Seventeen years later, Mervyn Sloman reflects on The Book Lounge thriving in the digital age and building reading community through Open Book Festival
Lebo Mazibuko’s second novel, Fabrics of Love, looks at themes of family trauma, black womanhood, absent fathers and heritage
The quiet power of Moses Seletisa’s Sepedi poetry and Sabata Mokae’s Setswana novels
Stories from our rich heritage provide teachers with an affordable, accessible way to improve literacy levels, teaching children to read in their home language
Improving access to material written in African languages would encourage kids to discover more about their history and culture
The Love Books campaign by Ladles of Love aims to couple feeding with reading