Join the Book Lounge & the Fugard Theatre
OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL
5 – 9 September 2018
With less than a month to go before our programme goes live, excitement is mounting on our side!
Before that though, we are delighted to share news about the annual wine label competition run by our headline sponsor, Leopard’s Leap.
The theme this year […]
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Join the Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre
OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL
5 – 9 September 2018
#cocreatePoetica is a highlight at Open Book each year – and for good reason. The five days of poetry are filled with performances, discussions, workshops and readings, and 2018 offers a powerhouse of local and international poets whose work on and off […]
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OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL
5 – 9 September 2018
at The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre
FORGET 9 TO 5 & START PLANNING FOR YOUR 5 – 9!
June is an exciting month for us at Open Book – we get to share the first group of writers joining us for the festival. Their work is extraordinary and we […]
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The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival
5 – 9 September 2018
Nothing like a Monday that goes well! And that is exactly what we had on the 7th May at Siyazingisa Primary School in Gugulethu. We were delighted to do the first of three book handovers to the Grade R […]
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Please be aware that there have been some changes to the Open Book Festival programme.
WEDNESDAY THE 6TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 11.00: ADDITIONAL EVENT
NO HOLY COWS: R45
VYTJIE MENTOR SPEAKS TO JAN-JAN JOUBERT ABOUT HER BOOK
VENUE: FUGARD THEATRE
10.00 – 11.00: INTEGRATION COMPLEXITIES
THE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM FUGARD STUDIO TO A4 ARTS FOUNDATION – GROUND
10.00 – […]
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PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO #OBF2017
WEDNESDAY THE 6TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 11.00: ADDITIONAL EVENT
NO HOLY COWS: R45
VYTJIE MENTOR SPEAKS TO JAN-JAN JOUBERT ABOUT HER BOOK
VENUE: FUGARD THEATRE
WEDNESDAY THE 6TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 – 11.00: INTEGRATION COMPLEXITIES
THE VENUE FOR THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED FROM FUGARD STUDIO TO A4 ARTS FOUNDATION – GROUND
WEDNESDAY THE 6TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 – […]
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The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival
6 – 10 September 2017
#cocreatePOETICA – all you need to know!
PLEASE NOTE: OUR PRINTED PROGRAMME IS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOOK LOUNGE!
We are delighted to be collaborating with #cocreateSA on the 2017 edition of #cocreatePOETICA.
The festival is packed full of poetry events that […]
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It’s that time of the year when we unveil the events we’ve spent so long working on! We hope you like it as much as we do.
To view the programme on our website, click here.
We know that many prefer to download the programme and we will have a PDF available for download in the very […]
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The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival
6 – 10 September 2017
Thank you to all who supported the Thundafund Campaign! If anyone meant to donate and missed the deadline, please do get in touch with us directly.
We are very happy to announce that we are again working with our headline […]
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The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre invite you to Open Book Festival
6 – 10 September 2017
LET THE READING BEGIN!
The first announcement of the year is always a big moment for us. Finally we can share our excitement with the public and conversations we have been having are suddenly so much bigger. We’re going to […]
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