Overview of the Programme – 10th Jozi Book Fair
30th August – 2nd September 2018
Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown
| Date | Events | Venue | |
| 30-31 August | Medico Regional African Conference | MA Boardroom | |
| Day 1 | Thursday 30th August | ||
| 8.00-1.30pm | Schools Programme | Mary Fitzgerald Square | |
| 6.00 for 6.30pm | Opening: 10th JBF, Photographic Exhibition By Omar Badsha. | Museum Africa | |
| Day 2 | Friday 31st August | ||
| 8.00 – 1.30pm | Schools Programme | Mary Fitzgerald Square | |
| 8.00-11.30 | JBF-Wits Spelling Bee | Arena, Museum Africa | |
| 6.00-10pm | JBF Reception – By invitation only | Mary Fitzgerald Square | |
| Day 3 | Saturday, 1st September | ||
| 9.00-6.00pm | General Programme for Public – Worker Art and Culture, Skills Workshops, Conversations, Roundtables, Conversations, Book Launches, Theatre, Film & Live Music. | Mary Fitzgerald Square, Museum Africa & Workers Museum | |
| 9.00 – 1.00pm | Children’s Programme – JBF Poetry Buddies and Public | Penny & Puffy Children’s Tent | |
| 4.00-5.00pm | #Pass on the word – Open Mic Poetry Competition & Tribute to JBF Patron, Poet Laureate, Keorapetse Kgositsile.
Launch of Cry Rage by James Matthews |
Mary Fitzgerald Square, Tent 1 | |
| Day 4 | Sunday, 2nd September | ||
| 9.00-5.30pm | General Programme for Public – Worker Art and Culture, Skills Workshops, Conversations, Roundtables, Conversations, Book Launches, Theatre, Film & Live Music. | Mary Fitzgerald Square, Museum Africa & Workers Museum | |
| 9.30 – 5.30 | Worker/Labour Programme | Mary Fitzgerald Square | |
| 9.00 – 1.00pm | Children’s Programme – JBF Poetry Buddies and Public | Penny & Puffy Children’s Tent | |
| 2.00-5.00pm | Tribute to JBF Patron, Poet Laureate, Keorapetse Kgositsile
Poetry Open Mic COmpetetition, JBF Tribute, Xarra Books Launch of Home Soil by Keoraptese Kgositsile and Jazz Tribute with various artists and Fitzroy Ngcukana. |
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