The Cape Town Book Fair is held, in Cape Town, every winter. It aims to showcase and celebrate literary talent and creations from across the globe.

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This year the Cape Town Book Fair takes place on the weekend of the 30^th of July 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, and it promises to be bigger and better than last years fair.

The Cape Town Book Fair’s newly formed partnership, with the auspicious Frankfurt Book Fair, has helped generate significant interest and press around the 2010 event. It is believed that this interest and press will result in even greater attendance. In fact there are rumoured to be quite a few internationally acclaimed authors and personalities attending. These include Jodi Picoult and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

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If you’re attending the Cape Town Book Fair why not pair it with that much needed mid-winter break? Join us at The Cellars-Hohenort for a weekend of unrivalled accommodation, fabulous cuisine, crackling fires and - of course - some excellent reading material! For more information please visit our website.

As you no doubt know the whales have arrived! We thought it would be interesting to share some lesser-known Southern Right Whale facts with you

Lesser-known fact 1:

On average the Southern Right Whale males are shorter than the females. The average length of a male is 15.2m while the average length of a female is 16.5m.

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Lesser-known fact 2:

The head of a Southern Right Whale is large and covered with wart-like bumps called callosities. These differ in size and position on every Southern Right Whale and they are often used to identify the individual whales.

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The Conservatory is another exciting development in The Cellars-Hohenort dining range … it occupies the old Greenhouse space and, once everything is completed, it will be the main Cellars-Hohenort restaurant.

The Conservatory head chef, Michael Cooke, has developed a menu that combines some of our well-known classics with a few new and exciting dishes. There is also a significant increase of produce used, in the Conservatory fare, from our bountiful garden and other local producers.

We are presently reworking The Conservatory space and we are delighted to announce that its new fresh look will soon be ready to share. In the interim we can tell you that we are keeping the historic feel, including the well-known focus on our famous 300 year-old oak tree.