Packed event programme is brimming with contentious topics facing South Africa today Johannesburg, South Africa (30 July 2018) – The 2018 South African Book Fair, which will run from 7 to 9 September at Johannesburg’s Newtown Cultural Precinct, will present a diverse programme of topics and activities for visitors from all walks of life. The…
DetailsStories are part of the culture and wealth of our communities. They have the power to teach, inspire, excite, connect and soothe. We see stories come alive as we share them every day on train platforms, in taxis, in church, in class or round a fire at night. We all have stories to tell. This…
DetailsSharing #OURSTORIES has a uniquely unifying purpose. Visit the South African Book Fair in September to share and celebrate #OURSTORIES and those of our continent! Schools Programme – Friday 7 September 2018 The National Book Week Magic Tent offers words and sights that will delight your senses. Watch a fun theatrical production. Experience our exciting…
DetailsThe South African Book Fair 2018, as its celebrates #OURSTORIES on the page, mic and stage, invites audiences to engage in a feast of intergenerational voices in our indigenous languages. Our Keorapetse Kgositsile Poetry Café* is a pop-up poetry platform with a series of four sessions on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th September, where you…
DetailsThe SABF is a unique opportunity for players within the book-publishing sector to showcase published works of interest to a broader demographic; and to assess the needs of new market segments. We are excited to have Oxford University Press, Real African Publishers, Via Afrika and the University of Cape Town (UCT) Press already committed to…
DetailsIn 2017 the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) took over the national Book Fair from the Publishers’ Association of South Africa. The SABDC’s mandate is to grow and develop South Africa’s book industry; and to reposition the South African Book Fair (SABF), which had previously served a traditional, established market, as a Fair that…
DetailsReading empowers The National Library of South Africa’s Centre for the Book in partnership with the Western Cape Library Service and City of Cape Town is celebrating World Book Day with a door to door reading programme visiting seven primary schools where celebrations will include readings and the donation of books. World Book Day is…
DetailsVia Afrika in association with the NRF Chair in African languages and African Language Association of South Africa are offering authors who have never been published before and are writing in a previously under-published language (IsiNdebele, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, SiSwati, Xitsonga, Tshivenda, IsiZulu, IsiXhosa and South African First Nation Languages) an opportunity to have assistance…
DetailsThe South African Book Development Council congratulates Cyril Ramaphosa on being sworn in as the President of the Republic of South Africa. We were honoured to have the President visit the South African Book Fair in 2017 in his capacity as Deputy President. We look forward to continued work with the President to increase access…
DetailsIn 2017, the South African Book Development Council, in association with the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Seta, implemented a re-imagined National Book Fair. Seated within National Book Week, the Fair facilitated the telling of a multitude of South African stories. We thank industry players who attended the 2017 Fair for the generous feedback they provided,…
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