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Sunday 15 June
developments; as well as 100 years of UP authors. All alumni and other
interested members of the public are invited to join us at our stand.
11h00 Stand Q16
Isis X Exhibition Space - Keeping it short. Join us for a discussion on
short fiction with Jane Bennett, whose collection of short-stories titled
“Porcupine,” has just been published by Kwela, Liesl Jobson, who will be
launching her collection of short fiction, “100 Papers” (Botsotso), at the Book
Fair, Motjidibane Bapela, poet and short-story writer, Arja Salafranca, poet
and short-story writer and journalist, and Allan Kolski Horwitz, whose latest
short-story collection was “Un/common Ground” and whose latest is to be
launched at the Book Fair. Launches: “100 Papers” - Liesl Jobson; “Out of
the Wreckage” - Alan Kolski Horwitz - Botsoto Publishing.
11h15 Stand F5
Meet best-selling author Peter Stiff who will sign copies and explain how he
came to write his best-selling trilogy on South Africa’s secret warfare , “The
Silent War: South African Recce Operations 1968-1994,” “Warfare by Other
Means: South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s” and “The Covert War: Koevoet
Operations in Namibia 1979-1989.” Galago Publishing.
11h30 Children’s Zone
“The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch” read by Gilly Southwood.
Ages 6-12.
11h30 Stand E2
Come and have your photo taken with Miffy. Exclusive Books.
11h30 Stand F15
“Reptiles” - An informative talk by well known author Johan Marais on
the subject of snakes and reptiles, with live reptiles on the stand.
Struik Publishers.
12h00 Children’s Zone
“Make your own Tiara,” inspired by “The Paperbag Princess” by Robert
Munch. Ages 6-9.
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12h00 Room 1.41
“Have you always wanted to write a book?” Louise Grantham, Publisher at
Penguin Books, talks about what it takes to publish successfully in South
Africa. Penguin Books.
12h00 Room 1.43
“Is the Scalpel Sharper than the Pen - Do Doctors make Better Writers?”
A discussion with Ben Williams, editor of www.book.co.za, Kopano Matlwa,
author of “Coconut” and Rosie Kendal, author of “Karma Suture.”
Jacana Media.
12h00 Room 1.61
“Scared of numbers? Try reading!” Oxford University Press.
12h00 Room 1.62
“De/Composing Apartheid” - Popular music culture in South Africa with Fred
de Vries and Grant Olwage. Wits University Press.
12h00 Room 1.63
“Hanging in the balance: was it just?” Chris Marnewick, author of
“Shepherds & Butchers,” and Leon Wessels in conversation with Dennis
Davis about the death penalty. Umuzi.
12h00 Stand C19
The Longman Exams Dictionary – Find out how the Longman Exams
Dictionary can improve your exam results. Maskew Miller Longman.
12h00 Stand F15
Gruffalo puzzle competition. Come and build a Gruffalo puzzle and stand a
chance of winning a Gruffalo toy. Pan Macmillan.
12h00 Stand F15
Meet Kathryn White, author of “Emily Green and Me”, and Alex Smith, author
of “Algeria’s Way”. Umuzi.