July has been a wet woolly time for the Red Hill Informal Settlement which faces straight into the icy North winds. At this time

Engelbrecht Primêre is a school with an air of excitement, an air of going somewhere. Last week, on Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, the ribbon

CBN and Senior Librarian Natalie Lens visited another local library on Monday 22nd July, this time in Eland’s Bay. This is not a big

The exciting short story anthology for young South Africans 17th July, 17:30 for 18:00 The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street Cape Town RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com

The first great book fair in Africa was held annually in Ife, Nigeria. After that, the international gathering place for African publishers was at

The Kids’ Lit Quiz World Finals in Durban, South Africa, 2013 In front of a packed audience in the Centenary Hall of Durban Girls’

It’s winter. It’s raining. It’s difficult. But progress continues on the new Red Hill Library project. When the waterproofing is complete, the floor can

Planning begins for Cederberg Stories The first part of planning workshops should be speaking to the communities involved. CBN has begun the process. There

Rotary Cape of Good Hope Dictionary Donation Our friends and colleagues in Rotary Cape of Good Hope have kindly donated forty copies of The

Three hours out of Cape Town the road north climbs a steep pass and emerges into a dramatic landscape of mountain, river, crag and

ALL activities will include local talent and bring forward skills already existing in the community. WRITING Individual journals and stories Themes: Home and Landscape

It takes time to build a network of sources for book donation, but Cambridge University Press has done us proud on each occasion when

A book donation of note … For some years now, April 23 has been officially noted as World Book Day. This year, I spent

They might be far from just about everywhere, high up in the Drakensberg near Underberg, but Book Day is remembered and celebrated. The children

In the second part of a shared process of workshops and seminars, Sindiwe Magona and Lesley Beake will visit northern Sweden. Last October, CBN

Joint Media Release Monday, 04 February 2013 Storytelling festival at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) 22-23 February 2013 The Faculty of Education of the

The Children’s Book Network (CBN) is working with community leaders at Red Hill settlement outside Simon’s Town to refurbish the library. The reading room,

I’m a girl 15 years of age. I live with my parents in a small community where everyone knows everyone. I describe myself as

I am ATHULE I was born in Eastern Cape and I am the loving person. I am living in RED-HILL. I love sharing things

I am person who is classical and self-motivated. I am a person who is caring and kind. I’m a person who has emotions as