Cape Town Book Fair: Festival “Fringe” at Baobab Books
Julie Aitchison, proprietor of Baobab Books in Long Street, has organised a “fringe” evening for the Cape Town Book Fair, on Saturday 17 June.
(That’s the night of the Sunday Times Book Awards banquet - if you don’t have an invitation, Baobab makes a good alternative.)
Signed copies of various Book Fair books will be on sale in her shop, and the following events have been confirmed:
- 6.30 pm CHRIS MANN: Lifelines, a multi-media presentation of art, graphics, poetry and sung lyrics by the “ad hominem” Professor of Poetry at Rhodes University. (Lifelines’ graphics and scientific commentary by Julia Skeen and Adrian Craig, respectively.)
- 7.45 pm DENNIS BRUTUS: the renowned poet and activist, who is visiting Cape Town for the Book Fair, will launch and discuss the new book about him, Poetry and Protest, edited by Lee Sustar and Aisha Karim.
Julie will lay on complimentary wine for both events, and there will also be a cash bar. She may sponsor another “fringe” event for the next evening, too.
Baobab Books
Baobab Mall
210 Long Street (opp. The Dubliner at Kennedy’s) | Map
+27 (0) 21 422 3894
