Press Release:

For immediate release

Jacana Jamboree
at the Cape Town Book Fair

Jacana Media takes the Book Fair to Town!

Jacana Media will be infusing the streets of Cape Town with Book Fair spirit this year.
With a series of exciting events, Jacana authors and others will be turning the literary
scene into an across-the-city spectacular.

From Societi Bistro to the Labia, The Book Lounge, Stark Ayres Nursery, Lobby Books
and the Michael Stevenson Gallery, to Iziko, the Mount Nelson and even a literary party
bus, Jacana’s scintillating events will be bringing the city to life with literature.

Look out for Cannibal Ogres, Mock Europeans, Faux Tintins and the Hovering
Showerhead, the EU Literary Award ceremony, Grande Dames of the Garden, South
African Writing Now, a cartooning master class and the Satire Supper as some of the
highlights of the 23 events on the programme.

Jacana Jamboree presents

The
Zapiro, Andy Mason, Anton Kannemeyer, Stephen Francis & Rico
(Madam & Eve), Damon Galgut, Jodi Bieber, Ismail Farouk, Sue Williamson,
Patricia Schonstein, Prof. Raymond Suttner, Ronnie Kasrils, Una van der
Spuy, Pat Featherstone, Marianne Thamm, Christine Stevens, Kopano Matlwa, Eric
 Miyeni, Fred Khumalo, Zinaid Meeran, Rosie Kendall, Ndumiso Ngcobo,
Andie Miller, Margaret Wasserfall, Nathan Geffen, Richard Calland, Judith February,
Dr. Fanie du Toit, Maryanne and Shayle Bester, Ronnie Govender, Kathy Coates, John
Ledger, Peter Steyn, Trevor Carnaby, Shem Compion, Prof. Edgar Pieterse,
Jonathan Nkala, Jeremy Nell, Brandan Reynolds, Dr. Steven Dubin, Gus Ferguson,
Riason Naidoo, Karen Press, Andrew Lamprecht, Marcus Low, Nombulelo Baba,
Christina Scott, Adele Baleta, Dr. George Claassen, Chip Snaddon, John Curtis,
Stacey Stent, Helen Moffett, Gavin Thomson, Carole Bloch, Dave Gomersal,
Pamela Maseko, Niki Daly, Arabella Koopman.

Meet them, mingle with them, dine, talk, walk, drink, party and laugh with some of the
most exciting personalities in the South African literary scene.

WARNING: Attending the events on the attached Jacana Jamboree programme may lead
to:

 Elevated heart-rates
 Sporadic shivers of excitement
 Spurning of intimate dinners with partners
 Neglect of household chores
 Shameless name-dropping

Programme available on www.jacana.co.za.

Booking through Strictly Tickets unless otherwise stipulated.

The Jamboree is part of an ongoing partnership between Jacana Media, The Book Lounge
and the Cape Times and 10% of all book sales at all the events will go to Equal
Education. At all events, please bring high quality children’s and young adults’ books, in
good condition, to donate to Equal Education’s book drive for school libraries.

Look out for Custom Publishing events on the Jamboree programme.

The wine for all events has kindly been sponsored by Leopard’s Leap Wines.
For all media enquiries please contact:
Carien Els
011 628 3202
carien@jacana.co.za