Open Book Festival Live Recordings

In this episode, Red Wheelbarrow presents a powerful lineup of not-to-be-missed poets.
Performances by vangile gantsho, Siphokazi Jonas, Keith Oliver Lewis, Naidene Lottering, Athambile Masola, and Thalente Ndlovu.
Hosted by Lisa Julie and Jacques Coetzee.
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.

In this episode, Krystle Zara Appiah, Pumla Dineo Gqola and Sue Nyathi spoke to host with the most, Mohale Mashigo about love and loneliness in a world on fire.

This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.

The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.

In this episode, Noma Tsheleza facilitated an interactive conversation with Lebogang Matseke about her debut fantasy novel 'Death Rattle'.

This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.

The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.

In this episode, Megan Choritz, Mphuthumi Ntabeni and Jean-Paul Willemse spoke to Stevlyn Vermeulen about how their different novels are a product of our history.
Open Book Festival is an annual literary event in Cape Town featuring panelists from all over the writing and publishing spheres. It is a place where writers and audiences are brought together and meaningful discussions are made possible.

This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.
The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.

In this episode, I.O. Echeruo, John Hunt and Keely Shinners speak to Kelly-Eve Koopman about their novels that blur boundaries between the familiar and the speculative.

Open Book Festival is an annual literary event in Cape Town featuring panelists from all over the writing and publishing spheres. It is a place where writers and audiences are brought together and meaningful discussions are made possible.

This is a recording of a live event that took place at the September 2026 edition of the Open Book Festival.

The festival is made possible by the support of the City of Cape Town, the Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Wheatfield Estate Foundation Trust.