Lit fest & Libraries

‘The programme was unbelievable. Thoughtfully curated panels with amazing people – the chemistry was brilliant. Seriously, you should design all panels for all festivals.’

– Lauren Beukes, multi award winning South African novelist, short story writer, journalist and television scriptwriter.

As Programme Director

I offer festivals:

Exploration, identification and development of themes, trends and key ideas for a book programme.
Access to a long history and network with all book chiefessays.net industry stakeholders, including booksellers, publishers, poets, illustrators, suppliers and of course, authors.
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Extensive experience in the marketing and publicity which would include interviews, articles, features and pre-publicity.
Formulation, writing and issuing of creative briefs to all participants, partners and suppliers
Author/participant liaison – long term, short term and on-site.
On-site management of events – set up, event and strike
Professional project completion and closure, including thank you’s, feedback and final payments

Experience highlights

2017 – NIROX|WORDS

NIROX|WORDS Festival at the NIROX Sculpture Park at UNESCO heritage site – the Cradle of Humankind, 21 and 22 October.
Fusion events successfully paired books with other arts buying thesis disciplines to include art, sculpture, performance art, spoken word, and music.
Fascinating collaborations between artists and writers, books and other expressions of the written word
Keynote participants TaiyeSelasi and Willem Boshoff
Diverse, top end audience across 20 book events

BOOKFAIR JOHANNESBURG

South African Book Fair at the award-winning preserved and restored historic Turbine Hall, situated in the heart of the arts and culture precinct of Newtown, Johannesburg
On average 60 attendees per event
Strong education programme with both advantaged and disadvantaged schools
String collaboration with Mail & Guardian Literary Fest
Established bookfair presence in Gauteng
Key note event: launch of Alice in Wonderland in IsiZulu

2014 – SA BOOKFAIR CAPE TOWN

South African Bookfair at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)
130 events over 3 days
8000 visitors across a wide, inclusive audience

As a speaker

Highlights:

2017 and 2018 – JEWISH LIT FEST CAPE TOWN

Public lecture: Ester, the Queen you thought you knew

Public lecture: Happiness – what current thinkers are telling us and what the Torah said all long (or not)

Gardens Community Centre, Cape Town
‘Your session was a hit!’ – Jo Jowell (co director of JLF and award winning author)

2018 – LIMMUD

A diverse range of top international and local presenters bringing perspective on issues including Holocaust history, Israeli politics, and religious texts. Public lecture: Patriotism and Poetry: Uncovering the Story of Hatikvah

Emunah Ladies Beit Midrash Rosh Chodesh Lunch and Learn, in conversation with art historian and curator Natalie Knight

As library curator

2017 – Sourcing, curating and merchandising books for a library for the Arcadia Children’s Home in Johannesburg.

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