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Promise</b></a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Damon Galgut (author of </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Promise</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, winner of the Booker Prize) and Sylvaine Strike (director of the novel’s stage adaptation) speak to Africa Melane about the process of getting from page to stage.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time: 12pm-1pm\r\n</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venue: Avalon Theatre\r\n</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: R50</span>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https://openbookfestival.co.za/programme/the-banality-of-violence/\"><b>The Banality of Violence</b></a></h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nechama Brodie (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domestic Terror: Intimate Partner Violence In South Africa</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Caryn Dolley (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To The Wolves: How Traitor Cops Crafted South Africa’s 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