Open Book Festival Live Recordings

Open Book Festival Live Recordings

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Open Book Festival Live Recordings episodes

  • OBF2022: Director's Cut

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Andrew Brown, Qarnita Loxton and Onke Mazibuko chat all things book related with Festival Director, Mervyn Sloman.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 7 min
  • OBF2022: Women and the Media

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Caryn Dolley, Karyn Maughan and Refilwe Moloto talk to Rebecca Davis about the specific challenges facing female journalists

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr
  • OBF2022: Memoir and the Missing Past

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Gertrude Fester, Bulelwa Mabasa and Herman Lategan speak to Max du Preez about journeying back to document gaps in search of healing.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 3 min
  • OBF2022: Mothers and Daughters

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pulane Mpondo, Yewande Omotoso and Margie Orford unpick mother-daughter relationships in the company of Joy Watson.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 1 min
  • OBF2022: The Outsiders

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Onke Mazibuko, Lethokuhle Msimang and Terry-Ann Adams speak to Mohale Mashigo about disconnected characters

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 1 min
  • OBF2022: Watching the Detectives

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Ben Booysen, Rofhiwa Maneta and Jeremy Vearey speak to Caryn Dolley about good policing in a bad world.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 1 min
  • OBF2022: Collective Anxiety

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Nicky Falkof and Melinda Ferguson speak to Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela about the impact of fear on their own and their characters' lives.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.


    1 hr 7 min
  • OBF2022: Natural Entanglements

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Khalied Jacobs, Bulelwa Mabasa and Chase Rhys speak to Leonie Joubert about the connections and disconnections between humans and their environment.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 1 min
  • OBF2022: Legal Activism

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Sean Davison (assisted suicide), Joy Watson (GBV) and Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon (urban housing) speak to Bronwyn Pithey about using the courts as tools for transforming our society.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 3 min
  • OBF2022: Power of Cults

    This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Ben Booysen, Mlilo Mpondo, Erika Bornman talk to Nicky Falkof about secret societies and isolation.

    This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

    1 hr 6 min

About Open Book Festival Live Recordings

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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.

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