Poetry Readings by Gabeba Baderoon
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| 2008 |
17-20 January, Winternachten Literature Festival in The Hague.
7 February, Thursday at 7:00 p.m., Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, The Pennsylvania State University
5 - 8 March, E-POS I and II will be exhibited at the Book Festival at the University of Pretoria, and during Woordfees at the University Museum of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
16-18 May, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Franschhoek, South Africa.
13 September, Saturday, 3.00 PM, The Point of Poetry, Discussion with Rustum Kozain, Bristol Poetry Festival, Venue: Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol.
13 September, Saturday, 8:00 PM, Poetry reading with Rustum Kozain and Isobel Dixon, Bristol Poetry Festival, Venue: Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol.
October, Poetry reading and public discussion with Pumla Dineo Gqola, Associate Professor in the School of Language and Literature Studies, University of Witwatersrand, as part of the Wits Humanities Visiting Writer's Residency, date to be confirmed.
10 November, Monday, Poetry Reading, English Department, Utah State University.
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| 2007 |
2 - 3 February: Spier Poetry Festival, Spier Estate, Stellenbosch.
22 - 31 March: Winternachten Poetry Festival, the Dutch Antilles,
Aruba and Curacao, dates and venues to be announced.
April: the Epos II portfolio of art and poetry opens in an exhibition
during the 35th anniversary of the Frans Masereel Centre in Kasterlee, Belgium, featuring the work of artists Veerle Rooms, Monique Thomaes, Hentie van der Merwe and Kim Berman and the poets Charl-Pierre Naude, Gabeba Baderoon, Peter Holvoet-Hansen and Lut de Block.
25 - 27 May, Calabash Literary Festival.
June 7 - Thursday, Housing Works Cafe, New York City, with Yvette Christianse and Nadia Davids, 7 PM. 126 Crosby Street, tel. 212-334-3324.
June 17 - Sunday, Cape Town Book Fair, Kwela, with Dawn Garisch, Sello Mahapaletsa and Ken Barris. Led by Mike Nicol. 10 - 11 AM.
June 17 - Sunday, Cape Town Book Fair, Umuzi/Random House, Launch of Birds in Words, 5 - 7 PM, with Gus Ferguson and other poets in the anthology, Venue: 1.61 and 1.62.
June 18 - Monday, Cape Town Book Fair, Sunday Times, with Gus Ferguson, Lebo Mashile and Finuala Dowling, 3:30 - 4:30 PM.
June 19 - Tuesday, Cape Town Book Fair, Kwela, with Keorapetse Kgositsile, Wilma Stockenstrom, Gert Vlok Nel, Danie Marais, Gail Dendy, Rustum Kozain and Loit Sols, 10 - 11 AM.
September 29 - Saturday, Gothenburg Book Fair, Sweden.
October 13 - Saturday, Off the Shelf festival, Sheffield, UK, with Galway Kinnell.
Monday 12 November 2007, 19:00. Reading in the city of HASSELT – Associatiefaculteit Beeldende Kunst & BK Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg. Address: zaal Blackbox-gebouw D. www.phl.be
Tuesday 13 November 2007, 19:00. Reading in OOSTENDE – Bibliotheek Kris Lambert. Address: Wellingtonstraat 7, 8400 Oostende. www.oostende.be
Thursday 15 November 2007, 20:00. Reading in ANTWERP – AMVC Letterenhuis: Minderbroedersstraat 22, 2000 Antwerpen. www.letterenhuis.be
Friday 16 November 2007, 19:00. Reading in GENT - Poëziecentrum: Vrijdagmarkt 36, 9000 Gent. www.poeziecentrum.be
Saturday 17 November 2007, 16:00. Reading at "South Africa House" in Amsterdam. Address: Keizersgracht 141, 1015 CK, Amsterdam. Official opening by Mrs Mhkize, South African Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Tuesday 20 November 2007: 12:00. Reading at the University of Antwerp. Address: Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Gebouw Q, Aulagebouw, Foyer: programma ‘Café des Arts’. www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.route&n=26517
Tuesday 20 November 2007: 20:00. Reading in BRUSSELS. Address: Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren, deBuren, Leopoldstraat 6, 1000, Brussels. www.deburen.eu
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| 2006 |
30 January, Reading and discussion, Comparative Literature Seminar, Kern
Building, Penn State University.
4 February, Reading, Off-Stage Performances Salon, New York City, Reviewed by Kent Watkins at Roberta on the Arts.
2 February, Panel on 'African Literary Arts and Alternative Modernities', the Achebe Fellowship Reading Series, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, with Helon Habila and Binyavanga Wainana, chaired by Ato Quayson. See the Bard College Press Release.
5 April - Wednesday , Reading, Cool Beans Cafe, 141 West High Street, Bellefonte, Tel. 814-355-1178, 7pm.
21 April - Exclusive Books, Hyde Park, media launch for Homebru book promotion at 11am. A Hundred Silences has been selected for Homebru 2006.
24 April - Monday, Poetry Reading in celebration of World Book Day, Centre for the Book, Cape Town, 6:30 - 7:45pm.
4 May - Thursday, Cape Town Launch of A Hundred Silences, Kwela/Snailpress in association with Exclusive Books and DaimlerChrysler, Exclusive Books, Shop 6160, Victoria Wharf, V&A Waterfront. Antjie Krog will share the podium.
8 May - Monday, Featured Poet, Off the Wall, Observatory, Cape Town, 8pm.
9 May - Tuesday , Johannesburg Launch of A Hundred Silences, Kwela/Snailpress in association with Exclusive Books and DaimlerChrysler, Exclusive Books, Shop 346, The Mall of Rosebank, Rosebank. Gcina Mhlope will share the podium. 6 for 6:30pm.
10 May - Wednesday, A Hundred Silences at the Homebru promotion with MetroFM, Johannesburg, Exclusive Books, Shop FF09, The Zone, Rosebank. 6 for 6:30pm.
24 May - Wednesday, A Hundred Silences at the Homebru promotion with MetroFM, Durban, Exclusive Books, Shop F248, Gateway Shopping Centre, corner of Sugar Close and Gateway Drive, Umhlanga. 6 for 6:30pm.
26 May - Friday, Reading at the University of the Western Cape, Library Auditorium, 2pm.
31 May - Wednesday, A Hundred Silences at the Homebru promotion with MetroFM, Port Elizabeth, Exclusive Books, Shop 52, Walmer Park Shopping Centre, Walmer Park, 6 for 6:30pm.
17 to 23 June. Poetry International Festival in the Netherlands: www.poetry.nl and www.poetryinternational.org. View the whole festival programme. Gabeba will be reading in four events:
- Opening: Poetry Parade, Saturday 17 June, Foyer, Groot Zaal, 8:00pm
- Main Reading: International Poetry, Sunday 18 June, Kleine Zaal 9:30pm
- Oral Poetry - a discussion, Monday 19 June, Kleine Zaal, 9:30pm
- African Poetry, Wednesday 21 June, Tuin Cafe Floor, 4:00pm
14 July - Friday, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Schlow Library, 2:00 - 4:00 pm.
15 July - Saturday, Webster's Bookstore Cafe, 2pm.
17 September - Sunday, reading in the Bristol Poetry Festival, with Brendan Kennelly. Venue: Arnolfini arts centre, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol. 8 pm. Details of the festival can be viewed at Poetry Can.
28 September - Thursday, Red Weather Reading Series, 8pm. Venue: 105 Walker Building, University Park Campus, Penn State.
4 October - Wednesday, poetry reading in the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series at the University of Pittsburgh. Venue: 501 Cathedral of Learning. 8:30 p.m.
25 October - Wednesday, poetry reading with Paul Farley, Martin Espada and Lemn Sissay, Poetry International at the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London, 7:45 p.m. Details and bookings: Royal Festival Hall.
November 15 - Wednesday, The Bowery Poetry Club, 6:00 p.m.
308 Bowery, New York, NY, Tel. (212) 614-0505.
November 30 - Thursday, Poetry reading with Cecil Giscombe, Allegheny Reading Series, Pennsylvania State University, Venue: Foster Auditorium, 8 pm.
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| 2005 |
30 November – 4 December. Poetry Reading, the Institute for Language and Culture, Copenhagen, DENMARK. Further details:
2 December 2 (Friday). 19h00 - 21h00. Venue: Literaturhaus, Mllegade 7. Poetry reading and discussion.
1 December (Thursday). 13h00 - 15h00. Venue: Center for Afrikastudier, Kbmagergade 46, 4.sal, auditorium 12. Lecture: 'Crossing into Solitude - New directions in South African Writing'
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28 November 2005 (8:30 session). Stockholm Poetry Festival, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm.
16 – 17 November. Programme: International Literary Evening. CAISA, Hesa, FINLAND.
10 November (Thursday). Reading at Växjö Library, VÄXJÖ. 18h30
8 November (Tuesday). Public event: South African fiction: Jan Ristarp. Poetry reading: Gabeba Baderoon. Venue: The International Library (Internationella biblioteket), Odengatan 59 (next to Stadsbiblioteket), STOCKHOLM. 18h00 – 19h00
1 November (Tuesday). Poetry Reading, English Department, Uppsala University. Public event: 18h30
27 October (Thusday) – 29 October (Saturday). Seminar: Debating World Literature. Venue: Seminarrom U30, Helga Engs hus
University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, Oslo, NORWAY (http:/www.hf.uio.no/). 14h15-18h00
Seminar participants:
Tonje Vold: “A world apart? Mapping J.M Coetzee's literature”
Christopher Prendergast: “World Literature and the Classic: The Case of
Sainte-Beuve”
Gabeba Baderoon: Om sørafrikansk samtidspoesi. Diktopplesning.
25 October (Tuesday). Poetry and Social Science, Nordic Africa Institute.
9th Poetry Africa Festival in Durban : Launch of The Dream in the Next Body,
Durban, KwaZulu Natal, 10-15 October 2005.
Photos of the Poetry Africa Festival
Click here for the full programme.
Thursday, 29 September 2005, 1:00 - 2:00pm, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, a poetry reading Rustum Kozain and Gabeba Baderoon.
Tuesday, 30 August, Launch of The Dream in the Next Body, District Six Museum, 25a Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, 5:30pm for 6:00pm. Please RSVP by 23 August to Beryl Johnson (021) 406 3033 or e-mail: bjohnson@nb.co.za
20 August, Cape Story/Poetry Indaba, Cape Town Library, 3:00pm - 4:30pm. 'The Soul of Cape Town'.
9 August, Women's Day: Out and About Muslim Women Today, 10:30am for 11:00am at the Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum, 71 Wale Street. RSVP: Kholeka Sidinile by 3 August 2005: telephone 021 464 1261 or e-mail: ksidinile@iziko.org.za
Poetry reading on Thursday 30 June at the Aegis Conference of African
Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies and the Institute for
Commonwealth Studies, London. Venue: Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT),
Time: 3.30pm.
Further information can be found at: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/~aegis/events.htm
Opening Night, Weltklang – Nacht der Poesie, Berlin, 18 June 2005
Photographs from the reading at the Weltklang Nacht der Poesie (Sounds of the World, Night of Poetry) on 18 June in Berlin.
31 May, Crossroads Conference on Gender, Oslo, Norway
Opening Night, Poetry on the Road Festival, Bremen, 27 May 2005
Colpitts Poetry Series, Durham, UK, 20 May 2005
South Africa Day Celebrations and launch of The Museum of
Ordinary Life, Stuttgart, 7 May 2005
30 April, Protea Bookshop, Stellenbosch
Featured Poet, Off the Wall, Observatory, Cape Town, 25 April 2005
Johannesburg Launch, The Dream in the Next Body, Boekehuis, 20 April 2005
Vaxjo University, Sweden, 14 April
Writer’s Africa Series, Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 7 April 2005
Opening, Writing African Women, Cape Town, 19 January 2005
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| 2004 |
16 Days of Activism against Violence on Women and Children, Department of Arts and Culture, Manenberg's Jazz Cafe, Cape Town, 9 December
DaimlerChrysler Award Nominees Readings, Kippie's Jazz Café, Johannesburg, 3 November
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| 2003 |
MA Writing Degree Show, Sheffield Hallam University, 4 June
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| 2002 |
'Urban Voices: International Poetry Festival', Baxter Theatre, University of Cape Town, 29 July
'Voices in Action', Writers Conference, National Arts Council, University of Pretoria, 22 June
Sophea Gallery, Simon's Town, 28 May
World Book Day, University of Cape Town Centre for Extra-mural Studies, Centre for the Book, 23 April
With Nula Dowling, Kelwyn Sole and Jeremy Cronin, Olympia Bakery, Kalk Bay, South Africa, 13 January
Poetry Readings with Gus Ferguson, Michael Cope, Abner Nyamende and Keith Gottschalk, High Schools Reading Programme, University of Cape Town Centre for Extramural Studies, 16 March -3 April
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