Mike Fisher wrote the following extract in The Guardian newspaper (quoted from Jay Heale’s Bookchat, with thanks.) He’s right! ‘Bored out of their skulls

Today is the day when the world should be focussing on literacy. We SHOULD be. It is the single best chance for a way

Edition 215 of the Bookchat newsletter.

World Book Day 2016 is here. The event is commemorated every year on 23 April by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Edition 214 of the Bookchat newsletter.

A Cape Flats dad has converted his backyard into a library to encourage the children in his neighbourhood to read. What better news to

Here, as promised, are the blogs and web reports (with pictures) of the Book Dash on Saturday. It was a truly splendid occasion! •

Google has counted the total number of books in the world arriving at a total of 129,864,880. Like most statistics, this number tends to

This year, IBBY (International Board of Books for Young people) has produced a short film of the authors and illustrators who have been nominated

From our Front Line Book Correspondent at Centre for the Book The Dash is on as twelve teams (each with editor, designer, illustrator and

Edition 213 of the Bookchat newsletter.

At a recent panel discussion, Genevieve Hart, chair of IBBY SA described books for children as being: ‘Windows to look out at the world,

In a panel discussion at a recent PRAESA event in Cape Town, Professor Genevieve Hart, gave the following statistics about libraries in South Africa.

IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People is proud to announce the shortlist for the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award – the

Lesley Beake and Jay Heale give some very last minute choices form their very favourite books (today). It might be different tomorrow! Lesley: I

CBN was delighted to facilitate the donation of the children’s book collection of our beloved book editor, Jay Heale when it arrived at Enlighten

The latest Bookchat Newsletter, Number 212, kindly supplied -free of charge – by Jay Heale.

The story of the book Fly, Eagle, Fly! presented by Jay Heale Fly, Eagle, Fly! has become the most famous picture-book story in South

Today a very important and (for once one can accurately say), unique collection of books moved home. Jay Heale’s collection of South African children’s