For three days Franschhoek will become a bustling get-together of readers, writers, booksellers and publishers. The line-up of writers, discussions, poetry, literary breakfasts, plays and interviews have in the past included Pulitzer Prizewinning American novelist Richard Ford, celebrated poet Gabeba Baderoon, Thabo Mbeki biographer Mark Gevisser, crime writers Deon Meyer and Margie Orford, academic and businesswoman Dr Mamphela Ramphele and many more.