LITERATURE FESTIVAL
About
The Vrystaat Literature Festival promotes the international importance of both Afrikaans and South African literature. Over the course of 6 days, more than 140 individuals, including local, national and international writers and poets participate in book discussions and book launches, long-table discussions, poetry readings and performances, workshops for upcoming writers, lectures, films, and bus-tours.
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY
What happens at the Literature Festival?
Book discussions & Launches
Poetry & Performance
Panel discussions & Long tables
Lectures & Workshops
The Main objectives are:
I. Community: to bring communities of readers and local, national, and international writers together.
II. Reading: to develop a culture of reading in the widest possible sense.
III. Language: to foster exposure to multilingual programming, including indigenous languages.
IV. Accessibility: to present and make South African literature accessible to diverse audiences.
We do Literature online!
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Vrystaat Literature Festival was necessitated to significantly change our usual way of working. We undertook ground-breaking work by hosting South Africa’s very first digital book festival, as an extension of the annual literary festival, called VrySpraak-digitaal.
LITERATURE FESTIVAL
About
The Vrystaat Literature Festival promotes the international importance of both Afrikaans and South African literature. Over the course of 6 days, more than 140 individuals, including local, national and international writers and poets participate in book discussions and book launches, long-table discussions, poetry readings and performances, workshops for upcoming writers, lectures, films, and bus-tours.
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY
What happens at the Literature Festival?
Book discussions & Launches
Poetry & Performance
Panel discussions & Long tables
Lectures & Workshops
The Main objectives are:
I. Community: to bring communities of readers and local, national, and international writers together.
II. Reading: to develop a culture of reading in the widest possible sense.
III. Language: to foster exposure to multilingual programming, including indigenous languages.
IV. Accessibility: to present and make South African literature accessible to diverse audiences.
We do Literature online!
Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Vrystaat Literature Festival was necessitated to significantly change our usual way of working. We undertook ground-breaking work by hosting South Africa’s very first digital book festival, as an extension of the annual literary festival, called VrySpraak-digitaal.
