Utopia Editore in Torino have published an Italian translation of The Exploded View under the title L'insieme delle parti. The translator is Carmen Concilio.
Ivan Vladislavić (The Near North) and Ingrid Winterbach (Onrus op Steynshoop) will be in conversation at the Easy Equities Writers Festival, which is part of the Stellenbosch Woordfees, on 2 October at 11:30 am. The conversation will be led by Deborah Steinmair.
Koketso Moeti will be discussing The Near North and the Langermann Kop garden with Ivan Vladislavic and Dave Edwards at the Troyeville on Wednesday 18 September, 17:30 for 18:00.
Ivan Vladislavić is participating in two panels at Open Book this year: Reading the Streets (6 September) and The Archive of Everyday (7 September).
Robin Rhode is showing exciting new work on Johannesburg at Circa (until 28 September) and Stevenson (until 18 October). Portrait with Keys, a video piece made in response to Vladislavić's well-loved book on the city, can be seen at Circa.
Ivan Vladislavic will discuss his new book The Near North at the Kingsmead Book Fair on Saturday 25 May, 9.30 am, in a session titled 'Navigating Johannesburg: A City in Crisis'. Vladislavic will be in conversation with Barbara Adair, author of In the Shadow of the Springs I Saw.
Join Ivan Vladislavic (The Near North) and Justin Fox (Place) at Oude Leeskamer on Tuesday 21 May, 6.00 pm, for a discussion about writing and the sense of place. The conversation will be led by Jonathan Amid.
Ivan Vladislavic is part of the following events at the FLF:
Friday 17 May 1.00pm 'City Deep' - a conversation about The Near North with Ingrid de Kok
Saturday 18 May 1.00pm 'Grim Reader' - with Karen Jennings and Craig Higginson, moderated by CA Davids
Sunday 19 May 1.00pm 'Road to Somewhere' - with Hedley Twidle, moderated by Alex Dodd
Find the full programme and details of these events here
Ivan Vladislavic will be at the Vrye Weekblad Book Festival in Cullinan on Saturday 11 May at 10.30 am. He will be talking with Louis Gaigher about his new book The Near North.
Find the full programme and book tickets here
The Near North will be launched at the Naval Hill Planetarium in Bloemfontein on Wednesday 24 April, 17:45 for 18:00. The author will be in conversation with Johann Rossouw and Rick de Villiers.
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The Near North will be launched on Tuesday 26 March, 5.30 p.m., at The Book Lounge, Cape Town. Ivan Vladislavić will be in conversation with Mervyn Sloman.
Ivan Vladislavić's new book, The Near North, will be launched at Books on the Bay, Simon's Town, on Friday 22 March at 5.00 pm. The author will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser.
The Near North will be launched on Wednesday 6 March, 5.30 for 6.00 pm, at Love Books, 53 Rustenburg Road, Melville. Ivan Vladislavić will be in conversation with writer and editor Shaun de Waal.
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Ivan Vladislavic and Chloe Aridjis will be in conversation on 22 March at 6.00 pm SA time. This online event, organised by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University of the Witwatersrand, will be moderated by Khwezi Mkhize and will focus on the novels The Distance and Asunder.
Archipelago Books are launching The Distance at an online event on 15 October 6:30 EST. Ivan Vladislavic will be in discussion with Peter Godwin and the event is hosted by the Community Bookstore.
The Brooklyn Book Festival is online this year. Ivan Vladislavic will participate in the online discussion 'Coming of Age in Challenging Times' with Romesh Gunesekera and Suneeta Peres da Costa. The moderator is Eric Banks, Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities.
Roger Palmer is launching his new photo book Spoor at the Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg. He will be in conversation with Ivan Vladislavic on Sunday morning 15 September at 11.00 a.m.
The Open Book Festival in Cape Town is coming up soon with a very full programme of discussions and other events. Ivan Vladislavic will participate in two panels: 'Peeling the Onion' (5 September at 6.00 pm) and 'Shadow Presence' (6 September at 6.00 pm).
Victoria Appelbaum's 'Translating the Keys' uses Ivan Vladislavic's 2006 book Portrait with Keys to explore some of the complexities of translating literature into exhibition form. The exhibition can be seen in the Temporary Gallery at the Origins Centre Museum, Wits University, until 19 August.
The Durban Literary Festival will take place at Ike's Books, 48A Florida Road on the weekend of 21-23 June. Ike's is a Durban institution and they have a great set of writers lined up for the first edition of the festival.
The Distance will be launched at Kalk Bay Books on 2 April. Ivan Vladislavic will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser.
Ivan Vladislavic's new novel The Distance will be launched at Love Books in Melville on Wednesday 20 February.
Ivan Vladislavic's new novel The Distance will be launched at the Book Lounge in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 February.
The Johannesburg Review of Books has published its annual fiction. The issue includes an extract from Ivan Vladislavic's novel The Distance, which will be published by Umuzi in February 2019.
The Cities in Flux workshop under the banner of Pro Helvetia brings together writers and academics to talk about urbanization and social change. The event will take place at the University of Johannesburg on 5-6 October.
On 19 May, Julian Birbrajer will launch Slut, his new book of photographs, at the Centrum for fotografi in Stockholm. The book contains six sequences of photographs and a text by Ivan Vladislavic.