Rose writes:
"Richmond celebrates the seventh anniversary of Booktown this year from October 24 to 27. As ever the programme for this immensely popular “Boekbedonnered” festival, as it has become known, is jam-packed with interesting talks, presentations and launches.
The programme includes exhibitions and outings. Among these is an early afternoon “walkabout” conducted by local resident, Dave Clemens, an authority on Karoo architecture, as well as a short walk up Vegkop conducting by Anglo-Boer War experts, John Donaldson and Chris Sheldon. This stroll trails off from the Supper Club at 17h00 and culminates with sundowners at the top of the koppie.
Highlights at the book festival will include a talk on artist Gerard Sekoto by Barbara Lindop, a recognised authority on this man and his works. Well known Afrikaans journalist and author Elsabe Brits will talk on Emily Hobhouse. Antony Osler, highly acclaimed for Stoep Zen, will introduce his newly launched new book, Zen Dust. According to reviewers this is set to become a South African classic.
Boris Gorelik will be discussing his immensely readable biography of acclaimed artist Vladimir Tretchikoff. This book has also been extremely well received by the book critics. Well known English academic, Craig Mackenzie, an authority on the works of Herman Charles Bosman, will be paying tribute Patrick Mynhardt, one of the people who made Booktown a reality and who brought Bosman’s Oom Schalk Lourens to life. There will be more Bosman when Francois Griebenow delivers his talk. He felt this man and his works deserved a wider audience and so translated the stories into Afrikaans.
For more information visit www.richmondnc.co.za, or contact Peter Baker at booktownrichmond@mweb.co.za or Darryl David at cowboys@sai.co.za"
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