The Mount Nelson Hotel in conjunction with the Cape Town Book Fair will play host to three world famous authors as part of the Mount Nelson Hotel Literary Salon Series during the Cape Town Book Fair.
Director of the Cape Town Book Fair Claudia Kaiser said, “We are excited that during this year’s fair, a number of events related to authors at the CTBF will be taking place in the City of Cape Town. This extends the influence of the fair, and we hope to build on it in the future so that Cape Town truly becomes a ‘City of Books’ during the fair.”
Meet three world famous authors for tea and cake at Mount Nelson Hotel’s Literary Salon Series.
Saturday 31 July / 16h30: Wole Soyinka
One of Africa’s greatest contemporary authors.
A Nigerian writer, poet, playwright and political activist, and the first African recipient of a Nobel Prize for Literature.
Sunday 01 August / 10h30: Jodi Picoult
A critically-acclaimed best-selling American author whose novels about family, relationships and love hold pride of place in many book clubs and have been adapted for big screen and television movies.
Sunday 01 August / 16h00: Chris Van Wyk
An award-winning South African author well-known for his novels, short stories and poetry for children and teenagers, including an abridged children’s version of Nelson Mandela’s ‘Long Walk to Freedom’.
Cost: R165 per adult
Signed copies of books will be available for purchase at each event.
For reservations contact +27 (0)21 483 1948 or email restaurantreservations@mountnelson.co.za.
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