: how the spirit of two Schreiner sisters (Henrietta and Olive) triumphed over adversity". Illustrated talk by Jeanette Eve on flora in Olive Schreiner's writings. Olive Schreiner 'n Formidable Vrou by Lisba Vosloo (Film screening in Afrikaans).	All Welcome	Schreiner House Cross Street	R100 per person includes Karoo Soups and Bread at the evening session.
18.00 for 18.30	Karoo Sop and Dop Evening, featuring guest speakers: EKM Dido on Die Storie van Monica Peters. Sigi Howes on the child author Iris Vaughan, The diary of Iris Vaughan.	All Welcome	Victoria Manor Market Street
Friday 10 August
09.00-12.00	Focus on Guy Butler;  Readings of selected poems and prose. Walking tour of Guy Bulter's Cradock.	All Welcome	Schreiner House Museum ending at Albert House	R75 per person includes morning session, walking tour, lunch and  sculpture exhibition
12.00-14.15	Poetry Launch: Flitse by Clinton V du Plessis. Frans Boekkooi and Darryl Earl David on "Art Inspired by Literature".	All Welcome	Albert House - Dundas Street
14.15-17.00	Guided trip to the Mountain Zebra National Park with Basil Mills	RSVP essential - limited seats	Departing from Albert House	R150  per person, includes transport and entry fee.
18.00 -19.00	Dis nie my Baby Nie play by Henrietta Gryffenberg,  directed by Melina Smit, presented by CHS Theatre Academy.	Not suitable for children 2-16	Cradock Preparatory School	R30 per person
19.00 -	Book Launch:  Haai Karoo by Etienne van Heerden. Book Launch:  Scott’s Forgotten Surgeon, Dr. Reginald Koettlitz, polar explorer by Aubrey Jones.	All Welcome	Victoria Manor Market Street	R120 per person includes a 3 course dinner. Wine sponsored by Leopard's Leap.
Saturday 11 August
09.30 -11.00	Chris and Julie Marais on "Moments that bind you to the Karoo". David Hood on his book Whatever You Do, Don't Run. Elwyn Jenkins talks about little houses and other children's spaces in The Child's Day by Olive Schreiner and The Chronicles of Peach Grove Farm by Nellie Fincher	All Welcome	Schreiner House Cross Street	R25 per person
11.30-12.30	An Audience With Miss Hobhouse, play by Tony Jackman	All Welcome	St Peter's Church Hall,  Bree Street	R75 per person
11.00-14.00	Karoo Country Market	All Welcome	Market Street	Own Cost
14.00-16.30	Book Launch:  Taking Off with Olive Schreiner by Stephen Gray. Litnet Debate: "Cultural crossover, is it happening?".	All Welcome	Victoria Manor Market Street	R25 per person
18.30 - 20.00	Dinner at Victoria Manor	All Welcome	Victoria Manor Market Street	R 75 per person for a light dinner
20.00-21.00	An Audience With Miss Hobhouse, play by Tony Jackman	All Welcome	St Peter's Church Hall,  Bree Street	R75 per person
Youth Programme
Friday 10 August
15.00-16.30	Super Cool Kids with Nedine Blom.	Suitable for children 3-13	Cradock Primary School	R50 per child
Saturday 11 August
10.00 - 12.00	LITNET Youth Indaba - Inspirational Stories of Success by EKM Dido, Peter Mtuze, Russell Kaschula. "The Heritage of Cradock" presented by the Cradock School Community."	All Welcome	Cradock High School	No charge
17.30 - 19.30	Wit Leuens en Swart Dade, written by Louis de Villiers and Bly, written and directed by Melina Smit, presented by CHS Theatre Academy.	All Welcome	Cradock Preparatory School	R50 per person, bring your own picnic basket
Programme subject to change.

To book for the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival, contact Die Tuishuise or Lisa Ker at 048 881 1650 or email info@tuishuise.co.za.

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36 Market Street Cradock 5880 Phone +27 (0) 48 8811322 Fax: +27 (0) 48 8815388
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