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Book festival fun

Fouzia Van Der Fort|Published

Children’s book Zibu and Zizo illustrator Josephine Versfeld, from Newlands, author Refilwe Nsibande, and her husband Sizo, from Cape Farms. They hosted a workshop for kids at the second Cape Flats Book Festival, in Mitchell’s Plain, at the weekend.

Authors, illustrators, poets and performers gathered at the second Cape Flats Book Festival in Mitchell’s Plain at the weekend.

They shared their love for words and expression in workshops, reading sessions, presentations, book stall chats and panel discussions.

Member of the Western Cape provincial legislature Ricardo Mackenzie, co-founder and executive director of Read to RiseTaryn Lock, premier Alan Winde, chairman of Read to Rise Nicholas Williams and Awqaf SA project manager Hasanain Abdullah.