Just Before DinnerJust Before Dinner showcases the work of past and current members of a Johannesburg creative writing workshop that has been in operation for 35 years. It was begun at the Johannesburg Art Foundation in Saxonwold, when the artist director, Bill Ainslie, invited Lionel Abrahams to hold a weekly writing class there. At first it was an afternoon extra for the art students, but the idea rapidly expanded to include an evening session for anyone who wanted