Jonty Driver memoir published posthumously

Karen Watkins|Published 7 months ago

Dayspring was launched with a discussion between David Attwell of Simon's Town and Maeder Osler of Colesberg.

Co-publishers, Karavan Press and uHlanga Press launched a posthumous memoir of CJ Driver at Clarke’s Bookshop in Long Street, on Wednesday July 16. Charles Jonathan Driver (August 19, 1939 to May 21, 2023), usually known as Jonty Driver, was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer. Dayspring was launched with a discussion between David Attwell, who is currently working on a biography about JM Coetzee, and Maeder Osler, owner of Hanglip Farm east of Colesberg.

Dayspring is a tender and deeply personal book, offering an intimate picture of a family coming to terms with the losses of the World War II. It is the story of a father and son recognising their differing beliefs, about a young man navigating the joys and pitfalls of romance.

Dayspring was launched with a discussion between David Attwell of Simon's Town and Maeder Osler of Colesberg.

Sue and David Sonnenberg of Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington with Maeder Osler of Colesberg.

Bev Edwards from Hout Bay with Katherine Shepherd, also from Hout Bay.

Rose Jackson from Claremont with Elizabeth van Heyningen of Vredehoek.

Gogontle Mosiakgabo from Gardens enjoying the launch.

Michael Cherry from Bishop's Court with Camilla Driver from Mowbray and Mandy Driver from Newlands.

Owner of Clarke's Bookshop, Henrietta Dax of City Bowl with Faye Reagon of Hout Bay.

Charli the bookworm from City Bowl with Carol Coetzee of Plumstead.

Muriel Rubin and Eve Sandler came from Kalk Bay for the launch.