The first week of the Open Book Podcast Series has begun!

One of the highlights of each year’s Open Book was ‘Conversations with Mohale’. We’re delighted to kick this year’s podcast series off with a virtual version of this classic! Together with festival favourite, Prof Pumla […]

PODCAST RELEASE DATES

Eight podcasts will be released over the next three weeks. Here’s the rundown of what’s being released when!

The series kicks off with an Open Book classic – ‘Conversations with Mohale’. Joining Mohale for the Lockdown […]

OPEN BOOK PODCAST SERIES

8 – 24 November 2021

Open Book Festival returns with an eight part podcast series celebrating just some of the works of literature to come out of SA this year.

As was the case in 2020, planning […]

Announcing the Open Book Podcast Series

Today would have been the first day of the Open Book Festival. We would have gathered at the Fugard Theatre for the first time for a busy five days of the festival, attending events, meeting […]

Additional Changes to Open Book 2019 Programme

WEDNESDAY THE 4TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 11.00: NEW DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA
VENUE CHANGE – THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE FUGARD THEATRE
 
12.00 – 13.00: POLITICAL PARTY FUNDING
JAN-JAN JOUBERT EXPLORES REALISTIC OPTIONS FOR TRANSPARENCY IN THIS THORNY […]

Changes and Updates to the 2019 Programme

The nature of planning this many events is that things change!
Please be aware of the following:
WEDNESDAY THE 4TH SEPTEMBER
14.00 – 15.00: PRODUCING RELIABLE KNOWLEDGE
PUMLA GQOLA IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THIS EVENT. NADIA […]

Poetry Fire!

The prelim poetry slams that culminate at Open Book Festival 2019 on the 7th September at 20.00 kick off next week (10 August).
The judges and facilitator have put together some answers to questions you may […]

The Programme for 2019 is Live!

The Open Book Festival programme is live on our website! This is always a big moment for the Open Book team, where we get to share the exciting events that will take place, so please do […]

Look Who’s Coming!

As we get closer to releasing the programme for Open Book, we are ready to reveal the next round of local authors! We are excited to announce that the following authors will be participating in […]

BLOCK OFF THE 4 – 8 SEPTEMBER AND JOIN US AT OPEN BOOK 2019!

June is an exciting month for us at Open Book – we finally get to share some of the names of those who will be joining us at the festival this year! Before we get […]