We were invited to attend the Sharjah Children’s reading festival in Sharjah (UAE) on 30th April and 1-2 May 2015. It was a very

Between 8 and 10 April, twenty-three children aged from 9-11 years old attended the most exciting workshop yet! A team of experienced facilitators worked

Not long after arranging to go to Warrior on Wheels courtesy of Assitej South Africa, Assitej called us again to offer us tickets to

In Clanwilliam on 20 and 21 March CBN held the first workshop in the Clanwilliam Dam Community Project series. The theme was Water and

Our lovely new friends at Assitej South Africa called us a couple of weeks ago to see if we had any children we would

Last week, teenagers from Red Hill informal settlement met Joey, a horse, on the stage of the Artscape Theatre. Nothing could have prepared them,

This is the week that 10 Red Hill children travel to Cape Town for first a workshop, and then a performance of War Horse.

Review from What’s On in Cape Town by Samantha Orange In an evening to remember, Listening Beautifully did more than evoke emotions of joy

Since the rather intriguing looking rock gongs have been installed just inside the gate of Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project, they have attracted a lot

Pre-school visit to CBN & CLLP Q: When a play school comes for a workshop, is it a play-shop? A: Definitely. Twenty-five children from

For whatever reason it seemed difficult to engage the children in writing their own story/poem/ideas. They always responded more to the activity of writing

On Saturday 14th June children in Clanwilliam remembered the children and young people who were part of the freedom struggle in South Africa, particularly

On Saturday 31 May, Clanwilliam children took to the sun on a very cold day to read and enjoy (and review) stories about music.

What is a rock gong? Sometimes called Ringing Rocks, these are features of the landscape in the Karoo and many other places worldwide. Put

During April and May 2014, we focused on an out-of-Africa story. We wanted to focus on imagination and how books can take readers anywhere

We continued the theme of last week’s workshops this morning by, first of all, looking at the patterns of stories in the same way

Today, 2 April, is World children’s Book Day and to celebrate, here is some news of a highly successful library outreach project . Every

The full report for 2013 is now available as a PDF for anyone who needs all the ins and outs (and the ups and

After the recent two-day workshop in Clanwilliam, so many children asked for more, that CBN has initiated a Stories on Saturdays project. Our partner

End of the year exams begin on Monday. Today was the last day suitable to visit the Grade Four class, as promised. At ten