Cape Town Book Fair
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Announcement
Posted: Sep 16, 2011
After its inception in 2005, Cape Town Book Fair grew rapidly to become the premier book fair in Sub-Saharan Africa. At its peak it attracted 57000 visitors and 364 exhibitors from 34 countries. Cape Town Book Fair has become the best venue for South-South co-operation for exhibitors from Sub-Sahara See full article

 

Cape Town Book Fair in new format 2012
Posted: Jan 24, 2011
The Cape Town Book Fair organisers announce that the Cape Town Book Fair will not be staged in 2011 See full article

 

Publishers Invitation Programme
Posted: Aug 6, 2010
The Cape Town Book Fair wants to provide foreign as well as South African participants with the option to work with the whole of Sub Saharan Africa. See full article

 

“Pleased” exhibitors promise to return to book fair
Posted: Aug 2, 2010
Exhibitors pronounced the Cape Town Book Fair a great success on the closing day of the fair yesterday. See full article

 

Highlights of day two of the public fair
Posted: Aug 1, 2010
High-profile writers and social commentators including Dr Mamphele Ramphele, cartoonist Zapiro and Chris van Wyk enthralled book lovers today at the Cape Town Book Fair. See full article

 

Heard at the fair
Posted: Aug 1, 2010
Cartoonist Zapiro had a packed lecture theatre in stitches during a rollercoaster cartoon sports commentary that took in events from the 1995 Springbok World Cup victory, to the 2010 World Cup See full article

 

South Africa needs
Posted: Jul 31, 2010
South Africa needs a "people's history", telling the stories of ordinary South Africans, said former education minister and ANC stalwart Kadar Asmal. See full article

 

Soyinka recommends books to “soothe” the soccer-frenzied
Posted: Jul 31, 2010
The Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) offers a "soothing" antidote to World Cup soccer madness, said literature laureate Prof Wole Soyinka at the CTBF yesterday. See full article

 

Evita roasts pork and politicians
Posted: Jul 31, 2010
There are no mistakes in cooking, says Evita Bezuidenhout today in a cooking demonstration at the Cape Town Book Fair. See full article

 

Book Fair trade day a huge success
Posted: Jul 31, 2010
The Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF)'s first trade day was a roaring success, and gave a boost to networking with the book industry in Africa, say the fair organisers. See full article

 

Book fair launches learning havens
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
Yesterday Lwando October (15), of Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha, needed pictures for a school project. See full article

 

Opportunities abound for shrewd African publishers
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
The African publishing industry is extremely tough, but business opportunities abound for shrewd publishers who are interested in buying and selling rights. See full article

 

World launch of Desmond Tutu's illustrated children's Bible
Posted: Jul 30, 2010
Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu launched his new illustrated Children's Bible at the Cape Town Book Fair today... See full article

 

Get sizzling, touching, reading and connected at the Cape Town Book Fair
Posted: Jul 28, 2010
Innovations abound at this year’s Cape Town Book Fair! CTBF is proud to introduce the Pick ’n Pay Chef’s Theatre... See full article

 

Cape Town Book Fair joins Mount Nelson for Literary Salon Series
Posted: Jul 25, 2010
The Mount Nelson Hotel in conjunction with the Cape Town Book Fair will be hosting three world famous authors during the Mount Nelson Hotel Literary Salon Series during the Cape Town Book Fair. See full article

 

Events Notice
Posted: Jul 23, 2010
This notice applies to events held in the following venues (1st Floor of the Convention Centre):Room 1.41 - Room 1.42 - Rooms 1.43 – 1.44 - Room 1.61 - Room 1.62 - Rooms 1.63 - 1.64 See full article

 

Cape Town Book Fair offers discount to book store loyalty club members
Posted: Jul 15, 2010
The Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) will offer visitors with book shop loyalty programme cards a 50% discount on the entry fee. See full article

 

Cape Town Book Fair authors to tempt your appetite
Posted: Jul 10, 2010
The fifth annual Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) is preparing to serve up a smorgasbord of literary treats when it opens to the public on 31 July 2010. This year Professor Wole Soyinka will be at the CTBF he will be speaking about his new memoir "You Must Set Forth at Dawn" published by Ayebia. This See full article

 

Grant offers small publishers a chance to attend Cape Town Book Fair
Posted: Jul 7, 2010
The Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) has secured grants from the MAPPP-Seta and the Department of Arts and Culture which will enable small publishers to attend the fair which runs from 30 July to 2 August (the first day is a Professional Day and not open to the public). See full article

 

CTBF literacy campaign set to change lives
Posted: Jul 6, 2010
Lufufe Kwetshube was paralysed by shyness and his terror of reading in his first year at Observatory Junior School, Cape Town. He would answer questions in monosyllables and dared not look adults in the eye. "We thought he would be one of the small minority whom we wouldn't be able to help," s See full article

 

A world at one book fair
Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Walking through the aisles of an international book fair is like taking a whirlwind literary tour of the world. And at this year's Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF), visitors will be met by a stronger international presence than ever before, coupled with a particularly impressive round-up of African publi See full article

 

Arab presence at Cape Town Book Fair looks to new markets
Posted: Jun 11, 2010
When the Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) opens its doors on 30 July 2010 it will be as the largest book fair in sub-Saharan Africa, with over 220 exhibitors from over 31 countries. See full article

 

The first French and Arabic edition of the CTBF Newsletter has been sent out!
Posted: Jun 4, 2010
As a service to our French and Arabic speaking exhibitors, we are happy to offer you our newsletter in French and Arabic as well. See full article

 

Goethe Institut brings African publishers to the Cape Town Book Fair
Posted: Jun 1, 2010
Around 12 publishing houses from Africa will be represented at this year's Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF), due to grants extended by the Goethe Institut. This will give lesser-known publishers a chance to introduce themselves to colleagues from other countries, and so help spread African literature fur See full article

 

Competition time on Facebook! Meet author Chris van Wyk at Cape Town Book Fair
Posted: May 24, 2010
The Cape Town Book fair is offering a great chance to meet and enjoy a cup of coffee with popular South African author Chris van Wyk during the Cape Town Book Fair. Readers have been delighted by Van Wyk's books See full article

 

Tutu to launch a global children's bible at the Cape Town Book Fair
Posted: May 13, 2010
A new illustrated children's storybook Bible, written by Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and illustrated by artists from around the world will be launched at the opening of the Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) on 30 July 2010. See full article

 

Profile of Cape Town Book Fair Director Claudia Kaiser
Posted: May 4, 2010
Claudia Kaiser is the new face at the Cape Town Book Fair as its Director, but she is no stranger to the world of book fairs. See full article

 

Cape Town Book Fair shocked by effect of SA Market Focus at LBF by European flying ban
Posted: Apr 19, 2010
The fallout from the ban on flying in Europe, following the volcanic eruption in Iceland, has hit the London Book Fair (LBF) hard. With serious implications for South African publishers and authors who were travelling to the fair as part of the fair's SA Market Focus. See full article

 

‘Repositioning of fair with strong trade element’
Posted: Apr 13, 2010
South Africa is the Market Focus country at the London Book Fair (19 – 21 April 2010). It’s an opportunity for the South African Publishing industry to showcase its rich diversity and to introduce this year’s Cape Town Book Fair (CTBF) as an event “where See full article

 

PRESENT YOUR AUTHORS AT THE CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR
Posted: Apr 9, 2010
All exhibitors are all invited to submit reservations for events that require rooms upstairs at the Cape Town International Convention Centre - for application forms please... See full article

 

CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR AND PASA AT THE LONDON BOOK FAIR
Posted: Apr 9, 2010
We will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Cape Town Book Fair at the London Book Fair, Market Focus South Africa. See full article

 

South African publishers at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair!
Posted: Feb 24, 2010
Cape Town International Book Fair and PASA are organizing the South African Collective Stand at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. See full article

 

Promote your exhibited titles well before the Fair – on the CTBF website!
Posted: Feb 18, 2010
We want to provide you with tools to make better business and make libraries and institutional buyers even more aware of the titles on offer at CTBF. See full article