CANCELLED: The 2011 Cape Town Book Fair

BOOK SA has heard from several reliable sources that the 2011 edition of of the Cape Town Book Fair, scheduled for 16-19 June, has been cancelled. The plan from the CTBF’s stakeholders, the Publishers Association of South Africa (PASA) and the Frankfurt Book Fair, appears to be to re-establish the CTBF on a new footing in 2012, which is also the year that the International Publishers Association will hold its annual meeting in Cape Town. Significantly, however, it’s been learned that the Frankfurt fair organisers are considering withdrawing as PASA’s partners. If this proves to be the case, any 2012 event will require major restructuring. Go to BookSA for article.