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They have torn down the barricades to the written, spoken and performed word. Everyone feels at home under the giant essenwoods with lush green grass underfoot. In sandals and shorts. Fedoras and doeks. The Durban Book Fair has been going strong for three years in the Mitchell Park animal sanctuary.
Authors, poets and playwrights gather piously every first Sunday of the month to launch new offerings from local wordsmiths. It’s a feast for local bookdealers and book collectors too. None of the fuss and funding of structured book festivals looking for celebrity crowd-pullers. Volunteers run everything from the programming to packing the chairs on the 120-year-old bandstand.