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Open Book 2018
Event 5–9 September 2018
Event photograph from the 2018 rendition of the Open Book festival on A4’s ground floor. At the front, attendees with raised hands. At the back, panelists pointing at attendees for feedback.
Event: Open Book 2018, September 5, 2018–September 9, 2018. Image courtesy of Bulumko Gana.
Title Open Book 2018 Dates 5–9 September 2018 Location Ground Floor Tagline Open Book is a festival of literature, poetry, ideas, and illustration held annually in Cape Town since 2011. Credits

Coordinator:
Frankie Murrey

Additional venues:
The Fugard Theatre
The Book Lounge
District Six Homecoming Centre
Central Library
Elsie’s River Library
Kuyasa Library

Open Book includes over 100 events featuring over 100 authors across five days and multiple venues.

A4 hosts the following Open Book events:

Wednesday 5 September
16.00–18.00 Writing from the Bone
18.00–19.00 Up to Task
20.00–21.00 Strength from others

Thursday 6 September
10.00–11.00 Mobility and the City
12.00–13.00 Activist Cities
14.00–15.00 Integration Syndicate
16.00–17.00 Migrants & (In)Visibility
16.00–18.00 Concertina Books
17.00–19.00 The Art of Collaboration
20.00–21.00 Who are you?
20.00–21.00 Comic Book Publishing

Friday 7 September
16.00– 18.00 Illustration & Narration
18.00–19.00 Living out my suitcase

Saturday 8 September
10.00–11.00 Young Voices in Performance
12.00–13.00 Poetry Matters
14.00–15.00 Inclusive Content Creation
16.00–17.00 Behind the scenes w Editor
16.00–17.00 A Poetic Conversation
18.00–19.30 Moving Pictures and Borders

Sunday 9 September
10.00–11.00 Poetry & the Past
12.00–13.00 The Power of Anthologies
14.00–15.00 First Editions
16.00–17.00 Moving Words (dance element)

Event photograph from the 2018 rendition of the Open Book festival on A4’s ground floor that depicts the Cencertina Books Workshop on A4’s top floor. At the front, attendees are seated along a table. At the back, Raphael Urwiller from Icinori.
Event: Raphael Urwiller and Mayumi Otero’s Concertina Books, Open Book 2018, September 6, 2018. Image courtesy of Bulumko Gana.
Event photograph from the 2018 rendition of the Open Book festival on A4’s ground floor. Zukiswa Wanner reads from her book 'Hardly Working'.
Event: Zukiswa Wanner reads from her book Hardly Working (2018), Open Book 2018, September 5, 2018–September 9, 2018. Image courtesy of Bulumko Gana.
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