General Reports
On Thursday 14th May CBN visited Elizabethfontein Primary School, over the Pakhuis Pass from Clanwilliam. Many older children attend workshops in Clanwilliam, but the
General News
This was a very interesting event to attend. Morag Styles is an expert in the history of children’s literature. She is professor of Children’s
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Tonight (Monday 11th May) at UCT there will be a conversation between Morag Styles, Emeritus Professor of Children’s Poetry, University of Cambridge, and Finuala
General Reports
We were invited to attend the Sharjah Children’s reading festival in Sharjah (UAE) on 30th April and 1-2 May 2015. It was a very
Workshop Reports
We have been talking about it for a while, but this holiday CBN hosted The FunDza Literacy Trust – http://www.fundza.co.za/ for a workshop with
General Reports
Between 8 and 10 April, twenty-three children aged from 9-11 years old attended the most exciting workshop yet! A team of experienced facilitators worked
Workshop Reports
Local rock-art guide David van der Westhuizen joined CBN for the first – but not the last – time to talk to the workshop
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Many Cultures One Story Today is a special day in the book calendar. CBN is giving a workshop for Grades 7-8 in Clanwilliam today,
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Bookdash is a fantastic initiative that brings together teams of illustrators, writers, designers and creative people generlaly to create books for South Africa’s children
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Congratulations to South African reading organization PRAESA on winning the prestigious Astrid Lindgren in Sweden for their amazing work over the last 20 years
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School holidays are just round the corner (again!) and there will be a full programme for children in Clanwilliam: International Children’s Book Day on
Children's writing
Rain makes Rivers – Rivers make Life I love patterns in the dust like pat-pat-pat, pat-pat, pat-pat. Water can save our lives. If there
General Reports
Not long after arranging to go to Warrior on Wheels courtesy of Assitej South Africa, Assitej called us again to offer us tickets to
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In Clanwilliam on 20 and 21 March CBN held the first workshop in the Clanwilliam Dam Community Project series. The theme was Water and
General Reports
Our lovely new friends at Assitej South Africa called us a couple of weeks ago to see if we had any children we would
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Children from the Chris Hani school in Khayelitsha dancing during the Swedish World’s Children’s Prize homecoming concert in the Artscape Theatre on March 1st.
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Clanwilliam Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd March Children between 9 and 12 are invited to join a fun workshop at Living Landscape from 3.00
Friends. Where would we be without them?
A USA Benefit for the Children’s Book Network in Cape Town and Clanwilliam, South Africa What it means to have friends! The USA storytellers
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Library Week is coming up soon and the Southern Peninsula have put together a festival celebrating the written word in their area. Blown Away
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My Kassie Book Club; helping to address illiteracy in South Africa.
