Open Book Podcast
Episodes
OBF2023: The Future of Publishing
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In the context of a drastically weaker rand, loadsheddin...
OBF2023: The Mother Wound
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. Megan Choritz, Moshitadi Lehlomela and Irene Muchemi-Ndi...
OBF2023: Post-apartheid Universities
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Jaco Barnard-Naude, Desiree Lewis ...
OBF2023: Writing the Natural World
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Isobel Dixon, Pieter Odendaal and ...
OBF2023: Striving for Social Equity
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. This event launches a crucial collection of essays, Stri...
OBF2023: Desiring Urbanity in African Literature | African Cities as Text
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Farai Mudzingwa, Wisani Mushwana a...
OBF2023: The Banality of Violence
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Nechama Brodie, Caryn Dolley and M...
OBF2023: Unpacking the National Strategic Plan
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Jeanne Bodenstein and Nechama Brod...
OBF2023: Open Talk
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Hugo ka Canham, Lebohang Masango, ...
OBF2023: The First Woman
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this event, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi speaks to Wanj...
OBF2023: Vulnerable Bodies
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this discussion, Dawn Garisch, Busisekile Khumalo and...
OBF2023: The Promise
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. Damon Galgut and Sylvaine Strike speak to Africa Melane ...
OBF2023: Extraordinary Lives
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. Desiree Ellis, Sindiwe Magona and Patric Tariq Mellet sp...
OBF2022: Sifting Through the Past
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion CA Davids, Khadija Heeger and Bronwyn...
OBF2022: Proximity of Death
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Terry-Ann Adams, Melinda Ferguson and...
OBF2022: Queer Journeys
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Dianne du Toit Albertze, Herman Lateg...
OBF2022: Feminist Imaginings
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Gertrude Fester, Pumla Dineo Gqola an...
OBF2022: Absent Fathers
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Fred Khumalo, Pulane Mpondo and Kopan...
OBF2022: Value and Visibility
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Dianne Du Toit Albertze, Chase Rhys a...
OBF2022: Disconnection, Displacement and Loss
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Lucas Ledwaba, Bulelwa Mabasa and Mat...
OBF2022: Transformative Moments
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Welcome Mandla Lishivha, Onke Mazibuk...
OBF2022: Director's Cut
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Andrew Brown, Qarnita Loxton and Onke...
OBF2022: Women and the Media
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Caryn Dolley, Karyn Maughan and Refil...
OBF2022: Memoir and the Missing Past
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Gertrude Fester, Bulelwa Mabasa and H...
OBF2022: Mothers and Daughters
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pulane Mpondo, Yewande Omotoso and Ma...
OBF2022: The Outsiders
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Onke Mazibuko, Lethokuhle Msimang and...
OBF2022: Watching the Detectives
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Ben Booysen, Rofhiwa Maneta and Jerem...
OBF2022: Collective Anxiety
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Nicky Falkof and...
OBF2022: Natural Entanglements
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Khalied Jacobs, Bulelwa Mabasa and Ch...
OBF2022: Legal Activism
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Sean Davison (assisted suicide), Joy ...
OBF2022: Power of Cults
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Ben Booysen, Mlilo Mpondo, Erika Born...
OBF2022: The Search for Truth
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion CA Davids, Gertrude Fester and Siphiw...
OBF2022: South Africa and Xenophobia
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Vanya Gastrow, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira...
OBF2022: Load Unshedding
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Kyle Cowan and Cape Town Mayor, Geord...
OBF2022: Conversations with Mohale
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pumla Dineo Gqola, Sihle-isipho Nonts...
OBF2022: Survival, Resilience and the Ghosts We Live With
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase speaks t...
OBF2022: Loving in a Time of Sickness
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Sara-Jayne Makwala King, Lethokuhle M...
OBF2022: Enabling the Future
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Pumla Dineo Gqola, Lucas Ledwaba, Mal...
OBF2022: Poets in Conversation
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. This open dialogue between Khadija Heeger and Ashley Moy...
OBF2022: Forced to Move
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Dianne Du Toit Albertze, Fred Khumalo...
OBF2022: Haunted Spaces
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Koni Benson, Musawenkosi Khanyile and...
OBF2022: Neighbourhood Watch
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Terry-Ann Adams, Welcome Mandla Lishi...
OBF2022: Understanding the Moment
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Kyle Cowan, Karyn Maughan and Songezo...
OBF2022: Writing of Loved Ones
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Sara-Jayne Makwa...
OBF2022: Beyond the Law
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2022. In this discussion Andrew Brown, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu a...
OBF2022: The Architecture of Words
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this discussion C.A. Davids, Finuala Dowl...
OBF2022: Playing Along
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this discussion, Azille Coetzee, Pumla Gq...
OBF2022: The Pressure to Produce
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this discussion, Relebone Rirhandzu eAfri...
OBF2022: The Politics of Memory
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this discussion, Politics of Memory: C.A....
OBF2022: Unmaking Fear
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this discussion, Shana Fife, Pumla Gqola ...
OBF2022: Present Dystopia
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this conversation, Kelly-Eve Koopman, Ali...
OBF2022: Map of Loss
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this conversation, Relebone Rirhandzu eAf...
OBF2022: Getting Real About Land
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is a recording of a live event that took place at the Open Book Festival in March 2022 in Cape Town. In this conversation, Andries du Toit, Tembe...
8: The Thing About Love
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gretchen Haley, Qarnita Loxton, and Uvile Ximba talk to Efemia Chela about complicated loves, secrets, and identity in their books. This is the last e...
7: After Life
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bongani Kona and Yewande Omotoso speak to Catherine Boulle about the different forms that grief takes, what it means to sit with it, how it warps time...
6: Finding the Bones
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Africa Melane speaks to Madeleine Fullard, Ashraf Kagee and Naledi Mashishi about a present haunted by the past. This podcast series is curated by Fra...
5: Fragile Power
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Damon Galgut, Mphuthumi Ntabeni and Futhi Ntshingila explore the unravelling of control through their characters. Chaired by Koketso Sachane. This pod...
4: Virtually Queer
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Efemia Chela, Robert Hamblin and Tiffany Kagure Mugo talk to Chase Rhys about what the Internet has meant for the queer experience. A fun conversation...
[BONUS]: Conversations with Mohale Part Two
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Part Two of Conversations with Mohale, Mohale Mashigo talks to Shana Fife, author of Ougat. If you missed part one, make sure to listen. This podca...
3: The Future is Over, Long Live the Future
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mia Arderne, Tshidisho Moletsane, and Thenjiwe Mswane talk to Ashanti Kunene about the loss of faith in a promised future, and the point of writing, s...
2: Nowhere to Nowhere
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joanne Joseph, Mandla Langa, and Nick Mulgrew talk to Yewande Omotoso about land and exile. This is a conversation about what place means for identity...
1: Conversations with Mohale Part One
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mohale Mashigo talks to Pumla Gqola and Siphokazi Jonas in the Lockdown Edition of Conversations with Mohale, an event that has occurred annually at t...
Trailer: Open Book Podcast 2021
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Open Book Podcast series returns on 8 November with another 8 part podcast series featuring authors of some of the most exciting recently publishe...
Masculinity
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Koketso Sachane chairs a conversation about navigating masculinity in South Africa with Prof Malose Langa (Becoming Men) and Melusi Tshabalala (Mageng...
Writing Adventures
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Malec is in conversation with Lauren Beukes (Afterland) and David Mitchell (Utopia Avenue) about writing novels that are an adventure to read...
Representing Home
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Chase Rhys talks to Terry-Ann Adams (Those Who Live in Cages) and Lynthia Julius (Uit die Kroes) about what it’s like to write abou...
In Search of Tenderness
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane is in discussion with Brandon Taylor (Real Life) and Paul Mendez (Rainbow Milk) about their gorgeous debut no...
Of Mermaids & Freeloaders
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Smith talks to Mia Arderne and Phumlani Pikoli, who have both written dynamic, playful novels that engage with contemporary South Africa in dist...
The Vanishing Half
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sara-Jayne King speaks to Brit Bennett about her recent novel, The Vanishing Half, a story about twins whose very different choices offer a lens...
Playing in the shadows
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Efemia Chela talks to Petina Gappah, Helen Moffett, and Zoë Wicomb about engaging with historical narratives from new perspectives, and striking a ba...
Travellers
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Open Book Podcast Series, Nigerian author Helon Habila is in conversation with Bongani Kona about his new book, Travellers...
The Open Book Podcast Series
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the Open Book Podcast! For four weeks, we brought you a taste of the incredible conversations characteristic of the Open Book Festival in ...