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A small, but important workshop will be held for new readers on Tuesday 14th July. This will be at the same time as the
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Some days are just wonderful. The last three days of CBN workshop in Clanwilliam have been days we will never forget – and we
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Next week (June 29th to July 2nd) CBN will be holding the first Winter Workshop, for High School learners, with an amazingly exciting programme.
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Last week I had the excitement of finally meeting the amazing team behind Book Dash (http://bookdash.org/). Book Dash is an innovative organisation based in
Workshop Reports
On Friday afternoon 29th May CBN held a presentation workshop for teenagers at the Clanwilliam Library as part of the Clanwilliam Dam Community Project.
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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
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On Friday 29 May at 3.00 we will have a meeting at the library with high school students to explain what CBN does, how
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this month’s theme has been tracks and tracking – both in hunting and in archaeology. For full reports of these (and all other) workshops,
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On Friday 15th and Saturday 16th May a full complement of children attended a workshop at Clanwilliam Living Landscape Project linking the art and
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On Thursday 14th May CBN visited Elizabethfontein Primary School, over the Pakhuis Pass from Clanwilliam. Many older children attend workshops in Clanwilliam, but the
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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
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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
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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
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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
