The Cape Town Book Fair, which will take place from 13th June to 16th, is now is its fourth year. Organised in collaboration with the Publishers’ Association of South Africa and the Frankfurt Book Fair, this year there will be a total of 250 exhibitors from 29 countries.
With this year’s theme being 'Education for the Future...

The wind was strong in Cape Town today, and I felt almost carried along as I walked down to the convention centre about 9.30am. With its being Youth Day, a public holiday, visitors started arriving in vast numbers from about 10am, and throughout the day the aisles were packed – very much like last year’s fair.   

On arriving at the book fair at about 10am, my initial impression was that it was quiet with not too many visitors compared to previous years. After about two hours, however, the masses had flocked in and come lunch time I once again ended up sitting on a staircase with my tray balanced on my lap. And the trend is that the fair will become even...

More than 35,000 visitors flocked to the opening weekend of the 2007 Cape Town Book Fair - already beating last year's total four-day visitor tally of 26,000. The fair, which blends industry and general public strands, aims to become Africa's dominant book event, filling the gap left by the demise of Zimbabwe's book fair.

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