The Cederberg Stories Project will be holding a workshop on Friday 4th April on Music and Stories – Stories and Music. Anele Mhlahlo will

On 1st March our latest Swedish visitors touched down at Cape Town Airport, ready for action at Red Hill and other Rotary projects in

This article, by Jay Heale, was broadcast on Fine Music Radio, Cape Town, on 13th January 2014. What were you doing on Tuesday 10

The tenth of December 2013: None of us will ever forget the announcement last week that our beloved Madiba had left us during the

On Tuesday 10th of December, in Simon’s Town Library hall, there will be a gathering of storytellers, musicians and children to celebrate the end

CBN was very privileged to host a wonderful dance team at our Heritage Day workshop on September 24th. It began with a visit to

On Friday 18th October in Plumstead in Cape Town about 180 children were waiting in the hall to hear about books and reading. School

Not often does one drop in on a weekday afternoon at a Cape Town township high school and find a group of teenagers practicing

Yesterday CBN handed over two copies of the Usborne Illustrated Dictionary and donated some English storybooks for the library at Sederberg Primary School in

The smiles say it all! Elizabethfontien Primary School is over the Pakhuis Pass travelling towards the Tankwa Karoo from Clanwilliam. It is a school

Three copies of The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary were donated today to Clanwilliam Library. Librarian Lizel Koopman noted how useful they were going to be

From ASSITEJ – Dreams for the Arts In their August newsletter Yvette Hardie, Director of ASSITEJ, reports on a local Arts initiative Comments from

July has been a wet woolly time for the Red Hill Informal Settlement which faces straight into the icy North winds. At this time

Engelbrecht Primêre is a school with an air of excitement, an air of going somewhere. Last week, on Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday, the ribbon

CBN and Senior Librarian Natalie Lens visited another local library on Monday 22nd July, this time in Eland’s Bay. This is not a big

The exciting short story anthology for young South Africans 17th July, 17:30 for 18:00 The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street Cape Town RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com

The first great book fair in Africa was held annually in Ife, Nigeria. After that, the international gathering place for African publishers was at

The Kids’ Lit Quiz World Finals in Durban, South Africa, 2013 In front of a packed audience in the Centenary Hall of Durban Girls’

It’s winter. It’s raining. It’s difficult. But progress continues on the new Red Hill Library project. When the waterproofing is complete, the floor can

Planning begins for Cederberg Stories The first part of planning workshops should be speaking to the communities involved. CBN has begun the process. There