BOOK EXCERPT A Clergyman’s Daughter – Growing up in a religious community in a rapidly changing SA 6 min 0 By Hannah Botsis
NOVEL EXPERIENCE ‘Choose your own adventure’ – Cape Town Silent Book Club brings novel twist to age-old pastime 5 min 4 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
NOVEL STRATEGY Win-win — Diepsloot literacy project gives unemployed young people a leg-up as it boosts matric results 6 min 2 By Anna Cox and Cecilia Russell
NEW CHAPTER After five-year shutdown, Joburg City Library set for partial reopening on 21 March 3 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
WORLD OF WORDS Meet the ‘book guy of Zondi’ — Soweto bibliophile creates hub for reading, games and learning 4 min 2 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
THE CONVERSATION Women’s prize for fiction 2025: Six experts review the shortlisted novels 5 min 0 By The Conversation
OUTLIER SA children say they really like to read, despite dismal reading test results 8 min 0 By Laura Grant and Ro Manoim
WORLD BOOK DAY REFLECTION My dad reads — memories of treasures found and lives lived through books 6 min 17 By Sarah Hoek
REFLECTION Lost in the pages — the books that steal my sleep and capture my soul 6 min 0 By Sarita Ranchod
THE CONVERSATION The five best non-fiction books of 2024 – according to experts 5 min 0 By The Conversation
LITERARY GATHERING Small-town setting, big ideas — the Booktown Richmond festival 5 min 2 By Rebecca Willis
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS How party manifestos tackle the plight of children and where activists say they fall short 6 min 0 By Shaun Smillie
ON THE WRITE TRACK Stories of success — how Book Dash is reimagining publishing to get South African children reading 5 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
BOOKMARKS Time to get lost – and we’ve got just the right holiday reads to help you do it 5 min 0 By Janet van Eeden
WRIT LARGE Best books of 2023 — a smorgasbord to tickle every literary tastebud 6 min 3 By The Reading List
THE CONVERSATION The tomes are changing – how BookTok is having a huge influence on what we read 4 min 0 By Natalie Wall
WORDS OF WISDOM Turn-up for the books – South Africa’s rural libraries plug critical gaps in the digital age 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Jim Mohlala
WORDS ON THE STREET Joburg’s inner-city bookshops subvert stereotypes of African illiteracy 6 min 0 By Yiming Fu
ROAD TO REVELATION OP-ED Following the yellow brick road to vice-chancellorship — the inspiring story of Pamela Zibuyile Dube 5 min 0 By Tinyiko Maluleke
