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Franschhoek Literary Festival kicks off on Friday

Fringe events include: writing workshops and discussion groups, theatre performances, contemporary and classical music concerts and special dinner events with chefs of the Franschhoek Valley.

The Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF) will take place in the beautiful, historic town from 13 to 15 May.

For three days Franschhoek will be abuzz with readers, writers, booksellers and publishers, after two years of a virtual festival.

The events take place in a variety of village venues within a few minutes’ walk of each other, creating a vibrant ambience in streets buzzing with book-lovers.

Fringe events include: writing workshops and discussion groups, theatre performances, contemporary and classical music concerts and special dinner events with chefs of the Franschhoek Valley.

The FLF key objectives are:

  • Bringing together a cross-section of South African and international authors;
  • Inspiring, delighting, informing and challenging audiences;
  • Raising funds for local community and school libraries and training and placing assistant school librarians through the FLF Library Fund;
  • Starting a membership programme to raise a further R100 000 for literacy programmes in South Africa.
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Check out the Franschhoek Literary Festival programme here.

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