The bi-annual JLF to take place on 28 April 2025

Please join us for the Jewish Literary Festival on Monday, 28 April 2025!

12:00-12:50 HOLOCAUST CENTRE SEMINAR ROOM

THE SPARK BEHIND THE VERSE — Philosopher and poet Elisa Galgut talks to poets Keith Gottschalk, Steve Shapiro, and author/poet Stephen Symons about the inspiration behind some of the poems in their latest collections

13:30-14:20 THE OLD SHUL

THE STORY I HAD TO WRITE — Beryl Eichenberger of Woman Zone chats to authors Irene Berman, Angela Rothbart, Joëlle Searle, and Debbi Rozowsky about the novels and memoir they self published – why they wrote and how they published

13:30-14:20 GARDENS SHUL

RIPPLES OF THE HOLOCAUST IN SOUTH AFRICA — Biographer Joanne Jowell (I Am Ella) and author Andrew Robert Wilson (The Fourth Boy) discuss their holocaust-related work with publisher/author Karina Szczurek and trace its effect in South Africa

14:45-15:35 NELSON MANDELA AUDITORIUM

EXIT WOUNDS: THE ENDURING POWER OF MEMORY — Woman Zone’s Nancy Richards talks virtually to prize-winning author Peter Godwin about his latest memoir – the story of the twin deaths of his eccentric mother and his longstanding marriage

14:45-15:35 HOLOCAUST CENTRE SEMINAR ROOM

THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE — Authors and friends Diane Awerbuck (Tears Before Bedtime) and Paige Nick (The Book People) discuss their latest books, which will have you in fits of laughter, and the ins and outs of writing humour