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All things books, to inspire a reading nation
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I have been visiting some coffee shops to find a perfect spot to read a page or 10 and I found myself at Sihle’s Brew Coffee Shop in Northview Shopping Centre in Northriding. Sihle’s Brew brand was born through founder,...
The real significance of this book lies in the fact that it tells us more about the everyday life of black South Africans. It delves into the essence of black family life and the secret anguish of family members who...
Over the past 8 weeks I’ve featured some local booksellers with the aim to get to know their challenges in their chosen field, the highs, the lows and everything in between. Mostly to shine a light on them in this...
Fred Khumalo has finished his 10 day walk from Joburg to Ladysmith today. For more context as to why he embarked on #TheLongestMarch – please go get yourself the book which is in stores already, let’s get reading.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The book talks about an...
I got this book for my beautiful friend Paballo Kgadima who lives with bipolar. Pabi shares her challenges and her journey on her page and website (follow her here). This was part of the Jacana Media book sale which is...
I met Damien online before Lotus Bookstore began through Lotus Book Blog. I tend to gravitate towards social media accounts that I share a passion for books and people, and Damien represents exactly that. His love for books and people...
Up next for this week I have Charles Bande of Vocal Minds letting us in on his world of selling books. Charles has been in the book selling space since last year. New to the world of book distributing but...
This week I feature Bongani Tau as he tells us about Afrocentric Literature and takes us through the journey of being a book distributor in Johustleburg. I met Bongani online first through running Bookamoso – and then we missed each...
So fitting that I update for this book during Heritage month. What a ride it was reading Lerato’s adventures. 11 years ago Lerato Mogoatlhe decided she was tired of her life in South Africa with it’s routines of celebrity-filled parties...
This week’s feature is one hard-working gentleman who I met as Zeb. I thought that was his name, he doesn’t know this. He is a pleasant to interact with, very welcoming and just an all-round great person to meet. He’s...