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Anthony Akerman warns: “If you stir 💩 with a writer, be careful - you might just end up in a book one day!” #KBF25

Speaking of his mother, Gavin Evans says, "I'm ashamed to say I didn't really notice her. I started noticing her after my father died, when she came out of herself. I think with that generation, often the death of a man leads to the beginning of the life of a woman." #KBF25

You can have a logical understanding of sadness. You can have empathy but it's distant, says Khaya Dlanga. But that all changes when it's someone close to you. It was his brother's death that shook him profoundly. You just don't expect to bury your younger sibling. #KBF25

I'm describing what happened rather than what I' feeling inside, says Khaya Dlanga. Those memories helped me get to a better place in terms of what I felt about his passing. #KBF25

“For me, masculinity was a prison,” says Tshiamo, speaking on her current relationship with it. #KBF25

What did you learn about yourself in writing your book? I'm more like my father than I thought I was, says Gavin Evans. #KBF25

I also learnt that I could write things and feel things and not be afraid to feel them. - Gavin Evans #KBF25

What did Khaya Dlanga learn about himself in writing his book? A woman once said to him, "I have a lot of information about you but I feel like I don't know you." You can't tell a person who you are - you are edited when you're speaking or writing about yourself. #KBF25

I want to be a big sister - to someone going through a journey like mine, or to parents learning how to support their child. I want to bridge the gap and open space for understanding: Tshiamo on taking the taboo-ness out of transitioning. #KBF25

I thought no one would want to buy my book - but it turns out so many people have been dying to have this conversation! Tshiamo on her memoir, I Am Tshiamo. #KBF25

"Is it better to die as Africans than to live as human beings?" - a powerful question from Jeffrey Rakabe (Led by Shepherds) to close a powerful panel. #KBF25

"Children are not liars. When a child tells you who they are, believe them." - a reminder from Tshiamo of how important it is to let children show up as who they know themselves to be - and flourish! #KBF25

Thank you, all you birds of a feather, who came to bookmark together at #KBF25. 🪶What a magnificent day of stories, laughter, sunshine, and so many reminders of the ties that bind us together as humans. Until next year! ✨📚

Books and brilliant conversations! The Johannesburg Book Club had an inspiring Saturday at @kingsmeadbf, where we met authors, signed books, and soaked in stories. Thank you for filling our shelves and our hearts. 📚 #BookClubSaturdays #KingsmeadBookFair #BookLoversSouthAfrica