General Event

Events for October 2014 CBN is launching a new project as part of Cederberg Stories that will run from now until the end of 2015. It will build on previous workshops and will include a wider focus on the region including the Oliphants River down to the sea and the new dam that will raise […]

Richard Parsons, Champion of Children’s Book Network and friend, died last week after a courageous struggle with cancer. CBN owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his enormous support and encouragement since our beginning. We will miss him. Many, many people all over South Africa and beyond are pausing to reflect, with sadness, on

Visiting prize-winning author Di Hofmeyr who will be reading from her book The name of the tree is Bojabi, published in 2014 by Tafelberg. Di will be reading from her book and telling the story to children of 8-10 years old from Red Hill informal settlement on 12th September. There will be Saturday Stories at

A workshop will be held this week for the children of Red Hill informal settlement. This is part of the winter holiday programme CBN began at the beginning of Julyin Clanwilliam with children from the Cederberg region. These workshops bring books and music together, looking at books and stories about music and early people and

Listening Beautifully: A Fund-raising event on July 7th: Six-thirty for seven ‘Listen beautifully!’ Anele Mhlahlo tells the children who attend our workshops. ‘Close your eyes and let the magic of music – and story – into your mind. CBN has some of South Africa’s greatest storytellers assembling to make just that kind of magic at

With Gina Mhlophe, Sindiwe Magona, Anele Mhlahlo and croc E moses. This event will not only be a magical evening of stories and music but also acts as a fundraiser for Children’s Book Network. Tickets are R150 and include wine and nibbles. We would be very grateful if you could also share this event with

Two large workshops are planned for the school holidays. The first one will be at the Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project (CLLP) in the Cederberg from 30th June to 3rd July. We will be working with an exciting new music and books theme with our workshop manager Anele Mhlahlo and his violin as well as books

The Cederberg Stories Project will be holding a workshop on Friday 4th April on Music and Stories – Stories and Music. Anele Mhlahlo will play his violin for the grade 6 children who have been invited to attend (11 years old) and Lesley Beake will read and tell stories about music. Professor john Parkington will

During April 2014 we changed the plans somewhat as the weather continued extremely hot and we delayed the planned topics: People of the Cederberg in the past and one on conservation and nature. Instead we held one on the topic of friends and how important they are – and the difference, in fact, between friends,

On Saturday 15th February there will be a storytelling marathon at the Centre for the Book, 62 Queen Victoria Street in Cape Town. There is a fabulous array of storytellers who will perform between 10 am and 5 pm – and it is FREE! CBN is proud to be associated with this project, which is

We have planned a slow start to the year, allowing for the high temperatures in the area during January and February, escalating to a major workshop during the winter holidays when we will facilitate various music events and performances. Another major focus will be the spring holidays with exhibitions of work and performances during Heritage

Even given the dreaded proviso ‘funding permitting’, CBN has some exciting plans for the coming year. We are currently planning, and will begin implementing, in February, an ambitious year-long programme of workshops and related events in the Cederberg Mountains (about three hours north of Cape Town). This will include developing ideas to excite children about

December Story Festival Building is still continuing at Red Hill’s new library, so CBN has elected to bring the children to the nearest library in Simon’s Town for an end-of-the-year celebration of story. This will include storytelling, music of different kinds and general fun for everyone. It will be at 2.30 in the library hall

Q: What two animals are mentioned in the familiar English sentence that uses all the letters of the alphabet? A: Fox and dog Q: What author was awarded the first ever posthumous Carnegie Medal in 2009 for her novel Bog Child? A: Siobhan Dowd The 22nd international Kids Lit Quiz will be taking place in