JOZI

BOOK
FAIR
2009
8 – 9 August

is part of
Khanya College Annual
Winter School, and brings
together publishers,
writers, translators, book
distributors, libraries,
resource centres, readers and
the general public at

Museum Africa
Newtown
Johannesburg
Jozi Book Fair is open to publishing houses
and initiatives that are committed to a social
justice agenda. The fair is initiated and organised
by Khanya College and Botsotso Publishing to
offer small and progressive publishers a forum to
showcase their publications and activities, network,
as well as the opportunity to develop alternative
approaches and strategies. A range of activities,
such as seminars, readings and network meet-
ings, will facilitate the profiling of non-mainstream
writers and publishing houses. The provision of a
wide range of alternative information and existing
informal networks aims at stimulating and en-
couraging publishing within social movements and
NGOs. Several formats of platforms are offered
for writers, publishers, agents, translators and press
to engage, debate, discuss and plan new projects.
While the book fair aims to profile alternative
publishing stream, mainstream publishers are also
invited.
Recently, a decline of progressive and alternative
publishers could be observed in South Africa and
internationally. While there is a vibrant generation
of young and emerging writers, activists and
publishers, their work is hardly recognised by a
wider audience in the region today. Jozi Book
Fair is a response to the urgent need to rebuild
a progressive publishing movement on the conti-
nent, which aims to support indigenous language
writing and publishing. These efforts hope to build
up a reading culture wider than that of just main-
stream publications.

Facilities
Jozi Book Fair will make available more than
100 stands on a total of 700 square meters. Facili-
ties will include stands, catalogue entries, on-line
profiling of exhibitors, guides and assistance with
set up. Facilities for press, literary agents, transla-
tors and other book trade professionals will also
be provided.
Exhibitor Fees
Commercial and established R1000 per m2
publishers and distributors

Small and non-established R250 per m2

publishers and distributors

Surcharges will be levied for corner stands,
double-row stands, and other special facilities
installed at the request of the exhibitor.

Registration
For registration information, please email to:
jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za
or find the registration online:
www.khanyacollege.org.za/jozibookfair

Deadline for registration: 10 July 2009

Khanya College is an independent non-
governmental organisation based in Johannesburg,
South Africa. Established in 1986, the primary aim
of Khanya College is to assist various constituen-
cies within working class and poor communities to
respond to the challenges posed by the forces of
economic and political globalisation

Started ten years ago, in 2009 the Khanya

Annual Winter School continues to provide
space for solidarity and debate, but introduces a
new format that allows more activist and broader
public participation.

Botsotso Publishing is a grouping of poets,

writers and artists who wish to both create art, as
well as to generate the means for its public expo-
sure and appreciation. Botsotso is committed to
a proliferation of styles, a multiplicity of languages
and a multiplicity of themes and characters.
Multidisciplinary art forms and performances are
part of Botsotso’s offerings.
Organisers of Jozi Book Fair

Botsotso Publishing
P. O. Box 30952
Braamfontein Johannesburg, 2017
South Africa
Tel: +27 (0)11 487 2112
www.botsotso.org.za

KHANYA COLLEGE
Education For Liberation

Khanya College
5th Floor Vogas House
123 Pritchard Street
Johannesburg 2001

Postal Address
Khanya College
P. O. BOX 5977
Johannesburg 2000
South Africa

Tel: +27 (0)11 336 9190

Fax: +27 (0)11 336 9196
e-mail: jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za
www.khanyacollege.org.za