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Integration Complexities at Open Book Festival

The Fugard Theatre Studio Corner Caledon & Lower Buitenkant Street, District Six, , Cape Town , South Africa

Adi Kumar, Premesh Lalu and Edgar Pieterse report back on the Integration Syndicate – an aimed at finding solutions to challenges facing Cape Town. Chaired by Pippa Green. Date: 6 September Venue: Fugard Studio Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Price: R45 Full festival programme. Book tickets. NOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by no later than 31 August.

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Writing Cities at Open Book Festival

A4 Arts Foundation 23 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town , South Africa

Nechama Brodie, Kim Gurney and Sean O’Toole speak to Neo Muyanga about their representations of urban spaces. Date: 6 September Venue: A4 Arts Foundation – Ground Time: 12:00 - 13:00 Price: R45 Full festival programme Book tickets NOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August.

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Cities in Fiction at Open Book Festival

D6 Homecoming Centre 15 A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town , South Africa

Elan Mastai, Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Chibundu Onuzo speak to Luso Mnthali about the craft of writing urban spaces. Date: 8 September Venue: HCC Workshop Time: 14.00 - 15.00 Price: R45 Full festival programme Book tickets NOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August.

New Urban Worlds at Open Book Festival

D6 Homecoming Centre Workshop 15 A Buitenkant Street, .Cape Town, South Africa

Ken Liu and Edgar Pieterse speak to Mark Swilling about cities of the future. Date: 8 September Venue: HCC Workshop Time: 16.00 - 17.00 Price: R45 Read more about New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times by Edgar Pieterse and Abdoumaliq Simone. Full festival programme Book tickets NOTE: A limited number of free tickets for students are available for each event of the programme. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To apply, email openbooktickets@gmail.com by 31 August.

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JHB launch of ‘August House is Dead, Long Live August House!’

Point of Order Project Space Wits School of Art , Johannesburg, South Africa

Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space August House in Johannesburg. August House is Dead, Long Live August House! The Story of a Johannesburg Atelier, published by FourthWall Books, is a fascinating study of the role of the atelier and its artists in South Africa’s fractious art world, and a consideration of the relationship between art and the ever-changing city of Johannesburg. Join us for the official launch in Johannesburg, at 18:00 on 27 September 2017 at Point of Order Project Space, Wits School of Arts.

CT launch of ‘August House is Dead, Long Live August House!’

A4 Arts Foundation 23 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town , South Africa

Writer, artist and research associate at the University of Cape Town’s African Centre for Cities (ACC), Kim Gurney pens a new book on the evolving art space August House in Johannesburg. August House is Dead, Long Live August House! The Story of a Johannesburg Atelier, published by FourthWall Books, is a fascinating study of the role of the atelier and its artists in South Africa’s fractious art world, and a consideration of the relationship between art and the ever-changing city of Johannesburg. Join us for the official launch in Cape Town, at 18:00 on 6 October 2017 at the A4 Arts Foundation.