Open Book Podcast

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Recordings of live events from the Open Book Festival, a literary festival that takes place in Cape Town each year.... more

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The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.

Open Book Podcast episodes:

November 27, 2024 OBF2024: Cities of Trauma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Karen Jennings, Alistair Mackay and Niq Mhlongo speak to Athambile Masola about the intersection of urban spaces and characters' lived experiences. Presented by African Literary Cities.
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.

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1h 5min
November 26, 2024 OBF2024: Reading the Streets
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book
Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Gothataone Moeng and Ivan
Vladislavić speak to Amrita Pande about vulnerability, safety and meaning in the city.
Presented by African Literary Cities.
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

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1h 4min
November 22, 2024 OBF2024: Uncontrollable Bodies
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this conversation, Busisekile Khumalo, Siya Khumalo and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu speak to Amogelang Maledu about subversive 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.
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1h 2min
November 20, 2024 OBF2024: Listening Party | Koleka Putuma
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
A sonic conversation with Koleka Putuma and Dani Kyengo O'Neill.
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.

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1h 7min
November 19, 2024 OBF2024: Family and Forgiveness
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Michèle Betty and Damilare Kuku speak to Sue Nyamnjoh about paths to acceptance.
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.
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58min
November 14, 2024 OBF2024: The Absent and the Present
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this discussion, Charmaine Africa, Alistair Mackay and Thobeka Yose speak to Lester Kiewit about writing fathers.
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.
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1h 5min
November 12, 2024 OBF2024: Class Acts
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Nicky Greenwall, Alistair Mackay and Zibu Sithole discuss writing privilege in their entertaining novels in the company of CA Davids.
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.
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1h 2min
November 12, 2024 OBF2024: Colonialism and Fracture
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Siphokazi Jonas, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and Lebogang Seale speak to Mapule Mohulatsi about rebuilding the past to make sense of the present.
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.
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1h 4min
November 05, 2024 OBF2024: Love and Other Toxins
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024.
In this discussion, Sven Axelrad, Shubnum Khan and Alex Latimer speak to Dela Gwala about the many faces of love. 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.
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1h 1min
November 01, 2024 OBF2024: Queerness and the Divine
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2024. In this event, Ohene Yaw Ampofo-Anti, Siya Khumalo, Maneo Mohale and Eloghosa Osunde speak to Lwando Scott about acts of reimagination.
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.
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1h 29min

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