October 8 sees the
launch of the second book containing a selection of 50 short stories (100
words) from the 2012 Mondays @ Six competition.
Normally presented
at St Clements in Musgrave Road, the Mondays @ Six programme will be held at Alliance
Française de Durban for the next few weeks.
October:8: Le Petit Déjeuner 2 sees the launch of the second book published as a result
of the excellent response to the 100-word short story competition. The book
contains the top 10 stories (adjudicated by Graham Linscott and Carolyn Howie) plus
a selection of 40 additional stories (123 stories were submitted).
Future programmes
include:
October 15: Acclaimed
and respected local visual artist Andrew Verster was interviewed and filmed
recently by Rick Andrew - and 30 years ago by Andre Smith.
October 22: Performing
arts luminary Delia Ballantyne shares her week-long hike, Scaling the Heights of Kilimanjaro, though slides and discussion.
October 29: Well-known
journalist David Basckin presents his latest film about a former SADF
conscript, with musical interludes by an a cappella trio who sing and dance
through an entire set of Andrews Sisters’ hits.
November 5: Launch
of Pieter Scholtz’s new collection of short stories entitled Tales from the Graveyard, based on the
ghostly inhabitants of a small cemetery near the village of Loupiac in France.
Alliance Française
de Durban is situated at 22 Sutton Crescent (off Windermere Road) in
Morningside. For more information contact 031 312 9582 or fax 031 312 2864 or
email: durban@alliance.org.za
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