The Open Book Festival will return to Cape Town on 7-11 September at the Fugard Theatre and the Book Lounge and promises to offer readers access to top authors.
Authors featured on the programme include Teju Cole, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ian Rankin, Lauren Beukes, Zapiro, Margie Orford, Mike Nicol, Anton Kannemeyer, Deon Meyer, Patrick de Witt, Adam Habib, Mongane Wally Serote, Andre Brink, Sindiwe Magona, Pumla Gqoza, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda and more.
For teens, international superstar, Michael Grant, author of Gone and The Magnificent 12 series, will join the audience while award-winning author and illustrator, Polly Dunbar will delight the little ones.
Returning and new sponsors are:
ABSA
British Council
Central Library
District Six Museum
Dutch Foundation for Literature
Equal Education
Fugard Theatre
Gordon Institute of Creative and Performing Arts
Highland Park
Institut Francais
Jonathan Ball Publishers
Leopard's Leap
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)
NB Publishers
Oxford University Press
Pan Macmillan
Penguin Books
Random House Struik
SAA
The Big Issue
Townhouse HotelFor more information, go to
www.openbookfestival.co.za or email Frankie Murrey
az.oc.lavitsefkoobnepo@eiknarf.
