Praise for Intwasa festival

Blue Book and Skirrid Hill, and discussed his award winning prose work, The Dust Diaries, which is an account of his discovery of the life experiences of his great great uncle, the maverick missionary to Zimbabwe, Arthur Shearly Cripps.
The Chair of the Intwasa Literary Arts Committee, Jane Morris, said she was ‘happy with the way that the Festival had gone – all those participating had been excellent. I must particularly mention Owen Sheers; he arrived on Friday after travelling for over 30 hours to go straight into the Dinner with Poetry event. His poetry readings that night were stunning, as were those of local poet John Eppel. There were so many highlights during the Festival, including the response of the audience to Pathisa Nyathi, Sithandazile Dube and Taurai Muswere during the last event, the enthusiasm of the young people during the British Council Power in the Voice performance poetry competition, Albert Nyathi reading My Daughter, the storytelling of Ignatius Mabasa, the tribute to N.S. Sigogo and the readings of many of the local writers.’
The Intwasa Literary Arts also featured several workshops and discussion groups, including an Owen Sheers led workshop for established writers, a youth short story workshop, a workshop on ‘Reading your Work’, a workshop on Writing Books for Children, a paper on Writing in the Vernacular, and discussions led by Zimbabwe Women Writers, Zimbabwe Writers Union and the Budding Writers Association of Zimbabwe.