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A busy month with a workshop and performance with children and rock gongs as part of the National Heritage Symposium in Clanwilliam on Thursday 15th and an exciting workshop the following week with the Red Hill children. This will be held on Saturday 23rd at Simon’s Town Library and will be followed by a trip […]
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New weather, new season … new plans. CBN has had a relocation break as we moved offices and took a deep breath after the intensive workshop programme in Clanwilliam. We are now busy with exciting new ideas and plans for the rest of this year and … when did it sneak up? – 2016.
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CBN has offered ten workshops this year, to children between six and sixteen. Now a huge amount of planning, assessment and thinking has to be done after this successful programme of events. August will not be quiet! But there will be no events for children in this month.
From 13th to 17th July there will be a workshop for Grades 4,5,6 and 7. This four-day workshop will be on the theme of Time and the Valley and will follow on from work done in the previous 7 workshops this year as part of the Clanwilliam Dam Community Project. A small, but important workshop
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This is an exam month for our usual crowd of workshoppers, so we will be concentrating on the much younger children during June, with visits to pre-school groups and kindergarten classes as well as follow-up at Elizabethfontein Primary School for learners in Grades 1,2 and 3 and something for the farm children who live in
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There will be two weekend workshops during May around the themes of time, rock art and people in the valley. There is space for 25 participants at each workshop. 1 Primary School – grades 4,5,6 & 7 Day One: Friday 15th after school (2.30 to 5.00). There will be snacks on arrival. Stories and writing,
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In the upcoming Autumn holidays, CBN will be reaching out to more young people in Clanwilliam with a series of workshops, including two given by our colleagues from FunDza Literary Trust, aimed at high school learners. There will also be a workshop focused on the people of the valley given by David van der Westhuizen,
Big News! CBN Expanding it’s range! Read More »
If you live in New York, you may be interested in attending this wonderful event being organised by fantastic CBN friends. They are having an afternoon of storytelling to raise funds for our Toolbox project. Storytellers include Carol Birch, Therese Folkes Plair and Melissa Heckler. April 18th 2015 | 2-4.30pm | Theodore D. Young Community
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Workshop dates for the new workshops season are falling into place. Now that everybody is settled back at school, we will begin in Red Hill in February and in Clanwilliam in March – when the worst of the heat should be over. Red Hill 28 February Rivers will be the theme, with water and music
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While the children are getting ready to begin the school year, CBN is preparing for a busy workshop year ahead and also creating kits that will enable others to take our ideas into a wider world. For more details visit: https://www.childrensbook.co.za/news/2015/01/04/toolboxes-%E2%80%93-extending-reach-cbn
Introducing … The Toolboxes! Read More »
While the children are getting ready to begin the school year, CBN is preparing for a busy workshop year ahead and also creating kits that will enable others to take our ideas into a wider community. For more details visit: https://www.childrensbook.co.za/news/2015/01/04/toolboxes-%E2%80%93-extending-reach-cbn
Introducing … The Toolboxes! Read More »
January has begun! While our website will be resting a bit until 12th January, we are busy making plans – exciting ones. 2015 will feature an extensive programme of events and workshops in Clanwilliam, in association with Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project and we will continue to work with the children in Red Hill informal settlement
Children’s Book Network is taking a break for a couple of weeks. May we leave you with this message? https://www.childrensbook.co.za/news/2014/12/11/war-horse-and-red-hill May the new year bring you happiness and joy – and many, many books. To view our happiest photographs to go with the happiest moments, see the link below: https://www.childrensbook.co.za/news/2014/12/15/happiest-photos-year Lesley and the CBN team
Happy Everything! Read More »
This Wednesday is busy for books in Cape Town. Two events have come to our attention: The Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature & Story Club (monthly event) The Sanlam Prize is 18.30 for 19.00 at Inner City Ideas Cartel on Watrkant Street (further details in image). The Story Club details are below: This month¹s Storyteller
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Events for October 2014 CBN is launching a new project as part of Cederberg Stories that will run from now until the end of 2015. It will build on previous workshops and will include a wider focus on the region including the Oliphants River down to the sea and the new dam that will raise
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Richard Parsons, Champion of Children’s Book Network and friend, died last week after a courageous struggle with cancer. CBN owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his enormous support and encouragement since our beginning. We will miss him. Many, many people all over South Africa and beyond are pausing to reflect, with sadness, on
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Visiting prize-winning author Di Hofmeyr who will be reading from her book The name of the tree is Bojabi, published in 2014 by Tafelberg. Di will be reading from her book and telling the story to children of 8-10 years old from Red Hill informal settlement on 12th September. There will be Saturday Stories at
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A workshop will be held this week for the children of Red Hill informal settlement. This is part of the winter holiday programme CBN began at the beginning of Julyin Clanwilliam with children from the Cederberg region. These workshops bring books and music together, looking at books and stories about music and early people and
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Listening Beautifully: A Fund-raising event on July 7th: Six-thirty for seven ‘Listen beautifully!’ Anele Mhlahlo tells the children who attend our workshops. ‘Close your eyes and let the magic of music – and story – into your mind. CBN has some of South Africa’s greatest storytellers assembling to make just that kind of magic at
Listening Beautifully: A evening fund-raising event on 7 July Read More »
With Gina Mhlophe, Sindiwe Magona, Anele Mhlahlo and croc E moses. This event will not only be a magical evening of stories and music but also acts as a fundraiser for Children’s Book Network. Tickets are R150 and include wine and nibbles. We would be very grateful if you could also share this event with
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