Angela Makholwa to take part at the Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024

Bookworms are in for a treat in the month of May as the Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024 has announced its programme list of esteemed local, pan-Africanist and international authors.
The three-day literary festival will host authors and lovers of their masterpieces from May 17 to 19 in the Cape Winelands.
The festival, which is held annually over the third weekend of May, boasts an eclectic mix of voices from various genres, providing attendees with a unique opportunity to engage with their favourite authors.
The Franschhoek Literary Festival is regarded as "the literary event of the year".
Programme director Jennifer Ball says the festival promises an enriching experience, featuring a thought-provoking panel of discussions, in-depth author interviews, poetry readings, interactive writing workshops and Melodies in Words.
"We are thrilled and honoured to include these authors on our programme this year, and to celebrate and amplify voices and stories from the
African continent," she said.
This year's festival guest list has heavyweight local authors and poets, with their featured work. They include
Angela Makholwa, author of The Reed Dance Stalker – her book Red Ink has been adapted as a series on Showmax; Busisekile Khumalo, author of
Sunshine and Shadows and the best seller The Harvard Wife; and Collective Amnesia poet Koleka Putuma whose new collection of poems is titled We Have Everything We Need To Start Again.
Other featured writers are Andrew Brown, author of The Bitterness of Olives, and Margie Orford, author of the long-anticipated memoir, Love and Fury, among other local writers.
The festival will be treating guests with a list of both established and new pan-Africanist voices such as Adekeye Adebajo, columnist, editor and author of The Curse of Berlin: Africa after the Cold War and Thabo Mbeki: Africa's Philosopher-King, and crime fiction writer Femi Kayode, author of Gaslight, who grew up in Nigeria and lives in Namibia; and Kenyan rookie author Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu, whose debut novel, Lucky Girl, will be featured. She has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
In addition to these respected and stimulating voices, the festival will host esteemed international authors who will be adding a global perspective to the event, such as British-Nigerian writer Bolu Babalola. Her 2022 debut novel, Honey & Spice, was shortlisted for the British Book Awards and won the TikTok Book Awards of the Year.
Among other trailblazers is bestseller novelist from Dublin in Ireland, Cecelia Ahern. Her book PS, I Love You
has been translated into 35 languages and sold over 25 million copies in more than 50 countries. Her latest novel, In a Thousand Different Ways,
was released last year.
Another featured international guest will be David Walliams, whose novel The Boy in the Dress has sold more than 56 million copies globally, and whose books have been translated into 55 languages across 40 titles.
Popular English crime writer Lynda la Plante will be featured virtually. She is the author of more than 40 novels. Her latest work is Alibi: A Trial & Retribution.
Franschhoek Literary Festival members will receive early access to tickets, with sales having gone live on Webtickets since March 8.
Ticket sales for the general public open today.
For further information, email info@webtickets.co.za