In this episode, Zubayr Charles, Preven Reddy and Wesley Roodt speak to Riley Herbert-Henry about creating space for vulnerability for both reader and writer.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this episode Dan Corder, Caryn Dolley and Tara Roos speak to Karabo Rajuili about political activism, the current state of South Africa, and finding credible news sources.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival in partnership with Cornerstone Institute.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Noma Tsheleza facilitates an interactive conversation with Michelle Myeko Kekana, the author of The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Wale Lawal, Athambile Masola and Moray Rhoda speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about meaning making in the age of AI.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Veruska De Vita, Traci Kwaai and Malika Ndlovu speak to Zolani Mahola about the work of reclaiming ancestral and intimate connections to our rivers and oceans.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Sven Axelrad, Lebo Mazibuko and Ntombifuthi Nkabinde speak to Lufefe Boss about working through the trauma left by problematic parents.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event, Foluso Agbaje, Rémy Ngamije and Sarah Uheida speak to Erin Bates about journeying with grief.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event, Maneo Mohale speaks to literary icon, Tsitsi Dangarembga, about bearing witness to complex states of Black girlhood in her powerful world-bending Tambudzai and Nyasha trilogy (Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not, This Mournable Body).
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival was made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Foluso Agbaje, Pumla Dineo Gqola, Goretti Kyomuhendo and Athambile Masola speak to Mbali Sikakana about writing feminist histories, and filling in the gaps in the official archives.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
In this event Siphokazi Jonas and Vusumzi Ngxande speak to Vuyo Koyana about reclaiming a spiritual inheritance and returning to the heart/core of Isintu.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2025 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.
