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Gaborone Book Festival kickstarts

Gaborone Book Festival is a great opportunity to introduce authors to new audiences thus creating demand and inquiry into their work PIC: Gaborone Book Festival
Gaborone Book Festival is a great opportunity to introduce authors to new audiences thus creating demand and inquiry into their work PIC: Gaborone Book Festival

Gaborone Book Festival (GBF) Trust has announced its 2021 featured authors and guests. The book festival, which is the only event of its kind in Botswana, started its fourth edition yesterday which runs until Saturday, 18 September.   

“We are excited to be hosting quite a diversity of authors for this year’s festival who are from different fields and genres. We are featuring both Batswana and other African authors.

Our book chats, conversations and launches will have a sharp focus on children’s literature by African authors, gender based violence, how COVID-19 changed the world instantly, heritage, travel and culture,” said Keikantse Phele, co-founder and co-curator of the Gaborone Book Festival. Due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation, the festival will be hosted virtually.

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