Events All the gems of the Franschhoek Literary Festival

See the festival programme for all you can taste, hear, learn and experience this year in the beautiful Western Cape ...

News Open Book Festival presents Workshop Week
News 'A warm hug from an old friend': expat back in South Africa to launch book on emigration
Non-Fiction EXTRACT | ‘Show Me the Place’ by Hedley Twidle
Non-Fiction LISTEN | Hedley Twidle and Mila de Villiers discuss ‘Show Me the Place’
Books Post-apartheid panorama: 30 years of Sunday Times Literary Awards non-fiction winners
Fiction Matthew Blake's debut novel ‘Anna O’ is superbly twisty
Fiction Did you know this about Zibu Sithole?
Fiction A whodunnit where no-one really cares
Non-Fiction Alexandria Proctor on penning ‘Upstart’
Fiction Shaun Lunga reviews ‘The Thing with Zola’
Insight Celebrating cities as spaces of diversity and dynamism
Fiction When storm clouds gather
Insight SIPHIWO MAHALA | K Sello Duiker: a trailblazer in post-apartheid SA literature
News 2024 International Booker Prize shortlist announced
Non-Fiction LISTEN | Margie Orford and Barbara Boswell discuss 'Love and Fury'
Non-Fiction Review of ‘The Rest is History’ — an intriguing insight into the past
Fiction ‘The Storm We Made’ — A thrilling encounter that changes history
Non-Fiction Interview with best-selling author of 'The Heat Will Kill You First'
Books EXTRACT | ‘The Man in the Mirror’ by Charles Koopman — gives a peek into the world around us
Non-Fiction EXTRACT | 'Hunting with the Hawks' by Graham Coetzer
Books INTERVIEW | Nita Prose: taking readers on a journey that ends in hope
Lifestyle Daft and dangerous: ‘Herc’ explores the emotional labour in loving a hero
Books Jacket Notes | 'Unequivocal' by Jaco van Gass