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Press Release:
For immediate release
Jacana Jamboreeat the Cape Town Book Fair
Jacana Media takes the Book Fair to Town!
Jacana Media will be infusing the streets of Cape Town with Book
Fair spirit this year.
With a series of exciting events, Jacana authors and others will
be turning the literaryscene into an across-the-city
spectacular.
From Societi Bistro to the Labia, The Book Lounge, Stark Ayres
Nursery, Lobby Books
and the Michael Stevenson Gallery, to Iziko, the Mount Nelson
and even a literary party
bus, Jacanas scintillating events will be bringing the city to
life with literature.
Look out for Cannibal Ogres, Mock Europeans, Faux Tintins and
the Hovering
Showerhead, the EU Literary Award ceremony, Grande Dames of the
Garden, South
African Writing Now, a cartooning master class and the Satire
Supper as some of the
highlights of the 23 events on the programme.
The Jacana Jamboree presents
Zapiro, Andy Mason, Anton Kannemeyer, Stephen Francis &Rico
(Madam & Eve), Damon Galgut, Jodi Bieber, Ismail Farouk,
Sue
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Williamson, Patricia Schonstein, Prof. Raymond Suttner,
Ronnie
Kasrils, Una van der Spuy, Pat Featherstone, Marianne Thamm,
Christine Stevens,
Kopano Matlwa, Eric Miyeni, Fred Khumalo, Zinaid Meeran,
RosieKendall, Ndumiso Ngcobo, Andie Miller, Margaret Wasserfall,
Nathan Geffen,
Richard Calland, Judith February, Dr. Fanie du Toit, Maryanne
and Shayle Bester,
Ronnie Govender, Kathy Coates, John Ledger, Peter Steyn, Trevor
Carnaby,Shem Compion, Prof. Edgar Pieterse, Jonathan Nkala, Jeremy
Nell, Brandan
Reynolds,Dr. Steven Dubin, Gus Ferguson, Riason Naidoo, Karen
Press,Andrew Lamprecht, Marcus Low, Nombulelo Baba, Christina
Scott, Adele Baleta,
Dr. George Claassen, Chip Snaddon, John Curtis, Stacey Stent,
Helen
Moffett, Gavin Thomson, Carole Bloch, Dave Gomersal, Pamela
Maseko, Niki
Daly, Arabella Koopman.
Meet them, mingle with them, dine, talk, walk, drink, party and
laugh with some of the
most exciting personalities in the South African literary
scene.
WARNING: Attending the events on the attached Jacana Jamboree
programme may leadto:
Elevated heart-rates
Sporadic shivers of excitement
Spurning of intimate dinners with partners
Neglect of household chores
Shameless name-dropping
Programme available on www.jacana.co.za.
Booking through Strictly Tickets unless otherwise
stipulated.
The Jamboree is part of an ongoing partnership between Jacana
Media, The Book Lounge
and the Cape Times and 10% of all book sales at all the events
will go to Equal
Education. At all events, please bring high quality childrens
and young adults books, in
good condition, to donate to Equal Educations book drive for
school libraries.
Look out for Custom Publishing events on the Jamboree
programme.
The wine for all events has kindly been sponsored by Leopards
Leap Wines.
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