Franschhoek Rides again! 2022 sees the return of the Franschhoek Literary Festival with its attendant excitement of writers, publishers and intellectuals. It also signals

Book-Books This entirely novel concept could have a boring title like ‘Project Book’.  Book-Book says a lot more. We experimented with these books during

We are excited about the more cheerful beginning to 2022 and hoping against hope that the signs of cautious optimisim in South Africa continue.

The Toolbox Project explained For five years now, CBN has been writing, creating, discussing (and testing with upper primary schoolchildren) a different way to

Not to difficult to guess! They cost a lot. A book, by its very nature, is going to be expensive. It is, or at

After a short break for refurbishing (a longish-short break!) we are back in full flow.CBN never paused or faltered. We were storming along all

A common question, this time with no satisfactory answer. The year of 2020 has had a serious, and very negative, effect on our children.

On Thursday 19th at 11.00 am at Madre’s in Stanford, there will be a very informal – and brief – meeting between those involved

With heavy hearts, we decided at a meeting this morning to postpone the planned workshops for the next quarter, or until the emergency has

CBN started a choir during 2018 because we believed that it would give the children an identity and a sense of community. It succeeded

Friends of CBN, Anja and Reto Schleputz recently asked their friends to donate to CBN instead of buying presents for a special birthday! The

For over two years now, Chantel Oosthuysen has guarded the financial battlements of CBN, fought off the invasions of internet banking complications, written down

The final programme is in and the excitement is building for the week when book people meet children in Franschhoek before the festival begins.

Although ‘officially’ retired, Jay Heale continues to grace us with an excellent newsletter for which we are very grateful. Please find the latest attached

Next week (June 29th to July 2nd) CBN will be holding the first Winter Workshop, for High School learners, with an amazingly exciting programme.

Last week I had the excitement of finally meeting the amazing team behind Book Dash (http://bookdash.org/). Book Dash is an innovative organisation based in

On Friday 29 May at 3.00 we will have a meeting at the library with high school students to explain what CBN does, how

this month’s theme has been tracks and tracking – both in hunting and in archaeology. For full reports of these (and all other) workshops,