The Book Lounge and the Fugard Theatre have announced the fifth edition of the Open Book Festival, and have released the names of the 82 local and 20 international participants confirmed so far.
The year’s Open Book will take place from 9-13 September in Cape Town. Venues include The Fugard Theatre, Homecoming Centre, Cape Town Central Library and The Book Lounge.
Mervyn Sloman, festival director, says: “We’re thrilled to announce a fantastic line-up for the fifth edition of Open Book. Festival goers have a wealth of stimulating and entertaining experiences to look forward to. South African writers will be sharing the stage with authors from Congo, Denmark, France, Kenya, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA and Zimbabwe.
“We’re in the process of finalising the events that make up the festival and the programme will be available at the beginning of August.”
Tickets will be available from early August.
Note: The list of participants below is not final
Confirmed South African authors:
Lien Botha
Mary Burton
Kay Carmichael
Justin Cartwright
Toast Coetzer
Raphael D’Abdon
ZP Dala
Rebecca Davis
Melissa de Villiers
Jean de Wet
Khaya Dlanga
Jonty Driver
Genna Gardini
Pumla Gqola
Vernon RL Head
Cat Hellisen
Joey Hi-Fi
Derrick Higginbotham
Craig Higginson
Perfect Hlongwane
Nic Hoekstra
Daniel Hugo
Gerhard Human
John Hunt
Anton Kannemeyer
Antjie Krog
Zelda la Grange
Debbie Loots
Danelle Malan
Anthony Marshall-Smith
David McLennan
Deon Meyer
Andrew Miller
Paul Mills
Zimkitha Mlanzeli
Tauriq Moosa
Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho
SJ Naudé
Chris Nicholson
Su Opperman
Mathews Phosa
PJ Powers
Shirmoney Rhode
Claire Robertson
Rehana Rossouw
Beverly Rycroft
Andrew Salomon
Stephen Segerman
Katleho Shoro
Dana Snyman
Jonny Steinberg
Martin Steyn
Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Fred Strydom
Onkgopotse JJ Tabane
Nathan Trantraal
Marlene van Niekerk
Rudie van Rensberg
Alex van Tonder
Anja Venter
Mandy J Watson
Mark Winkler
International authors:
Marc Boutavant (France)
Shereen El Feki (UK)
Karen Joy Fowler (USA)
Patrick Gale (UK)
Petina Gappah (Zimbabwe)
Masha Gessen (Russia)
Saskia Goldschmidt (Netherlands)
Andrey Kurkov (Ukraine)
Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
Helen Macdonald (UK)
Jakob Melander (Denmark)
Neel Mukherjee (UK)
Okey Ndibe (Nigeria)
Andreas Norman (Sweden)
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (Kenya)
Chris Riddell (UK)
Asne Seierstad (Norway)
Laura van den berg (USA)
RA Villanueva (USA)
Svante Weyler (Sweden)
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