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Vanessa Raphaely

Vanessa Raphaely started her career on London’s Fleet Street before returning to SA to become the multi-award-winning editor of Cosmopolitan and to run Associated Media. After 20 years, she left and launched The Village. She is the author of the novel, Plus One, children’s books and her latest book is titled We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children, which was born from wisdoms shared on The Village, South Africa’s beloved Facebook group for parents raising tweens, teens and young adults.

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The full FLF programme with session blurbs are now available on Webtickets.

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  3. You can then add the amount of tickets you want for your preferred sessions and it will be added to your cart.
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