Authors and book lovers make their mark

GEORGE NEWS - Writers, readers and book lovers had a lovely time at the George library last Saturday morning, 12 November, when they had the opportunity to meet and greet through the Make Your Mark initiative.

This project runs annually at the library, in celebration of local writers, providing a platform for communication between readers and authors. Poetry reading, book launches and workshops typically form part of the project.

Last Saturday the author Anne Greening (Alias Andie Patrick) donated a signed copy of her latest romance Deck the halls, Hannes Visser of Turksvy Publications donated six newly published books to George library and Annelize Albertse, daughter-in-law of a blind local author, Richard Albertse, took part in poetry reading. Ten other writers read aloud some of their work.

"The rich harvest of interesting stories by local writers, with a substantial number of members from the U3A writer's group, led to an enjoyable hour of writers reading aloud to adult readers in a public library space," said reference librarian Elmine Vorster.

This coming Friday, 18 November, the library will launch a display on disability rights, diabetes and gender-based violence, coordinated by the three male members of the reference section.

On Saturday 19 November, Michele Damsta will present a writing workshop named "Mark your Words", which had been fully booked days before the event.

For the last Saturday of the Make Your Mark project, 26 November, local author Archie Swanson will launch his fourth book of words and visual images and will be interviewed by Wolfgang Schreuder of Blue Forest book shop in the reading section of the George library.

Every last Wednesday of the month, all adults are invited to "Alice 4 Adults" - an hour of literacy and reading, from 11:00 to 12:00 at the George library.

Hannes Visser of Turksvy Publications donating books to George Library on Saturday 12 November.