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Vuvu Vena Reads
In conversation with Vuvu
I29 August 2020

Literary Alliance Book Club
Exclusive Books, Mall of Africa, Johannesburg
14 March 2020
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Inception Book Club
Johannesburg
8 September 2019
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Open Book Festival
Cape Town
4 - 8 September 2019

Midlands Literary Festival
Fern Hill Hotel, Howick, KwaZulu Natal
31 August  - 1 September 2019

Phumla's Book Club
The Fat Zebra, Linden, Johannesburg
​29 June 2019

Exclusive Books Homebru celebration 
Exclusive Books, Hyde Park, Johannesburg
18 June 2019

The Book Club Show on Vision View Sports Radio
31 May 2019 at 16:00

Books and Beyond Book Club
25 May 2019

Kingsmead Book Festival
25 May 2019

Franschoek Literary Festival
17 - 19 May 2019

Radio Today - Reading Matters with Sue Grant Marshall
7 May 2019 at 11h00

Booksessions - Pretoria
​African literature and its role in pedagogy
4 May 2019

Daily Maverick
14 April 2019
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Cape Town Launch of Yellowbone
The Book Lounge
11 April 2019
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Morning Live - SABC
​31 March 2019
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Johannesburg Launch of Yellowbone
Dunkelder Theater
26 March 2019
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The World Stage with Shado Twala
SAFM
17 March 2019

The Literature Corner with Eusebius McKaiser
13 March 2019
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Franschoek Literary Festival
​19 - 21 May 2017

KayaFM 95.9 / Kaya Book Club
Date: 8 March 2017
Time: 18:00 - 19:00

KayaFM 95.9  / The Art of Sunday
Date: 5 March 2017
with Brenda Sisane

Cape Town Pride Book Evening
Date: Monday 27th February 2017
Time: 18:30 / 19:00 
Alexander Bar, Strand Street, Cape Town

Cape Talk
10 October 2016 at 14:00
with Pippa Hudson
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Book Launch - The God Who Made Mistakes
6 October 2016 at 19:00
Exclusive Books, Rosebank, Johannesburg
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Classic FM
14 September 2016 at 10:00
with Tamara LePine-Williams
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SAfm Literature
Sunday 21 August at 13:00 SAST
​with Nancy Richards

The Franschoek Literary Festival
Franschoek, South Africa
​13-15 May 2016

Unbound Book Club
Date: 27 February 2016
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SA Book Fair
Date: 31 July – 2 August 2015
Venue: Turbine Hall, Newtown, Johannesburg

Franschoek Literary Festival
Date: 15-16 May, 2015
Venue: Franschoek, Western Cape

Radio interview: Sue Grant-Marshall, Radio Today
Date: 2 April 2015
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 (08:00 - 08:30 GMT)
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The Afro Freedom Bookclub
Date: 25 March 2015
Time: 19:00 till the band starts to play

Time of the Writer
Date: 20 - 21 March 2015
Venue: Centre for  Creative Arts, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban

Radio interview: Tamara LePine Williams, Classic FM
Date: 18 February 2015
Time: 10:00 - 10:30 (08:00 - 08:30 GMT)
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Feature: This is Africa: The TIA 100 – Best Books, 2010-2014
Description: This is Africa's 100 Best Books in fiction, poetry, memoir and non-fiction, published between 2010 and 2014, selected by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Oris Aigbokhaevbolo, Kagure Mugo and Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire
Publication date: December 24, 2014
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Feature: Mail and Guardian
Publication date: 12 December 2014
Title: Love, loss and forgetting

Reading: 500 word essay on the theme of summer
Sponsor: Vanguard Magazine and Dibookeng / Digital Anthology
Venue: The Poolside Cafe, Maboneng
Date: 10 December 2014
Note: Actually, Luntente Ndyamba read the piece. He's good at that

Radio interview: Michele Magwood, Times Media
Date: 23 October 2014
Time: 14:00 - 14:45 (12 noon GMT)
Web address: http://www.timeslive.co.za/

Interview: Blaque Magazine
Date: 13 October 2014

Feature: Destiny Man magazine
Publication date: October 2014

Open Book Cape Town: Zakes Mda and Ekow Duker discuss their latest novels with Zethu Mathebeni
Date: 20 September 2014
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Cape Town
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Open Book Cape Town: Impact of their own work on writers - Andrew Brown, Jonny Steinberg and Ekow Duker. Chaired by Karina Brink
Date: 19 September 2014
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Cape Town
Time: 16:00 - 17:00

Open Book Cape Town: Rape Crisis Event: Sixolile Mbalo and Ekow Duker talk to Helen Moffett
Date: 18 September 2014
Venue: Fugard Theatre, Cape Town
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
All ticket sales for this event will go to Rape Crisis

Speaking Event: Allaboutwriting
Date: 8 September 2014
Location: Croft & Co, 66 Tyrone Avenue, Parkview, Johannesburg
Time: 6:45pm for 7pm

Photo shoot: True Love Man
Date: 29 August 2014
Location: Marshalltown, Johannesburg
Weather conditions: Arctic

Radio Interview: Otherwise Talking Women on SAfm
Live broadcast on: 29 August 2014
Time: 13:05 - 13:50

Excerpt: Sunday Independent
Published on: 24 August 2014
Title: The Devil Behind Closed Doors
What was it about?: An excerpt from Dying in New York. In the editor's words, 'This hard-hitting book features an elder who displays one face to the world while he beats his wife and sexually abuses his child'. (Click here to read article)

Television Interview: AfroShowBiz on SABC News Channel, DSTV Channel 404
Broadcast on: 23 August 2014
Interviewed by: Musah Mkalikpi
What was it about?: A discussion about what led me to write Dying in New York, my sources of inspiration and future plans

Feature: Heat Magazine South Africa
Published on: 21 August 2014
What was it about?: A review of White Wahala (Click here to read article)

Event: Book launch for Dying in New York & White Wahala
Date: 19 August 2014
Venue: Exclusive Books, Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
Time: 18:30

Interview: True Love Magazine
Date: 18 August 2014
Venue: Sandton, Johannesburg
To be published in: November 2014

Feature: Passion Magazine
Occasion: African Women Chartered Accountants (AWCA) 2014 Woman of Substance Awards
Date: 7 August 2014
Venue: Theatre on the Track, Kyalami, Johannesburg

Event: Book Club Coffee Morning
Date: 6 August 2014
Venue: Exclusive Books, Nicolway, Johannesburg
Time: 10:00

Article: Mail and Guardian
Title: Oh Lord: It looks a lot like curtains (Click here to read article)
Published on: 17 April 2014




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