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All things books, to inspire a reading nation
Category: Blog
I hope you are all keeping well, and you are washing your hands during this difficult time as we try to navigate some kind of normalcy while practicing safe #SocialDistancing and we are being encouraged to stay home as our...
I recently went to Devine Bookstore – by accident because I went to the shopping center where the store is located in desperate need of a packet of nappies. Yes, nappies. One of #TheRaleieTwins nappies had run out and I...
Spearheaded by Refilwe Legoka, the #ReadingDate revolution is really a fresh concept and one I’m glad I experienced. I missed the first edition in January but this past weekend I attended the February edition held at Pablo House in Melville...
This is a throwback post, so please indulge me… To wrap up the month of January with a bang, Jacana Media invited everyone in the literary space and some of their authors to a Thank You Breakfast. Of course I...
I visited Palet Coffee Shop to have a little time away from the house recently and for some much needed coffee made by someone else (yes, it’s a thing). I was sampling Fred Khumalo’s The Longest March, which I’ve now...
I pledged to read aloud to 3 children under the age of 11 years old as part of Nal’ibali’s annual campaign to celebrate by reading to the children in your life or a group of children at a school, hospital...
I recently went to The Commune for the first time, and I’m happy to say I’ll be going again soon. This not so new space is described as a radical community-centered, collectively-run bookshop. Launched in September 2019, the the store...
This is a delayed book haul of my trip to what has now become a favourite bookstore or rather the only second hand bookstore that I frequent. They are just called simply that – The Second Hand Bookstore. I’ve been...
I recently visited Soweto Book Cafe, which is nestled in the heart of Soweto. This community book shop has a little of everything for everyone. There’s a collection of over 500 books that comprises of non-fiction and fiction books. The...
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,...