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Monday, 23 September 2024 15:22

Ivan Vladislavic at Woordfees, Stellenbosch, 2 October

Ivan Vladislavić (The Near North) and Ingrid Winterbach (Onrus op Steynshoop) will be in conversation at the Easy Equities Writers Festival, which is part of the Stellenbosch Woordfees, on 2 October at 11:30 am. The conversation will be led by Deborah Steinmair.

Details of the event here and full festival programme here

Sunday, 15 September 2024 14:43

The Near North, Troyeville Hotel, 18 September

Koketso Moeti will be discussing The Near North and the Langermann Kop garden with Ivan Vladislavic and Dave Edwards at the Troyeville on Wednesday 18 September, 17:30 for 18:00.

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 19:29

Ivan Vladislavic at the Open Book Festival, September 2024

Ivan Vladislavić is participating in two panels at Open Book this year: Reading the Streets (6 September) and The Archive of Everyday (7 September).

See here for the full programme

Wednesday, 28 August 2024 19:18

Robin Rhode's Joburg Hymn

Robin Rhode is showing exciting new work on Johannesburg at Circa (until 28 September) and Stevenson (until 18 October). Portrait with Keys, a video piece made in response to Vladislavić's well-loved book on the city, can be seen at Circa.

More here

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 11:40

'Navigating Johannesburg', Kingsmead Book Fair, 25 May

Ivan Vladislavic will discuss his new book The Near North at the Kingsmead Book Fair on Saturday 25 May, 9.30 am, in a session titled 'Navigating Johannesburg: A City in Crisis'. Vladislavic will be in conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw.

Details here

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 11:13

Oude Leeskamer, Stellenbosch, 21 May

Join Ivan Vladislavic (The Near North) and Justin Fox (Place) at Oude Leeskamer on Tuesday 21 May, 6.00 pm, for a discussion about writing and the sense of place. The conversation will be led by Jonathan Amid.

Details here

Monday, 06 May 2024 18:22

Ivan Vladislavic at the Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024

Ivan Vladislavic is part of the following events at the FLF:

Friday 17 May 1.00pm 'City Deep' - a conversation about The Near North with Ingrid de Kok

Saturday 18 May 1.00pm 'Grim Reader' - with Karen Jennings and Craig Higginson, moderated by CA Davids

Sunday 19 May 1.00pm 'Road to Somewhere' - with Hedley Twidle, moderated by Alex Dodd

Find the full programme and details of these events here

Monday, 06 May 2024 18:04

Ivan Vladislavic at the VWB-Boekefees in Cullinan

Ivan Vladislavic will be at the Vrye Weekblad Book Festival in Cullinan on Saturday 11 May at 10.30 am. He will be talking with Louis Gaigher about his new book The Near North.

Find the full programme and book tickets here

Monday, 22 April 2024 18:19

Bloemfontein launch of The Near North, 24 April

The Near North will be launched at the Naval Hill Planetarium in Bloemfontein on Wednesday 24 April, 17:45 for 18:00. The author will be in conversation with Johann Rossouw and Rick de Villiers.

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Wednesday, 20 March 2024 17:36

Launch of The Near North at the Book Lounge, 26 March

The Near North will be launched on Tuesday 26 March, 5.30 p.m., at The Book Lounge, Cape Town. Ivan Vladislavić will be in conversation with Mervyn Sloman.

Details and RSVP here

Saturday, 16 March 2024 16:27

Ivan Vladislavić at Books on the Bay, 22 March

Ivan Vladislavić's new book, The Near North, will be launched at Books on the Bay, Simon's Town, on Friday 22 March at 5.00 pm. The author will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser.

See the full programme and book tickets here

Thursday, 29 February 2024 22:41

Launch of The Near North at Love Books, 6 March

The Near North will be launched on Wednesday 6 March, 5.30 for 6.00 pm, at Love Books, 53 Rustenburg Road, Melville. Ivan Vladislavić will be in conversation with writer and editor Shaun de Waal.

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Monday, 14 March 2022 14:14

In conversation: Aridjis and Vladislavic, 22 March

Ivan Vladislavic and Chloe Aridjis will be in conversation on 22 March at 6.00 pm SA time. This online event, organised by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University of the Witwatersrand, will be moderated by Khwezi Mkhize and will focus on the novels The Distance and Asunder.

Register for the event here

Thursday, 28 October 2021 18:12

Remembering Achmat Dangor, 2 November

The JRB is hosting a virtual event to commemorate the remarkable writing life of Achmat Dangor. The event is on Tuesday 2 November at 5.30 pm South African time and you can watch it on YouTube or Facebook.

Tuesday, 06 October 2020 10:15

US Launch of The Distance, 15 October

Archipelago Books are launching The Distance at an online event on 15 October 6:30 EST. Ivan Vladislavic will be in discussion with Peter Godwin and the event is hosted by the Community Bookstore.

Register here 

Monday, 28 September 2020 17:14

Brooklyn Book Festival, 4 October 2020

The Brooklyn Book Festival is online this year. Ivan Vladislavic will participate in the online discussion 'Coming of Age in Challenging Times' with Romesh Gunesekera and Suneeta Peres da Costa. The moderator is Eric Banks, Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities.

Details here

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 20:06

Roger Palmer's Spoor at the Latitudes Art Fair

Roger Palmer is launching his new photo book Spoor at the Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg. He will be in conversation with Ivan Vladislavic on Sunday morning 15 September at 11.00 a.m.

Details here

Sunday, 25 August 2019 19:36

Open Book Festival, 4-8 September 2019

The Open Book Festival in Cape Town is coming up soon with a very full programme of discussions and other events. Ivan Vladislavic will participate in two panels: 'Peeling the Onion' (5 September at 6.00 pm) and 'Shadow Presence' (6 September at 6.00 pm).

Programme and other info here

Sunday, 11 August 2019 19:42

Translating the Keys

Victoria Appelbaum's 'Translating the Keys' uses Ivan Vladislavic's 2006 book Portrait with Keys to explore some of the complexities of translating literature into exhibition form. The exhibition can be seen in the Temporary Gallery at the Origins Centre Museum, Wits University, until 19 August.

Saturday, 15 June 2019 16:01

Durban Literary Festival, 21-23 June

The Durban Literary Festival will take place at Ike's Books, 48A Florida Road on the weekend of 21-23 June. Ike's is a Durban institution and they have a great set of writers lined up for the first edition of the festival.

Full programme here

Friday, 22 March 2019 11:45

The Distance at Kalk Bay Books

The Distance will be launched at Kalk Bay Books on 2 April. Ivan Vladislavic will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser.

Details here

Sunday, 17 February 2019 19:13

Joburg launch of The Distance

Ivan Vladislavic's new novel The Distance will be launched at Love Books in Melville on Wednesday 20 February.

Details here

Wednesday, 06 February 2019 19:19

Launch of The Distance

Ivan Vladislavic's new novel The Distance will be launched at the Book Lounge in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 February.

See details here

Monday, 10 December 2018 14:33

Extract from The Distance in the JRB

The Johannesburg Review of Books has published its annual fiction. The issue includes an extract from Ivan Vladislavic's novel The Distance, which will be published by Umuzi in February 2019.

Follow this link to the JRB

Tuesday, 02 October 2018 11:13

Cities in Flux workshop, University of Johannesburg

The Cities in Flux workshop under the banner of Pro Helvetia brings together writers and academics to talk about urbanization and social change. The event will take place at the University of Johannesburg on 5-6 October.

Details here

Thursday, 17 May 2018 12:01

Julian Birbrajer launch, Stockholm

On 19 May, Julian Birbrajer will launch Slut, his new book of photographs, at the Centrum for fotografi in Stockholm. The book contains six sequences of photographs and a text by Ivan Vladislavic.

Details here