19.30, Mon 25 Nov: Brian Walter (born 1956) taught at Chapman High School in Gelvandale, Gqeberha, and at the University of Fort Hare, Alice.
His books include Groundwork: An Introduction to Reading and Writing about Poetry (1997), which he wrote with Felicity Wood. His poetry collections are Tracks (1999) Lovedale, Baakens (2000) Lovedale, Otherwise and Other Poems (2014) Echoing Green Press, Poems Packed for Travel (2016) Poetree, Allegories of the Everyday (2019) Dryad Press. He has recently published Down the Baakens Underworld, (2024) Botsotso, a revised version of his Lovedale books. He has won the 1999 Thomas Pringle Award for poetry published in journals and the 2000 Ingrid Jonker Prize for Tracks, as well as National and Provincial awards.
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