Lit-blitz, dinner & jazz fund-raising gig for refugees

Some of Cape Town's finest wordmongers, cooks & musicians get it on for

Lit-blitz, dinner & jazz fund-raising gig for refugees

On Sunday June 15

Baobab Books & Joburg Country Club

host an evening of literary, musical and culinary delight

** The
Lit-Blitz ** featuring :

Lauren Beukes

Finuala Dowling

Gus Ferguson

Hugh Hodge

Sarah Lotz

Epiphanie Mukasano

Patricia Schonstein

Mary Magdalene Yuin Tal

Sam Wilson

and Klean Kut by Terry Westby Nunn

with MC Ace Raconteur Guy Willoughby

starts in Baobab Bookshop @ 6 pm & ends @ 7:30 pm

followed by a three-course African feast in Joburg Country Club with live jazz:

Andrew Ford on keyboard

Lucrecia Rodrigues on vocals

Graham Beyer on double bass

COST: Entry by donations of 30 Rand or more

Optional dinner @ R100 a head
(Please book to secure a table.)

VENUE: Baobab Mall, 210 Long Street
(opposite Adult World)

Free entry to after-party @ Joburg Bar, 218 Long Street,

featuring The Lonesharks with Dave Ferguson.

Funds raised go to the Whole World Women Association

(founded in 2002 as a self-help and support group for refugee women)

FOR FURTHER INFO & TO BOOK, CONTACT:

Tania: 0712913337/ tvs@uskonet.com OR Julie: 0834111004/ firsted@iafrica.com

WE ARE COLLECTING TINNED FOOD, BABY SUPPLIES, BLANKETS & CLOTHES ON THE NIGHT.

PLEASE BRING ANY DONATIONS.

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PERFORMERS’ BIOS -- in alphabetical order:

Lauren Beukes: is the author of Moxyland, a pyrotechnic urban thriller and Maverick: Extraordinary Women from South Africa's Past. She's also the head writer at Clockwork Zoo Animation and a freelance journalist.

Graham Beyer: is a double bass player, the new Head of Music at Bergvliet High and he often plays with the likes of Jimmy Dludlu.

Finuala Dowling: is the author of two novels – What Poets Need and Flyleaf – and two volumes of poetry — I Flying (awarded the Ingrid Jonker Prize) and Doo-Wop Girls of the Universe (joint winner of the SANLAM award). She has read her poetry at international festivals both locally and overseas. Her short stories, poems and essays have appeared in several anthologies.

Gus Ferguson: Cape Town’s much-loved poet, cartoonist, cyclist and publisher. He has received numerous poetry prizes. Under the imprints Snailpress and Firfield Press, Ferguson has published 97+ collections of poetry.

Andrew Ford: is a swinging piano player, old school style. This top jazz pianist studied music for 16 years, is the owner of 2 recording studios, he's worked with many artists and conducted the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra.

Hugh Hodge: writes computer programs for a living, but poems for a life. Despite being commonly left-brained, and occasionally no-brained, Hugh writes poetry that is sometimes published. He hosts the Off-the-Wall poetry gig Mondays in Obz, and edits New Contrast.

Sarah Lotz: warps children's minds as a screenwriter for children's television and hopes to corrupt even more minds with her much anticipated, already acclaimed novel, Pompidou Posse, published by Penguin, launched on the 14th of June.

Epiphanie Mukasano: is a teacher with a Masters in English Literature, also a contributor to Living on the Fence: Poems by Women who are Refugees from Various Countries in Africa, she has performed her work at various venues, including the Spier Poetry Exchange.

Lucrecia Rodrigues: is a devilish diva-licious jazz vocalist. Listening to her iconoclastic renditions of favourite jazz classics certainly gives audience members some "fever". But, "what a lovely way to burn"! A regular act at the Grand West casino, Lucrecia has performed at various City venues including Kennedy's and the Green Dolphin.

Patricia Schonstein: is a novelist, poet and author of children's books. Her works, while being richly descriptive and opulent, question, at core, the recurrence of war and genocide. “If I have succeeded, through my novels and poetry, in highlighting the futility of war and the need to engender peace, not only among ourselves but also towards the earth and all living things; and if I have adequately described the plight of refugees, and the emotional carnage left by genocide, then I would consider these to be my greatest achievements as an author.”

Mary Magdalene Yuin Tal
: is an activist, writer and lawyer, co-ordinator of the Whole World Women Organisation, an NGO working with refugee women, as well as an editor and contributor to Living on the Fence: Poems by Women who are Refugees from Various Countries in Africa.

Guy Willoughby: Raconteur, writer and witty after-dinner mint, Guy has made plays, caused trouble and started people laughing on three continents. He is not continent. Be warned.

Sam Wilson:
is a television writer and comedian. He has written sitcoms and cartoon shows, and performed stand-up in various cities around the country. He was born in England and raised in Zimbabwe.

Klean Kut Barbing Salon:
Khayalitsha 1999: 7 minutes.

In an environment hostile to foreigners, Notemba from South Africa and Robert, a Ghanian, share not only a love for hairdressing, but also their Pan-African wisdom of integration.

Directed by Terry Westby-Nunn:
For 14 years Terry Westby-Nunn has been directing, filming, editing, and scripting. She’s worked on projects for The Nelson Mandela Foundation, the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, the SABC, e-tv and M-Net… Her latest documentary “Tripping Down Long Street” was broadcast on SABC in 2007.