Cheltenham Literature Festival 2005
- The above is what writer Diran Adebayo had to say about this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival, which takes place 7-16 October in Cheltenham, UK. Adebayo is a Guest Director for this year's edition and has programmed exciting African writers, in keeping with the idea of Africa 05.
Some events & writers to look out for:
Saturday 8 October
African Journeys (Venue: Town Hall)
Extraordinary journeys, some into the past, and some into themselves, shape the recent work of writers Bernadine Evaristo, Delia Jarrett-MacCauley and Ekow Eshun. They talk to Diran Adebayo about the powerful journeys behind their latest books.
Is being caught between two cultures a pro, a con, or something in-between? This is precisely the question asked by three of Britain's most exciting young novelists, Orange Award for New Writers winner Diana Evans (26a), David Nwokedi (Fitzgerald's Wood) and Valerie Mason John (Borrowed Body) - in conversation with Diran Adebayo.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie @ the Orange Prize ceremony, June 2004 - © M.Wood
Diana Evans & Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie @ Africa Remix, April 2004 - © M.Wood
Kenyan Binyavanga Wainaina, winner of the 2002 Caine Prize, will appear at the Festival at 7.15pm, on a panel discussion on the world's attembe to define 'African Writing'. Wainaina is the founder of Kwani? a literary magazine. He also reads at the Town Hall on Sunday the 9th, at 7.15pm.
The UK's leading African Theatre company, Tiata Fahodzi, performs the play The Estate - an adaption of The Cherry Orchard - at the festival, Town Hall at 7.15, Saturday the 8th.
Sunday 9 October
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Biyi Bandele, Jude Kelly & David Oyelowo (Town Hall, 8.45pm): Kwame Kwei Armah was the fist black British writer to have his play Elmina's Kitchen in London' s West End. He and the other panelists talk about this watershed in black British theatre. David Oyelowo was the first black actor to play on Shakespeare's Henry VI on the British stage.
Other Events
- Two writers, Andrea Levy (Small Island) & Maggie Gee (My Cleaner) in discussion - Sunday 9th, 4pm.
- Maya Angelou discusses her new book, Hallelujah, Town Hall, Saturday 8th, 12pm.
- Alice Walker in a rare UK appearance, at The Centaur, Saturday 8th, 2.30pm.
- Zadie Smith discusses new novel, On Beauty - Saturday 15th October, 2pm, at the Everyman.
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