#WeRead: South African Book Fair tickets are now on sale
This year sees the inclusion of a R20 #BUYABOOK option on all ticket purchases
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 from September 6-8, this year’s fair is open to the public on September 7-8.
General admission tickets cost R10, a single day pass R100, two-day weekend pass R150, programme sessions R40, children under 16 are free for daily admission (not including programme sessions).
All programme sessions must be pre-booked, including with day or weekend passes.
Highlights of the fair include:
Write your story workshop, facilitated by 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 (Saturday between 1pm and 3.30pm).
Underground booksellers tour, hosted by Griffin Shea, the owner of independent bookshop Bridge Books (Saturday 10am to 12.30pm).
As capacity is limited for all of these events, pre-booking is essential.
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.
