THE 19th Poetry Africa Festival will be offering three insightful workshops on October 17 at the Rivertown Beerhall Gallery in Durban from 10 am to 1 pm. The workshops form part of a line-up of festivities to close the week-long festival which begins on Monday, October 12.

The workshops include:

• Advancing Poetry through Events – organisers of  poetry events in Durban and South Africa (Thabiso Mohare, Vus’umuzi Phakathi and Mxolisi Mtshali) will be speaking about the impact of a growing literary society
• Making Durban a liveable City, Through Arts Development – Representatives from the eThekwini Parks and Recreation (Themba Mchunu) and National Arts Council (Andrew Nkadimeng) will host a session promoting available programmes for the development and preservation of literature in KwaZulu-Natal
• Finding your Voice – Poetry Africa participants (Mthunzikazi Mbungwana, Nii Parkes and Aryan Kaganof) facilitate a session on finding your creative voice.

All workshops are free and open to the public.

Tickets for the festival finale at Rivertown cost R70 (pre-sale or R80 at the door) and can be purchased from http://www.computicket.com

For more information go to http://www.cca.ukzn.ac.za or like the Facebook page PoetryAfrica or follow on Twitter @PoetryAfrica.