SA’s best-known literary festival has a new director and promises more than 80 sessions with more than 100 recently published authors from May 19-21 2023, when the charming town of Franschhoek will be transformed into a book lovers’ paradise.

Among those who will be at the Franschhoek Literary Festival is Jonny Steinberg, whose controversial Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage, is one of the most anticipated reads of 2023. Based on previously undiscovered material, it is described as a “shattering, revelatory account of a relationship that shaped SA’s journey to freedom”. The book will be published just weeks before the festival starts. ..

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