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UK’s Beyond Words Tour Hits Joburg: Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Lebo Mashile, Keorapetse Kgositsile at Xarra Books

December 9th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

Willie Keorapetse KgositsilePhillippa Yaa de VilliersLebo Mashile

This Way I Salute YouFlying Above the SkyTaller than BuildingsAlert! The Beyond Words tour of SA poets to the UK has come home. Join poet laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile, Phillippa Yaa de Villiers and Lebo Mashile this Saturday at Xarra Books in Johannesburg.

More notes from de Villiers:

Beyond Words was a delegation of SA Poets led by Keorapetse Kgositsile and featuring Don Mattera, Lebo Mashile and Phillippa Yaa de Villiers in a 5 city tour that included readings, performances, workshops and master classes.

NOW
Xarra Books invites you to
Beyond Words

A reportback on the October/November tour of SA poets to the United Kingdom

Come and hear these voices:

  • International literature icon and National Poet Laureate, holder of the Order of Ikemanga, and Special Adviser to the Minister of Arts and Culture, Keorapetse Kgositsile
  • national star and television icon, and winner of the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, Lebo Mashile
  • writer and performer Phillippa Yaa de Villiers

a chapbook of these new poems has been produced and will be available for sale at the reading

Be there or be square!

Event Details

  • Date: Saturday, 12 December 2009
  • Time: 1:30 PM for 2:00 PM
  • Venue: Xarra Books, 1 Central Place
    Jeppe Street
    Newtown, Johannesburg | Map
  • RSVP: info@xarrabooks.com, 011 832-3069

Book Details

  • Flying Above the Sky by Lebo Mashile

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