Open Book Festival

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📷 This week's powerful #OBF2024 episodes feature intimate conversations and critical discussions: 21 JAN: Up Close with Maneo 23 JAN: Everyday Violence Watch on our YouTube channel or listen via our website. @openbookfestival7744" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@openbookfesti… openbookfestival.co.za/podcasts/

Your weekly dose of Open Book Festival content has arrived! 14 Jan: Chosen Family 15 Jan: Understanding Exile 16 Jan: Writing Sisters Links below @openbookfestival7744" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@openbookfesti… openbookfestival.co.za/podcasts/

We're back & kicking off 2025 with more powerful conversations from #OBF2024! 7 JAN: Navigating Religious Trauma 9 JAN: Queer Freedom Both episodes are out now! Catch up previous episodes on our YouTube channel or on our website. openbookfestival.co.za/podcasts/ @openbookfestival7744" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@openbookfesti…

Final #OBF2024 episodes before the festive break! Today: Patriarchy & Desire 12 Dec: Living Dystopian Realities We'll be back in January with more thought-provoking discussions from #OBF2024. Stay tuned! youtu.be/moqt6OQE_Og?si…

Introducing Open Book Online! Regular doses of conversations that offer a little taste of what makes the Festival special. First up, the launch of the latest CITYSCAPES magazine. In partnership with @book_lounge and @UrbanAfricaACC youtu.be/nczhYEgbFCE?si… via @YouTube

📷 Another three episodes drop this week! Today: Trust Issues Thu: The Archive of the Everyday Fri: The Dispossessed 📷 Tune in on YouTube or listen our website and all major podcasting platforms. #OBF2024 #OpenBookFestival #CapeTown #SouthAfricanLiterature #LiteraryPodcast

This week, dive into two powerful episodes from #OBF2024, in partnership with African Literary Cities! Today: Reading the Streets 28 Nov: Cities of Trauma Watch on YouTube or stream via our website. #OBF2024 #OpenBookFestival #CapeTown #LiteraryTalks #AfricanLiteraryCities

Fresh from #OBF2024! Three unmissable episodes dropping this week: Today: Family & Forgiveness Thu 21 Nov: Listening Party | Koleka Putuma Fri 22 Nov: Uncontrollable Bodies Watch on YouTube (@OpenBookFestival7744) or listen via on our website #OBF2024 #OpenBookFestival #CapeTown

New #OBF2024 episodes dropping! Starting today with Colonialism & Fracture Coming Thursday: The Absent & The Present Watch via YouTube or listen on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts #OpenBookFestival #CapeTown #LiteraryTalks #SouthAfricanLiterature #LiteraryPodcast

🎥 New #OBF2024 content alert! Starting with today’s fascinating discussion Love & Other Toxins! Coming up: 🗓️7 Nov: Bringing Up Feminist Boys 🗓️ 8 Nov: Class Acts 🎧 Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Links in bio 🔗 #OBF2024

This week’s #OBF2024 releases explore identity, politics & spirituality through two fascinating conversations: 29 Oct: The Personal as Political 31 Oct: Queerness & the Divine Watch the videos on our YouTube channel or listen wherever you access your podcasts. #OpenBookFestival

Last month, @OpenBookFest welcomed book lovers to Cape Town for three days of literary events! 📖 Featuring authors like @thedamilarekuku, @MargieOrford, Lesedi Molefi, Hedley Twidle, and many more, the event was a huge success! Check out photos here 👇 brittlepaper.com/2024/10/see-th…

Your weekly dose of Open Book Festival content has arrived! This week, dive into three powerful conversations: 22 Oct: Stories to Save Lives 24 Oct: Feminist Imaginings 25 Oct: Poetry as Medicine Watch on our YouTube channel or listen wherever you access your podcasts. #OBF2024

Relive the magic of #OBF2024 with our weekly video and podcast releases! Watch the videos on our YouTube channel or listen wherever you access your podcasts. Our first episode, Finding Ways to Talk, is available now! openbookfestival.co.za/podcast/obf202… #OBF2024 #OpenBookFestival

Mark your calendars! Dates for Open Book Festival 2025 are now confirmed! Save the date and start planning your experience now.

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Relive the magic of #OBF2024 with these 6 captivating conversations, recorded at the festival: Mervyn Sloman Niq Mhlongo Qarnita Loxton Lesedi Molefi Gothataone Moeng Shubnum Khan Listen here: iono.fm/c/6623 #OpenBookFestival #AuthorTalks #BookLovers

@hamza_koudri It was our pleasure! Thank you for making the journey and joining us!

Thank you, @OpenBookFest , for embracing me as an African and celebrating me as an author. Coming to 🇿🇦with Sand Roses felt like taking it to a second home thanks to the Island Prize! Special thanks to Frankie, Mervyn and Karena who helped bring Sand Roses to South Africa.