Women’s voices amplified at Time of the Writer festival
This year's Time of the Writer festival programme will be comprised of mostly women writers.
AS the global community celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Centre for Creative Arts announced the Time of the Writer festival presented by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal has a legacy of profiling and amplifying women’s voices.
This year’s festival programme will be comprised of mostly women writers, thought leaders and activists.
“Women’s voices matter. The Time of the Writer festival is determined to ensure that women’s voices are amplified even louder than ever before to reclaim our spaces and to advance the values of our democracy,” said Siphindile Hlongwa, a co-curator of the festival.
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Speaking at the Time of the Writer festival will be well-known authors, journalists, radio journalists, playwrights, gender activists, academics. This year’s festival will also introduce an enterprising series on how theatre-makers are drawing inspiration from novels.
The Festival, which starts on Monday 15 March, will culminate on International Poetry Day on 21 March, with a programme focusing on how poets use their voices to defend human rights curated by Malika Ndlovu and Siphokazi Jonas.
The festival will stream for free on Facebook (www.facebook.com/timeofthewriter), Twitter (@timeofthewriter) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/centreforcreativearts). For a full programme visit: tow.ukzn.ac.za.
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