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Monday 16 June
13h30 Children’s Zone
“Home Now” reading by Lesley Beake. Come and hear about Satara the
elephant. Ages 3-9.
13h30 Stand F15
Children, come and meet “Spot” and “Peter Rabbit” at the Penguin stand.
13h30 Stand J6
“Gogo, tell us a story! I love my Gogo and we do many wonderful things
together, like baking bread. What do you do with your Gogo?” Come and listen
to some of our stories! Shuter & Shooter.
14h00 Children’s Zone
Decorate a pair of long card trousers, inspired by “The Long Trousers” by
Maryanne Bester. Ages 5-8.
14h00 Room 1.42
“Killing the Bard” - one prescription at a time: Talk on Matric Setworks
- making the difficult choice: Shakespeare or a modern text.
Macmillan South Africa.
14h00 Room 1.43
“Cunning Linguists:” Dockside Prostitutes and their Mastery of Foreign
Tongues by Henry Trotter, author of “Sugar Girls and Seaman: A journey into
the World of Dockside Prostitution in South Africa.” Jacana Media.
14h00 Room 1.62
“Scared of numbers? Try reading!” Oxford University Press.
14h00 Room 1.63
“Sappi Tree Spotting Cape:” Including the Richtersveld, Kalahari and Karoo.
Tree identification made easy. Jacana Media.
14h00 Room1.41
Conference : ‘The literary comic in France and South Africa: beyond the
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confines of traditional genres’ by Anton Kannemeyer (Bitterkomix), Andy Mason
and Jean-Christophe Menu (L’Association). French Institute of South Africa.
14h00 Stand C19
“Empowering children to be themselves in Africa.” Join Longman for an
exploration of creative ways to deal with the challenges of growing up in
Africa, through the use of Sara comics, videos and stories.
Maskew Miller Longman.
14h00 Stand E7
Illustrator Samantha van Riet will be signing copies of her book, “Claude and
Millie.” Keida Children’s Books.
14h00 Stand F15
“Defending the Caveman” - Tim Plewman and his fabulous caveman suit
will entertain and delight with extracts from his book. Two Dogs.
14h00 Stand F15
Miffy arrives in Cape Town!- Meet Miffy the beloved bunny on Pan Macmillan
Stand.
14h00 Stand F5
Meet Steven Webb who will sign copies of his new best-selling book, “Ops
Medic: A National Serviceman’s Border War.” Galago Publishing.
14h00 Stand K15
“Precedent & Possibilities: The (ab)use of Law in South Africa.” Not a day
goes by in present South Africa when the role of law, the rule of law, the
independence of the judiciary, and the future of constitutional democracy is
not debated. Dennis Davis & Michelle Le Roux. Juta. Signing.
14h00 Stand P28
Join Ezra Chitando, author of “Living with Hope: African Church and HIV/AIDS
1,” and “Acting in Hope: African Churches and HIV/AIDS 2,” two books from
our Risk Book Series in 2007. World Council of Churches.