Where: Love Books, The Bamboo Lifestyle Centre, 53 Rustenburg Road, Melville, Johannesburg. 011 726 7408

When: 10am – 4pm, 20 June 2012

What: Ever wondered what a writer looks like when they’re engaging in the private business of creating a story? Go along to Love Books and eyeball Cape Town’s hottest writers as they smoke up the keyboards competing in The Chain Gang Challenge: 6 writers – 6 hours – 1 story. Feel free to chat to them after their stint at the keyboard.

Fiona Snyckers, Joanne Macgregor, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Kathryn White, Joan de la Haye and David Chislett are the Love books Chain Gang.