Join us for a fabulous lunch at Madre’s Kitchen on Sunday 6th July for a reading and fireside chat by our fairly new South African author and Star on the Rise.
This afternoon with Diane Awerbuck forms part of Stanford Tourism's Literary Lunches Series.
Sherry on arrival from 12h15
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Sweet potato and Ginger soup with farm bread
Free-range chicken breasts pan-fried and served with a fennel and cream sauce on Polenta
Served with grilled vegetables
Vegetarian option; Madre’s special wholesome dish
Lemon –curd tartlets with sorbet
Coffee/tea
R180 per head
Seating for 40 only. Book now with Phillipa at Stanford River Talk : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deposits of R50 can be paid at Stanford Tourism.
Diane Awerbuck lives in Cape Town. She is a young south African novelist whose first book Gardening at Night, won the 2004 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book (Africa and the Caribbean), and was short-listed for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. Her collection of short stories, Cabin Fever, includes Phosphorescence which has been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African writing which will be announced on 14 July. Her novel Home Remedies also gained much local praise.
Diane has taught in Cape Town high schools, has published a doctorate, The Spirit and the Letter: Trauma, Warblogs and the Public Sphere, and is a mother.
