End Times Colloquium 23-25 July 2014 Wits Club, West Campus, University of the Witwatersrand
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Louis Greenberg is a Johannesburg-based editor and novelist with a keen but purely amateur interest in art, food, music, photography and travel. He has a Master’s degree in contemporary vampire novels and a doctorate on Douglas Coupland’s post-religious apocalyptic fiction, both from the University of the Witwatersrand. After thirteen years as a bookseller and marketer at a national bookshop chain, he started freelancing as a fiction editor and proofreader for various South African publishers and was contracted as the commissioning editor for Random House Struik’s e-book imprint, and as an online creative writing and editing tutor. His first novel, The Beggars’ Signwriters, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ and University of Johannesburg prizes. His new novel, Dark Windows, was published by Umuzi in April 2014. As S.L. Grey, he co-writes internationally published horror-thrillers with Sarah Lotz, the latest of which is The New Girl (2013). Henrietta Rose-Innes is a writer based in Cape Town. Her most recent novel, Nineveh, was published in South Africa in 2011, following a short-story collection, Homing (2010), and two earlier novels: Shark's Egg (2000) and The Rock Alphabet (2004). A new novel, Green Lion, which deals partially with species loss, will be published in early 2015 by Umuzi. Henrietta's short stories have appeared in various local and international publications. She is the recipient of the Caine Prize for African Writing and the South African PEN Literary Award, and in 2012, her short story 'Sanctuary' took second place in the BBC International Short Story Competition. Her work has been translated into French, German, Italian and Arabic. www.henriettarose-innes.com Patricia Schonstein is an internationally published, award-winning novelist, poet, author of children’s books and curator of anthologies. Her works have been translated into seven languages and endorsed by Nobel Laureates J.M. Coetzee and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. She was born and educated in Rhodesia, settling in South Africa in 1974 when she married Don Pinnock, who is also a writer. www.patriciaschonstein.com The artists Jacki McInnes (born 1966) is a South African artist living and working in Johannesburg. Her art tends towards a style of binary interrogation: migrancy versus xenophobia, material aspirations versus poverty, the survival strategies of newly urbanised populations, and the complexities associated with the lived realities of late-capitalism. Current work, in particular, explores the contradictions inherent in present-day human thought and behaviour, especially regarding the disconnect between material aspiration, rampant consumerism, wasteful practices, and their disastrous effect on our planet and ultimate future. http://www.jackimcinnes.net/ Aryan Kaganof ® is a project of African Noise Foundation http://kaganof.com/ Front Cover Artist: Jacki McInnes Title of artwork: Hazardous Objects: Main Reef mine dump, Johannesburg, 2013 Recycling a consumerist society’s mound of cast-off packaging is one of the few means by which South Africa’s urban poor can generate an income. I began creating replicas of this recyclable waste in beaten lead, intending that the mass of lead objects should act as a token; both to the permanence of man’s devastating impact on the planet and to the positive environmental role played by informal recyclers, whether inadvertent or not. My choice of lead was deliberate, its dense weight and toxicity speaking to the burden of our unchecked consumption. The series Hazardous Objects photo-documents these objects in specific landscapes in which human intervention, in the form of mining, urban development or agriculture, has resulted in the severe and irreversible destruction of the land. This is an ongoing project. www.jackimcinnes.net |
A peaceful corner of the Wits Campus is home to The Wits Club. Surrounded by old oak trees, The Wits Club has an old world charm and seems far removed from the hustle and bustle of the city. It is easily accessible to the M1 and Empire Road and there is ample secure parking. The Cape Dutch style building is spacious and can cater for both large and small functions. The surrounding barns are used for conferences. The venue is available in the evenings and weekends for weddings, 21st celebrations and corporate functions.
The restaurant is open from 07h00 to 17h00 for breakfast and lunch from Monday to Friday. Booking is essential. Please contact (011) 717-9365 begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting, fax (011) 717-9329 or email info@olivesandplates.co.za The Wits Club Map |
Experience the newly renovated WITS Club on West Campus. The complex consists of an upmarket restaurant serving a wide range of trendy and sophisticated menu items. The conference facility offers fully equipped, various size venues and breakaway rooms. Wits Club is managed by Olives and Plates Club and Conference.
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