Feira do Livro de Maputo 2023 runs in Maputo, Mozambique from July 17 – 29, 2023. The fair’s theme is “Get Up and Walk: literature in the Construction of Citizenship.”
Feira do Livro de Maputo or Maputo Book Fair was first hosted by the Municipal Council of Maputo in the Mozambican capital in 2014. Since its first edition, it has become the leading festival driving the literary arts in the Southern African country. It has hosted numerous writers and poets, with a focus on those who write in Portuguese, to book launches and readings, exhibitions, poetry recitals, and other events you would find at a literary fair/ festival targeted at both children and adults
Fair organisers have revealed that this year it will run the weekend of July 27 – 29 a mite earlier that its run in 2022 which happened in October. It will be hosted at the Maputo Municipal Council atrium in Praça da Independência and will have in-person and online lectures with the actors of literature, an exhibition, the sale of books, cultural activities, the launch of literary works, and much more.
While information on guests and the program is not yet available, we suggest that you book the last weekend of July for this event. Yes, we are talking to you Madam Africa save the date now now.
For more information on the fair, please follow the official Facebook page by clicking here.
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