Barry Ronge Has an Enlightening Encounter at the Franschhoek Literary Festival
Film critic Barry Ronge attended this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival where he experienced a “banquet of literary goodies”. After meandering from event to event, Ronge took a break in the graveyard, where he came across a sight, which told a story as “eloquent as any bestseller”:
On Saturday June 25, the Sunday Times Literary Awards will be announced. The great and the good in media and political circles will gather for a celebration of creativity and literature – and also for a tidal wave of table-hopping as the elite scour the room to see who is still considered to be whom.
It’s a great night out, but this year there was a format change. In previous years the announcement of the shortlist of the authors nominated for the awards has been made at a Joburg venue. This year, it was made at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in the Cape, with the Sunday Times team in attendance, and it was a wonderful event.
