Open Book Festival

Name: Open Book Festival
Start: 2025-09-05T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-07T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Homecoming Centre, Buitenkant St

Schedule

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 09:30 am to Sun, 07 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Homecoming Centre, Buitenkant St | Cape Town, WC

From 5-7 September 2025, the Open Book Festival returns to Cape Town with three days of vital conversations that speak to our moment. Using books as a lens, we'll explore the pressing questions of our time—from climate crisis and queer resistance to African cosmologies and the impact of AI on meaning-making.
This year's festival brings together voices from South Africa and across the continent. Expect hard-hitting discussions on collapsed justice systems and inherited colonial structures alongside celebrations of humour, healing, and hope. OBF2025 offers a space for the conversations our communities need to have.
This is where Cape Town comes together to think, feel, and imagine new possibilities through the power of words.