Embracing the slow silence of late winter in the Franschhoek Valley, we invite you to join us at Leopard's Leap for a silent reading event taking place on Saturday, 9 August 2025. Just bring your book, choose a comfortable seat in front of the fire or a sunny spot, soak up the quiet, and turn those pages!
Join us for a generous reading glass filled with your choice of Leopard’s Leap wine, a buffet of soup and bread, and a charming selection of sweet treats to keep you company while you enjoy an afternoon of quiet reading.
While the quiet reading starts at 12h30, you are invited to join us from 10h30 when international author Tony Park will introduce his brand new novel, called Die by the Sword. He will be in casual conversation with Helen Turnbull of the Cape Leopard Trust.
A welcome coffee or tea, a glass of bubbly, and a morning snack will be served at 10h30 before the conversation starts at 11h00.
Out of reading material? Wordsworth Books will join us with a selection of the latest releases and bestsellers – including the Tony Park release! Royalties from sales of Tony's book sold on the day, will be donated to the plight of the vulnerable leopards of the Cape Winelands.
The cost is R500 per person – R100 goes towards the Cape Leopard Trust. Includes welcome drink and snack, soup & bread buffet lunch menu, a sweet treat for dessert and Leopard’s Leap wine from the Classic Collection.
Click HERE to buy your ticket.
About Tony Park
Tony Park is the author of twenty-one novels set in Africa and ten non fiction biographies. Tony has worked as a reporter, a press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer. He also served 34 years in the Australian Army Reserve including six month in Afghanistan in 2002. Tony and his wife divide their time between Sydney and southern Africa where they own a home on the border of the Kruger National Park.
Tony is a keen supporter of several charities concerned with wildlife and people in Africa.
His latest novel, Die by the Sword, is a crime thriller that tells the story of a heart-stopping chase across South Africa to find Napoleon’s priceless lost sword.