General News
Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press are holding their annual dragon boat contest on Saturday 29 November at 9.00 am at the Waterfront
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A board meeting will be held in Tokai, Cape Town, on Friday 5th December at 2.00. This will be attended by the three CBN
General Reports
This is the week that 10 Red Hill children travel to Cape Town for first a workshop, and then a performance of War Horse.
General News
During 2015 CBN will be offering workshops to local children in association with Clanwilliam Living landscape Project and the contracted archaeologists who will be
General News
Come and join the Archaeology students from University of Cape Town and other universities in Africa, at Living Landscape on Saturday 6th December at
CBN Books
Maurice Sendak and JRR Tolkien on the children and their books “I don’t write for children,” Maurice Sendak scoffed in his final interview. “I
General News
This month has seen some emotional moments for the ASSITEJ SA team as more than 3600 young people came to the production of War
CBN Books
A book about a truly important thing – the ability to read Author Chis van Wyk, who sadly died last month, often wrote from
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IBBY SA Book donations Last year the IBBY SA / Biblionef SA Schools Programme brought 5760 attractive new books to 15 schools and joined
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Marj Brown reports on the phenomenal success of the Phendulani Literacy Quizz Today, 102 pupils from more than 12 schools in Johannesburg, took part
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War Horse news and other things … Di Hofmeyr on making stories come to life – and Handspring Puppets on the same theme. Di
General Reports
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
Workshop Reports
How to make workshops happen The intention to hold a workshop, and the idea of a location grows quite quickly into a real event
CBN Books
Here’s a splendid quote from David Almond: “IBBY [the International Board on Books for Young People] is based on optimism, that books, reading, and
General News
Sanlam and Tafelberg Publishers invite you to celebrate with the authors and see the winning books in this prestigious award. Wednesday 29 October 18.30
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The story Club Cape Town is hosting another gathering at the end of this month (next week!). This month’s Storyteller is Dinah Eppel who
CBN Books
Much loved South African picture book Not so fast Songololo, written and illustrated by Niki Daly, is on the the Guardian (UK) prestigious list
General News
The South African section of the International Board on Books for Young People is having a celebratory BookBash at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday 23
CBN Books
The South African classic, Fly Eagle Fly! has made it onto the Guardian (UK) prestigious list of the 50 best children’s books published from
Workshop Reports
Another school holiday, another workshop. We successfully concluded the focus on Clanwilliam, my town, with an exuberant painting session in which some rather tropical
