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African Book Festival 2012

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Datum:	26.10.2012 bis 27.10.2012
Ort:	London
Anschrift:	Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA
Kontakt:	keine Angabe
Kosten:	keine Angabe
E-Mail:	nii@slamcentral.org
Internet:	http://www.slamcentral.org/abf/about-the-festival/
Programm:	Curated by two childhood friends from Ghana – Will Essilfie and Nii Ayikwei Parkes – the African Book Festival is very much a festival about books. It evolved out of an earlier event run by Nii called the African Book Market, responding to complaints about a lack of range of books from Africa in bookstores. He invited publishers to send books at a discount and, where possible, authors to the Poetry Cafe and sales ensued – much more than anyone expected. The next year the event was run again, in partnership with the Free Word Centre in Farringdon but with a panel of writers and readers from Africa – Rachida Lamrabet of Morocco, Leeto Thale of South Africa and Ike Anya of Nigeria – discussing books and reading in Africa. Based on the positive response we worked to develop this festival. While we want to showcase writing from Africa, we essentially want to celebrate the publishers and editors who have worked to put literature from Africa into print. We also seek to fill the gap between the books published and the books that make it onto the shelves of bookstores. Nevertheless, we recognise the need to celebrate upcoming writers and will do so in an hour-long carousel to showcase new writers/books in short boxing-style rounds. In keeping with our discount-roots, all books at the festival will sell at a maximum of £5 for paperbacks and £10 for hardbacks. We hope you’ll join us for what we hope will be a groundbreaking festival. Will Essilfie and Nii Ayikwei Parkes African Book Festival 2012 Free Word Centre 60 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA

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