2019 South African Book Fair tickets now on sale

Tickets for the South African Book Fair are now on sale at Webtickets and are priced to ensure that the country’s national book fair is accessible to South Africans from all walks of life.

Taking place at Constitution Hill, this year’s fair is open to the public on September 7 and 8.

Some of the highlights of the fair include:

• Write Your Story workshop, facilitated by well-known writer and publisher Melinda Ferguson (Saturday at 10am)
• Melusi’s Everyday Zulu, a short Zulu crash course hosted by social media star, Melusi Tshabalala (Sunday at 10am)
• Constitution Hill tour with poetry hosted by Dr Gcina Mhlope and Tshepo Molefe on Saturday between 1pm to  3.30pm
• Underground booksellers tour, hosted by Griffin Shea, the owner of independent bookshop Bridge Books, on Saturday between 10am to 12.30pm

These workshops and tours are all at the low price of R40 each. As capacity is limited for all of these events, pre-booking is essential.

Ticket prices:

• General admission – R10
• Single day pass – R100
• Two-day weekend pass – R150
• Programme sessions – R40
• Children under 16 are free for daily admission (not including programme sessions).

It is important to note that all programme sessions must be pre-booked, including with day or weekend passes.

Discounts:

• Smart Shopper – 10 per cent
• Book Clubs – 20 per cent. To take advantage of this discount, book club members will need to purchase 10 or more tickets for their book club or group.

This year sees the inclusion of a R20 #BUYABOOK option on all ticket purchases. In a country where six in 10 people are still living in ‘book-scarce’ households, this is an easy way for book lovers to play a role in South African Book Fair’s overall mission to locate books and reading in the lives of as many South Africans as possible.

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