Mervyn Sloman

Mervyn Sloman is the owner of the Book Lounge and founder and festival director of the Open Book Festival.

This is what a literary festival in Cape Town should look like

Mervyn Sloman Opinion 2023-11-14

"I see so many black people come into The Book Lounge or attend Open Book for the first time with, at best, an unspoken question – how will I be treated in this space? Or, at worst, an expectation that they will be made to feel unwelcome."

Open Book Festival 2017: An interview with Mervyn Sloman

Mervyn Sloman, Naomi Meyer Books and writers 2017-09-07

"Really looking forward to some of the interactions between international and local writers, for example, Master Manipulators at 6:00 pm on Wednesday evening, featuring acclaimed British crime writer Ali Land, Norwegian Carl Frode Tiller and the exciting local debut novelist Chwayita Ngamlana."

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