Karina Author, Book, Event

Karavan Press and Indeed Books at the FLF 2026

The Franschhoek Literary Festival is nearly upon us and what a fabulous programme to look forward to again this year! Taking place between 15 and 17 May 2026, it will host many stunning literary events, with some food and music and other delights thrown into the mix. Three of our writers – DAWN GARISCH, ROGER LUCEY and SHERYL JAMES feature on the programme. Please come and join us for their and many other events. We look forward to celebrating the joy of storytelling with you.

Dawn Garisch
Roger Lucey
Sheryl James

BREAKING THE FORM: EXPERIMENTAL FICTION

  • Friday, 15 May, 2026
  • 11:30 – 12:30
  • Hospice House

Not all novels move in straight lines. Some fracture, circle or whisper. In this conversation, writers Dawn Garisch (The Consulting Room) and Rémy Ngamije (Only Stars Know the Meaning of Space) join Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane to explore narrative risk, structure, style and why some stories refuse to behave.

STORYTELLING AND SONG WITH ROGER LUCEY

  • Friday, 15 May, 2026
  • 16:00 – 17:00
  • Church Hall

Roger Lucey’s music career was silenced by apartheid’s security police. In this intimate performance of songs and storytelling, he reflects on survival, rebuilding and finding his way back to creativity in the Breede River mountains, inspired by his memoir How to Build a House in the Mountains.

MOVING BEYOND LIMITS

  • Sunday, 17 May, 2026
  • 11:30 – 12:30
  • Council Chambers

South African Paralympian, Sheryl James (Unbridling), has spent her life pushing past boundaries. She joins Africa Melane to reflect on defying expectations, silencing doubt and redefining the limits of human potential.

Full programme: FLF 2026

Tickets: Webtickets

Karina Author, Book

Karavan Press title: The Consulting Room by Dawn Garisch

With poignant wit and insight, The Consulting Room awakens our senses.
HANI DU TOIT

Poet

When I was young
I spoke from the wound
with one determined voice.

There’s still breath enough
to loosen the verse and sing
the selves buried beneath the sermon.

About the author

DAWN GARISCH is an author and medical doctor. She is a founding member of the Life Righting Collective (liferighting.com), running writing courses. She has had seven novels, poetry, short stories, a nonfiction work and a memoir published. She has had five plays and a short film produced, and has written for television. Her poem ‘Blood Delta’ won the DALRO prize (2007); Trespass was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize in Africa (2010); ‘Miracle’ won the EU Sol Plaatje Poetry Award (2011); and ‘What to Do About Ricky’ won the Short.Sharp.Stories competition (2013). Her novel Accident was longlisted for the Barry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award (2018), and her novel Breaking Milk was shortlisted for the Sunday Times/CNA Fiction Award (2021) and was published in the UK by Héloïse Press in 2024. Her first collection of short stories, What Remains, won the HSS Award for Best Fiction Short Stories and the Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award in 2024. The Consulting Room is her third collection of poetry.

    ISBN: 978-0-6398626-8-2

    Publication date: November 2025