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At Open Book, we believe that nurturing young voices and fostering a love of reading among youth is crucial for our society’s future. Through storytelling, young people develop not just literacy skills, but also empathy, [...]

Hani du Toit is a poet, a painter, a ceramic artist, and mother of three young adults. She is also an Inclusion specialist, Conversational Intelligence Coach, a LEGO® Serious Play® Facilitator and published author of [...]

Clotilde Angelucci aka Clo is the Communication and Network Lead at Youth Capital. Originally from Italy, Clotilde is an advocate for socio-economic justice. She drives campaigns that shift narratives and push for policy change to [...]

Nape Senong the Mobiliser Strategist at Youth Capital, an advocacy campaign focused on policy change to solve youth unemployment. With a background in Anthropology and Development Studies, Nape is passionate about driving social change through [...]

Sibabalwe Nobandla aka Siba is the Multimedia Content Creator for Youth Capital, producing impactful content to tackle youth unemployment and empower young people in South Africa. A passionate advocate for inclusivity, they strive to create [...]

Rozelle Meyer is a South African Native children’s story teller who focuses on the well-being of children through nature immersion and the elementals, to strengthen their core and care for their immediate outdoor environment through [...]

Salamina Mosese has over 22 years of experience in media and entertainment as an actress, MC, TV host and film producer. She has a BA degree in Corporate Communications from UJ and a post grad [...]

Kirsty Jean was born in a remote part of Zimbabwe and spent her early years living in a fishing village on the shores of Lake Kariba. Here she experienced the untouched wilderness of the Zimbabwean [...]

With a career spanning over 20 years in media and advertising, Makhosazana De Wette Dludla established a reputation for driving revenue, forging strong client relationships, and developing impactful strategies for leading brands as an Account [...]

South African by birth, Meridian Berndt, grew up in a family of artists, activists and storytellers. After receiving her degree in Environmental Science and Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town, she left the [...]

We’re excited to announce the launch of a brand new initiative – Open Book Online! This series will bring you regular doses of literary conversation and content in the lead-up to our main Open Book Festival in [...]

Tyler Pike is a Kommetjie based comic artist, illustrator and live caricaturist at events. He used to doodle in his exercise books a lot instead of paying attention in Maths class. The first comic that he [...]

Dani Kyengo O’Neill (b. Johannesburg) is a Kenyan-South African filmmaker, composer, and artist working through sonic and film-based archiving,storytelling and world-building. Their practice brings together the lens, choreography and sonic composition, with performance and dialogues [...]

Mark your calendars! Open Book returns to the HCC: Homecoming Centre from 6 – 8 September. Have a look at our spectacular lineup of participants.We’re thrilled to announce an exceptional lineup that showcases a mix [...]

Dr. Wanelisa Xaba is a decolonial thinker, storyteller and researcher from `kwaLanga in Cape Town. 18 years ago, Dr. Wanelisa Xaba engaged policy makers and the government regarding intervention for orphaned and vulnerable children as [...]

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Jennifer Stern is a multi-published non-fiction writer. She writes mostly about travel, food, culture and coffee, and A big Hand for the Spirits is her first foray into fiction. Not surprisingly, it draws heavily on [...]

As aBantu chorUS, we do what we’ve always done: we sing together as a people to make sense of all that we face, both what we welcome and what we struggle to accept.We are the [...]

Thandiwe Mtshengu was born in the Eastern Cape. Her love for reading and books was instilled by her late grandmother at a very young age. There were no public libraries but her grandmother would get [...]

Amrita Pande is Professor of Sociology at University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research lies at the intersection of gender, globalisation and the intimate, with a focus on transnational reproduction, repro-genetic technologies, and multimodal [...]