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OPEN BOOK CAPE TOWN

The Festival is ON!

The Open Book Festival will be running from the 12th – 14th of March 2023.

OBF '23 Coming at YA

Youth Fest is back

A Big Thank You

to everyone whom attended the Open Book Festival held from 12th – 14th of March 2023.

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Quick note to say thank you for this year’s Open Book. I thought it was the best ever, and cemented its status as – and please feel free to quote me publically in any forum – FAR AND AWAY THE BEST SOUTH AFRICAN LITERARY EVENT ON THE CALENDAR!

Rebecca Davis

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