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Here, as promised, are the blogs and web reports (with pictures) of the Book Dash on Saturday. It was a truly splendid occasion! • Books LIVE article by Helen Moffett: http://helenmoffett.bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/03/06/a-dashing-day-the-magic-of-making-books-for-children/ • Blogpost by Lesley Beake: https://www.childrensbook.co.za/news/2016/03/05/book-dash-action • Times LIVE article by Tanya Farber: http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2016/03/07/Book-club-pumps-up-the-volume • Blogpost by Nancy Richards: https://nancyvrichards.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/mad-dash-moments/. She also took voice […]

Google has counted the total number of books in the world arriving at a total of 129,864,880. Like most statistics, this number tends to vary, but it remains a significant amount of reading. To read more about how Google did the counting, go to: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7930273/Google-counts-total-number-of-books-in-the-world.html

This year, IBBY (International Board of Books for Young people) has produced a short film of the authors and illustrators who have been nominated for what is known as the Nobel Prize for children’s books. To see the film just go to: https://youtu.be/d2L6mrEc6eM

From our Front Line Book Correspondent at Centre for the Book The Dash is on as twelve teams (each with editor, designer, illustrator and writer) go for the nine pm deadline in an event held by Book Dash at Centre for the Book in Cape Town. The aim is to produce, by the end of

Edition 213 of the Bookchat newsletter.

At a recent panel discussion, Genevieve Hart, chair of IBBY SA described books for children as being: ‘Windows to look out at the world, and also windows to look back in.’ The quote comes from a fascinating (and very fast!) TED Talk by Scott McCloud: His talk refers more to animation than to children’s books,

In a panel discussion at a recent PRAESA event in Cape Town, Professor Genevieve Hart, gave the following statistics about libraries in South Africa. The library statistics come from foreword by Arts & Culture Minister Mthethwa to the DAC booklet “The State of Libraries in South Africa” August 2015 – then DAC’s briefing to the

IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award – the world’s most prestigious children’s book award: Authors: Cao Wenxuan from China, Louis Jensen from Denmark, Mirjam Pressler from Germany, Ted van Lieshout from the Netherlands and Lois Lowry from the USA.

Lesley Beake and Jay Heale give some very last minute choices form their very favourite books (today). It might be different tomorrow! Lesley: I have chosen books for older readers, there is a huge choice for the smaller children, but Guess how much I love you (available in any bookshop around Christmas) remains a favourite.

CBN was delighted to facilitate the donation of the children’s book collection of our beloved book editor, Jay Heale when it arrived at Enlighten Trust in Hermanus. Jay’s move towards retirement (but not quite retirement!) in Napier meant that his children’s books were looking for a home. The busy, popular library of Enlighten Trust in

The latest Bookchat Newsletter, Number 212, kindly supplied -free of charge – by Jay Heale.