POETRY IN MCGREGOR FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2022 - TOUCHING THE WILD
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FRIDAY 18
thNOVEMBER
Time Wahnfried Caritas Veritas The Well Little Way
Chapel
Temenos Other
Backpackers WS Hall WS
Classroom
WS Classroom
17.00 – 18.00
OPENING EVENT(1 hour) CARITAS LAWN
18.30 – 19.15
PILLAGE/PLUNDERAntjie Krog (45 minutes)
SATURDAY 19
thNOVEMBER 09.00 – 09.45 MEMORY…OUR
FIRST STORE DRYAD POETS PRESENT NEW WORK Michele Betty Brian Walter Linda Anne Strang (45 minutes)
MOTHER &
DAUGHTER Finuala Dowling Beatrice Willoughby (45 minutes)
NEW BODY OF WORK: HOW TO SHAPE A RITUAL &
EXPLORNG BEYOND THE ORDINARY Jacques Coetzee Elisa Galgut MC: Wesley Figagi (45 minutes)
MINDFUL WRITING – BEFRIENDING THE INNER CRITIC WORKSHOP Anton Krueger (1.5 hours)
THE GREAT METAPHOR HUNT: A MINI WORDSHOP Dorian Haarhoff (1.5 hours)
10.00 – 11.00
A TRIBUTE TO WILDNESS Ian McCallum With Patricia Schonstein, Lara Kirsten, Wesley Figagi and Laura Bosman (1 hour)DIE MENGELMOES DIGTERS: AN INTERPLAY OF THOUGHTS &
EMOTIONS Merle Danhouse;
Theresa Carstens;
Jackie Saaiman;
Jadrick Pedro; Diana Ferrus; Sophia Oliphant; Ghaireyah Fredericks; Naidene Lottering (1 hour)
BOOK LAUNCH A SHORT TREATISE ON MORTALITY Douglas Reid Skinner PEACH COUNTRY Nondwe Mpuma MC: Jane De Sousa (1 hour)
POETRY IN MOVEMENT – T’AI CH’I CHU’AN – TOUCHING THE WILD Marguerite van der Merwe (1 hour) TEMENOS– THE SPIRAL
BOOK LAUNCH 18 POËETE PLEEG POËSIE
Willem Fransman Jr (30 minutes)
LRC: INTO THE WILDERNESS Lise Day John Cartwright Doreen Gowans Annette Snyckers Kerry Hammerton Karin Andersen (1 hour)
11.15 – 12.00
TOUCHING THE WILD - POEMS ON THE THEME Harry Owen Jade Gibson Joseph Koetsier MC: Wesley Figagi (45 minutes)NEW BODY OF WORK: THREE SOUTH AFRICAN POETIC PERSPECTIVES Klara Du Plessis Phelelani Makhanya Matt Vend MC: Archie Swanson (45 minutes)
TOUCHING THE WILD WITH MARY OLIVER / DIE WILDERNIS IN MET MARY OLIVER Ilze Olckers Sandra Hill (45 minutes)
VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN:
NEW
TERRITORIES FOR SELF AND RELATIONSHIP Heidi van Rooyen Angela Hough (45 minutes)
IN A LITTLE WHILE:
CHRISTINA ROSETTI’S OTHER SIDE Marella Santa Croce (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH THE PHOEBE BOOK OF POEMS FOR CHILDREN Patricia Schonstein (45 minutes) POETS’ CORNER
NEW BODY OF WORK:
EXPRESSING BEAUTY, THE WONDER OF CREATION &
EXPLORING IDENTITY Carrie Kuhn Kambani Ramano Vuyokazi Ngemntu MC: Laura Bosman (45 minutes)
AMAZWI SCHOOL OUTREACH Crystal Warren Sitembele Xhegwana Marike Beyers Zongezile Matshoba (2 hours)
12.15 – 13.15
ON THE WILD SIDEGeoff Haresnape Margie Clough Stephanie Saunders Adre Marshall (1 hour)
VOICES OF NEW CONTRAST & THE SA POETRY PRIZE Melissa Sussens;
Christine Coates;
Sithembele Xheg- wana; Stuart Payne;
Peter Merrington;
Gigi Goswell; Zizipho Bam; Keith Gottschalk; Anton Krueger; MC: Archie Swanson
(1 hour)
UNBOUNDED Sue Woodward CANDY ROHDE AWARD WINNER 2022
(45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH ECHOES…
Gaireyah Fredericks Alamien Gaidien Nazlee Jeppie Mufeeda Suleman (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH BOOD AND SILVER Jan Glazewski (45 minutes)
RED
WHEELBARROW OPEN MIC MC: Red Wheelbarrow (1 hour)
LUNCH
Time Wahnfried Caritas Veritas The Well Little Way
Chapel
Temenos Other
Backpackers WS Hall WS
Classroom
WS Classroom 14.00 – 14.45 KARAVAN PRESS
POETRY Melissa Sussens Sipho Banda Stephen Symons Klara Du Plessis (45 minutes)
MCM ART &
CULTURE SCHOOL:
DIE FOUTOU ALBUM Duane Miller Albertina Francis Lucy Cecils Luzandra Davey Jamie Lee Booysen Laverne Davey Kurt Vlok Keith Lewis Shu-aib Isaacs Deniro Issacs Dylan Prins Michelle Klaasen MC: Gaireyah Fredericks (45 minutes0
BOOK LAUNCH DARK HORSE Michele Betty AN OBEISANCE TO FROGS
Robin Winckel- Mellish
MC: Laura Bosman (50 minutes)
PORTAL Eduard Burle Ashleigh de Villiers (45 minutes)
WILDELICIOUS Lara Kirsten (45 minutes) THE SPIRAL
NEW BODY OF WORK:
SAVAGE WILDNESS &
WALKING WITH THE WILD ONES Juli Jalna Cheryl Traub-Adler MC: Wesley Figagi (45 minutes)
POETRY AND RITUAL PERFORMANCE POETRY WORKSHOP Vuyokazi Ngemntu (2 hours) WISDOM SCHOOL GROUNDS (weather permitting – classroom indoor option)
15.00 – 15.45
LAUNCH OF POETRY IN MCGREGOR 2021 ANTHOLOGY WITH READINGS Patricia Schonstein (45 minutes)AMAZWI SHOWCASE Crystal Warren Sitembele Xhegwana Marike Beyers Zongezile Matshoba (45 minutes)
WOMEN IN WILDERNESS Wendy Woodward Christine Coates Pat Lucas Chantal Stewart (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH RISE
Fiona Meijer- Innes
Archie Swanson Sue Woodward (45 minutes)
IN PRAISE OF NATURE’S WISDOM POETS Marguerite van der Merwe (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH THICKET: SHADES FROM THE EASTERN CAPE
Harry Owen (30 minutes)
16.00 – 17.00
I CAME FROM THE WILDERNESS John Maytham (1 hour)ONS KLYNTJI UNITE!
Toast Coetzer Sindi Busuku Curtley Jones Churchill Naude Tom Dreyer Alice inggs (1 hour)
NEW BODY OF WORK: ZEN, SPARK & SNAIL PATTERNS Dorian Haarhoff Lauren Bates Jim Pascual Agustin
MC: Laura Bosman (1 Hour)
LRC: GROWING WILD(ER) Gertrude Fester Hermien de Vos Yvonne Sliep Hani Du Toit MC: Heidi van Rooyen (1 hour)
YOUNG POETS Q&A Lisa Julie Jadrick Pedro Nondwe Mpuma (1 hour)
17.00 – 18.30 BOOK FAIR @ The Book Tent Shoppe – TEBALDI’S LAWN
18.00 – 19.00
WHAT IF THINGS WERE DIFFERENT?Kerry Hammerton Amanda Foster Nikki Fyvie (1 hour)
NATIVE: AN ALBUM OF MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN BLUES SONGS John Ellis (45 minutes)
19.00 – 20.00 DINNER
20.30 – 21.30 TEMENOS OPEN MIC – Tebaldi’s Lawn – MC: Harry Owen
SUNDAY 20
thNOVEMBER Time Wahnfried Caritas Veritas The Well Little Way
Chapel
Temenos Other
Backpackers WS Hall WS Classroom
WS Classroom 09.00 – 10.00 ARMS OPEN TO THE
RAIN: DRYAD POETS PRESENT NEW WORK Kobus Moolman Simon Van Schalkwyk Fiona Zerbst (45 minutes)
TOUCHING THE WILD - POEMS ON THE THEME Pam Newham Andrew Renard Layla Staegemann Anton Kueuger MC: Wesley Figagi (1 hour)
THIS RECURRENCE OF LIGHT The Ecca Poets:
Jacques Coetzee Eduard Burle Lara Kirsten Brian Walter (45 minutes)
POEMS OF PEACE
& WAR Oksana Kutsenko with Laura Bosman MC: Patricia Schonstein (45 minutes)
TOUCHING THE WILD EUCHARIST Kath Higgens (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH SKIN AND MEAT SKY
Klara du Plessis BLOODRED DRAGONFLIES Jim Pascual Agustin MC: Jane De Sousa (1 hour)
10.15 – 11.15
SIX WAYS /FOURTEEN POETS Finuala Dowling Kerry Hammerton Christine Coates Chantal Stewart Elizabeth Trew Karin Andersen Erica Bartholomae Stephen Devereux Annette Snyckers Lucy Argent Emily Buchanan Taryn James Sally Argent Patricia Lucas Juhléne Möller (1 hour)
YOUNG POETS SHOWCASE – EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS, IDENTITY & LOVE Lisa Julie Jadrick Pedro MC: Lara Kirsten (1 hour)
KAAPS IS EK GEBEK
Willem Fransman Jr
Christa Keynhans Shireen Nordien (45 minutes)
RUMI TO GUITAR Matt Vend (45 minutes)
THE POETRY OF SHEILA CUSSONS: A MYSTICAL APPROACH TO INNER REFINEMENT/
DIE POËSIE VAN SHEILA CUSSONS: ‘N MISTIESE BENADERING TOT INNERLIKE VERFYNING.
Amanda Botha (45 minutes)
BOOK LAUNCH ZENPENYEN Dorian Haarhoff (30 minutes)
HUGH HODGE OPEN MIC MC: Harry Owen (1 hour)
11.30 – 12.30
WILD CARD Patricia Schonstein Don Pinnock Mike Alfred Jane De Sousa (1 hour)NEW BODY OF WORK:
DISTANCES, IDENTITY, TRIUMPH &
SPIRIUTUAL FORCE Stuart Payne Mercy Dhliwayo Gertrude Fester Sello Huma MC: Wesley Figagi (1 hour)
BOOK LAUNCH OF CLAY Archie Swanson RED LETTER DAYS Christine Coates (1 hour)
BOOK LAUNCH DIE JAAR TOE PA…
Hannes Visser (30 minutes)
LRC: WILD FRUITS Heidi van Rooyen Giles Griffin Nina Geraghty Lesley Miles Julia Norrish MC: Inge van Niekerk (1 hour)
