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She will be participating in a number of events at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/openbookfestival.co.za\/\">Open Book Festival<\/a>\u00a0between September 6 and 10<\/p>\n<p>She will also be at the following venues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elsie\u2019s River Library on September 7 at 11am<\/li>\n<li>Kalk Bay book store at 5.30pm<\/li>\n<li>Fishhoek Library on September 8 at 10am<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive Books Cavendish on Stepember 14 at 6.30pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at my <a href=\"http:\/\/justmeneesha.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/22\/book-review-good-bad\/\">review<\/a> of <em>Good Me Bad Me<\/em> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read an extract from the book and\u00a0 a Q&amp;A with Ali Land <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za\/book\/good-me-bad-me\/9781405923910\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Good Me Bad Me<\/em> is published by Penguin Random House<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author, Ali Land, to launch her debut novel in SA Ali Land, author of one of the most extraordinary, controversial and explosive literary debuts of 2017, with be launching her book\u00a0Good Me Bad Me\u00a0to Cape Town audiences in September. 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