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27 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 27 3 2022 BOOK NOW R50 @10h00 Bertha House Kopanong Bertha House Kopanong The Pressure to Produce: Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika Tapiwa Guzha and and Jen Thorpe explore the effect of capitalism on creativity and and mental health in the company of Faye Kabali-Kagwa
Relebone Rirhandzu eAfrika is a a a a a writer editor and and the podcast host of of ‘The Nine Lives of of Depression Survivors’ The The Tzaneen-born and and bred essayist literacy advocate advocate life coach and and mental health advocate advocate has been writing for years but still sees herself as a a a a a a a a baby writer Her debut book Broken Porcelain is a a a a a a a a collection of essays exploring mental health She is an an an an avid bookstagrammer (@blackfeatherhideout) who who promotes Black writers and and their work and and a a a a a a a a a a a plant mom who who doesn’t believe that there is such a a a a a a a a a a a a a thing as having too many plants You can find her her ranting and being goofy on all social media at at @ relebone everywhere Tapiwa Guzha is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a Zimbabwean-born and Cape Town-based hedonist who believes a a a a a a a a a a a a diverse life is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a well lived one He’s a a a a a a a a a a a a generalist who tinkers with his body hands and and and mind in in in as as many ways as as possible Whether it it be food rope bondage soap and and and jewellery making sex education calligraphy body body movement or molecular biology If a a a a a a a a a human body body is capable of doing it he’s probably keen on trying it Jen Thorpe is is a a a a a a a a feminist writer and researcher based in in Cape Town South Africa Her first novel The Peculiars (2016) was long long listed for for the the Etisalat Prize Prize for for Literature (2016) and the the Sunday Times Fiction Prize Prize (2017) Her second The Fall was long long listed for the Sunday Times CNA Fiction Prize (2021) She has published poetry flash fiction and short stories on on on a a a a a number of online publishing platforms including Itch Brittle Paper Aerodrome Saraba Magazine BooksLive and Poetry Potion She has published published three feminist essay collections She has just published published her new book Adulting 101 Faye Kabali-Kagwa
an an arts coordinator cultural curator and writer She is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a fellow of the VANSA Cultural Leadership Programme 2021 2021 the the Pan African Creative Exchange (PACE) Dramaturgy Lab 2021 2021 and the the Salzburg Global Seminar Cultural Innovators Forum 2019 In In 2021 she was recognised as as one of the the Mail & Guardians Top 200 Young South Africans for the the year Faye has an an an uncanny ability to read the the pulse of the the cultural zeitgeist She builds interventions that go beyond artistic output and is is is interested in in audience as engaged contributors to to her work 16