Cape Town Book Fair

EVENTS

Saturday 31st July

Date: Saturday 31st July
Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: Poetry Café
Event: CREATING A HOME IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE
Authors: Anet Pienaar / Riana Scheepers
Description: South African renaissance woman Anet Pienaar talks about the
trials and tribulations of starting from scratch on foreign soil with writer Riana
Scheepers.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 10h00 – 11h00
Venue: Dalro Forum
Event: WOLE SOYINKA
Authors: Wole Soyinka
Description: Wole Soyinka will be in discussion with Becky Ayebia Clarke (his
publisher) about his memoir, You Must Set Forth at Dawn.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 11h00 – 12h00
Venue: Room 1.61
Event: CRIME: FACT OR FICTION
Authors: Deon Meyer / Margie Orford / Antony Altbeker / Andrew Brown
Description: In a country where violent crime is rampant, criminologist Antony
Altbeker and South Africa’s reigning king and queen of crime fiction Deon
Meyer and Margie Orford, discuss their different approaches to telling stories –
be it fact or fiction – with writer and police reservist Andrew Brown.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Room 1.61
Event: REAL LIFE SUPER MEN
Authors: Lewis Gordon Pugh / Braam Malherbe / Prof Tim Noakes
Description: Not only have Lewis Pugh and Braam Malherbe conquered world
firsts with their extreme athleticism, they’ve done it all for a cause – to save
our planet. Professor Tim Noakes discusses their triumphs – the preparation,
the journey and the discovery.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 15h00 – 16h00
Venue: Dalro Forum
Event: AFRICAN LOVE STORIES
Authors: Elinor Sisulu / Antjie Krog /Sindiwe Magona
Description: Publisher Becky Ayebia Clarke will be chatting to Elinor Sisulu,
Antjie Krog and Sindiwe Magona about her book African Love Stories.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 15h00 – 16h00
Venue: Room 1.61
Event: IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU COULDN’T MAKE THIS SHITE UP
Authors: Rian Malan / Antony Altbeker / Jonny Steinberg / Prof Paul Cilliers
Description: Professor Paul Cilliers leads a discussion with award winning local
authors Rian Malan, Jonny Steinberg and Antony Altbeker about writing in a
country where every day inspires stories the richness and complexity of which
couldn’t be imagined anywhere else.

Date: Saturday 31st July

Time: 15h00 – 16h00
Venue: Chef’s Theatre
Author: ANET PIENAAR
Event: FESTIVE FRANCE
Description: Anet Pienaar, bestselling author of Festive France and Feestelike
Frankryk, demonstrates quick and easy recipes from her book.

Sunday 1st August

Date: Sunday 1st August
Time: 11h00 – 12h00
Venue: Poetry Café
Event: THE RECURRING SUPER SLEUTH IN CRIME FICTION
Authors: Deon Meyer / Margie Orford / Michael Stanley / Mike Nicol
Description: Bennie Griessel, Dr Clare Hart and Detective Kubu are some of
the most popular sleuths on the local crime beat. Crime author Mike Nicol asks
their renowned creators Deon Meyer, Margie Orford and Michael Stanley why
this is so, and what it is about the genre that lends itself to the much loved
but flawed crime-buster.

Date: Sunday 1st August

Time: 13h00 – 14h00
Venue: Chef’s Theatre
Event: FROM THE GARDEN TO THE COOKING POT!
Author: JANE GRIFFITHS
Description: Jane Griffiths, bestselling author of Jane’s Delicious Garden,
demonstrates quick and easy recipes from her forthcoming cookbook Jane’s
Delicious Kitchen.

Date: Sunday 1st August

Time: 14h00 – 15h00
Venue: Dalro Forum
Event: JODI PICOULT AND THE BIRTH OF ISSUE-DRIVEN FICTION
Description: International sensation Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My
Sister’s Keeper and House Rules, chats to Samantha Page, editor of O
Magazine, about the increasing popularity of issue-driven fiction and how she
manages time and again to tap into the zeitgeist and deliver a number one
bestseller every time.

Date: Sunday 1st August

Time: 15h00 – 15h30
Venue: Stand H11a.
Author: JODI PICOULT
Description: Meet international bestselling author Jodi Picoult and get your
copies of her books signed.

Date: Sunday 1st August

Time: 15h00 – 16h00
Venue: Chef’s Theatre
Author: JANE GRIFFITHS
Event: FROM THE GARDEN TO THE COOKING POT!
Description: Jane Griffiths, bestselling author of Jane’s Delicious Garden,
demonstrates quick and easy recipes from her forthcoming cookbook Jane’s
Delicious Kitchen.