national book week
Invest in a stranger: buy a book
Storytelling competition to find South Africa’s “Story Bosso”
National Book Week Forum 2014
The importance of learning to read
In today’s world, literacy is critical for success. But millions of people have no access to education, or are poorly educated. As adults, they are functionally illiterate. There are a number of initiatives, however, that promote literacy and reading. These are celebrated on International Literacy Day.
• Storybook sparks love of reading
Reading to boost our self esteem
Motivated to see a strong culture of reading in SA, Tebogo Ditshego took to popular social media platform Twitter to form ReadaBookSA, a unique campaign that encourages all South Africans to read one book a month.
Reading to boost our self esteem
Motivated to see a strong culture of reading in South Africa, Tebogo Ditshego took to popular social media platform Twitter to form ReadaBookSA, a unique campaign that encourages all South Africans to challenge themselves and read one book a month.
• Getting needy kids hooked on books
Nollybooks: Literacy with love
“Chris Rock, the American comedian, jokes that if you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book. Let’s prove him wrong and let’s get reading, sistas!” That call to action comes from Sis’ Nolly, the face of Nollybooks, a new South African romance imprint aiming to make readers out of young black women.