Tag: Gaborone Book Festival

  • Gaborone Book Festival 2022 to kick off on September 15. #AreBaleng

    Gaborone Book Festival 2022 to kick off on September 15. #AreBaleng

    The Gaborone Book Festival 2022, Botswana’s leading literary event, runs from September 15-17, 2022. The announcement was made on April 12, 2022. The Gaborone Book Festival, founded by Keikantse Phele and Kenanao Phele, first ran in the Southern African country of Botswana in 2018. The event, which also run in 2019, 2020, and 2021 was…

  • Writers, poets to feature at Gaborone Book Festival 2021 announced.

    Writers, poets to feature at Gaborone Book Festival 2021 announced.

    The writers, poets, and others who will feature at the Gaborone Book Festival 2021, which runs from September 16-18, started being announced on September 10, 2021.   The Gaborone Book Festival, founded by Keikantse Phele and Kenanao Phele, first ran in the Southern African country of Botswana in 2018. The event, which also run in…

  • Gaborone Book Festival 2021 to kick off on September 16. #AreBaleng

    Gaborone Book Festival 2021 to kick off on September 16. #AreBaleng

    The Gaborone Book Festival 2021, which happens annually in Botswana’s capital, runs from September 16-18, 2021. The announcement was made on August 26. The Gaborone Book Festival, founded by Keikantse Phele and Kenanao Phele, first ran in the Southern African country of Botswana in 2018. The event, which also run in 2019 and 2020, was…

  • Gaborone Book Festival 2020 to kick off on September 17.

    Gaborone Book Festival 2020 to kick off on September 17.

    The Gaborone Book Festival 2020 which happens annually in Botswana’s capital runs from September 17-19, 2020. In 2018, the Gaborone Book Festival, a new literary festival founded by Keikantse Phele and Kenanao Phele, happened in the Southern African country of Botswana. It was aimed at fostering a love for reading among Batswana and residents of…

  • Abantu Book Festival, Gaborone Book Festival, Pa Gya! Literary Festival announce dates.

    Abantu Book Festival, Gaborone Book Festival, Pa Gya! Literary Festival announce dates.

    Abantu Book Festival, Gaborone Book Festival, and Pa Gya! Literary Festival have announced the dates they will happen in three different African cities across Africa. We keenly follow the events happening across the continent whether small or big here at JamesMurua.com. The small events are book launches or readings and the larger ones are literary…

  • Lola Shoneyin on Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up.

    Lola Shoneyin on Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up.

    The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival 2018 line-up has been unveiled with the festival set to rock Botswana from September 21-22. The guests include the Nigerian literary powerhouse that is Lola Shoneyin. The inaugural Gaborone Book Festival will be held from September 21-22, 2018 at Maitisong. The two day book festival will have panels, talks, readings,…

  • Gaborone Book Festival hosts World Book Day 2018 celebrations.

    Gaborone Book Festival hosts World Book Day 2018 celebrations.

    The Gaborone Book Festival Trust hosted a Book Night on World Book Day 2018 to celebrate the transformative power of books on April 23, 2018. The night featured four Batswana authors in moderated conversations followed by book sales and signings. World Book Day is an annual event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and…

  • New Gaborone Book Festival 2018 for September

    New Gaborone Book Festival 2018 for September

    The first edition of the new Gaborone Book Festival 2018 is set to happen on September 21-22. The festival organisers are doing a trial run for their big event with a gig on World Book Day on April 23. Book Festivals by nature bring readers, authors, and thinkers of all ages and backgrounds together, united…