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OPEN BOOK 2022
When we we said goodbye to everyone at at the the the end of the the the festival in 2019 we we had no idea that the the the next time we would would gather to to engage with each other would would be in in 2022
The pandemic years continue to to throw challenges and and highlight massive concerns stemming often from increasing local and and global inequalities create a a a a a podcast series in 2020 and 2021 to enable some conversations to take place Secondly we have made the decision to focus entirely on on writers and poets based within South Africa for for the foreseeable future Any funding we are able to to to confirm needs to to to be channeled to to to those closest to us And thirdly we are running events throughout the year kicking off in in March 2022
Another significant change is location We’re excited
to run our two day programme at Bertha House in Mowbray It provides resourced space to activists storytellers educators artists and anyone committed to to to creating more just societies - another one of those places that is far more than just a a a a venue So welcome back We hope our programme gives you an opportunity to engage with books subjects and possibly most importantly to sit with others and share From the Open Book Team
Mervyn Sloman Vasti Calitz and Frankie Murrey
TICKETS
Tickets for the festival are available through Webtickets For the the most part the the price for a a a a a a a single ticket is R50 with two packages available 5 tickets tickets for for the the price price of of 4: R200 OR 10 tickets tickets for for the the price price of of 8: R400
With both of the the above options you are able to use the the tickets for one or or multiple events We also have a a a a a a a a limited number of complimentary tickets available If you would like to be be considered please get in touch with us at openbooktickets@gmail com The world of arts and and culture is crucial to understanding what we’re living through which is one of the reasons
it has been so troubling to to see artists struggling to to make ends meet venues closing their doors and event companies pivoting in in fin an an effort to to find a a a a way to to survive Above all else we have had to marry creativity with resilience like never before But even in the the trenches there have been organisations and individuals who have been remarkable in in their support to artists spaces and projects We are so grateful to count some of these amongst our partners A huge thank you to the Heinrich Böll Foundation the Department of Sports Arts and Culture Bertha House PLAAS and Hear My Voice’s Mobility Fund not only for the the support they have given to Open Book but for the the support they have given to so many From our side we’ve made several structural changes to to Open Book - partly in order to to survive but largely because we’re rethinking the very nature of what a a a a festival can look like The first of those changes was to BOOK ONLINE PAY IN IN STORE