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Destination: Mervyn Sloman at the entrance of The Book Lounge. Photo: Supplied

Mervyn Sloman: The vision behind Cape Town’s beloved Book Lounge and Open Book Festival

Seventeen years later, Mervyn Sloman reflects on The Book Lounge thriving in the digital age and building reading community through Open Book Festival

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Layered: Lebo Mazibuko’s novel Fabrics of Love came out in August. Photo: Thandukwazi Lungelo Gcabashe

Exploring the fabric of family and identity in Lebo Mazibuko’s Fabrics of Love

Lebo Mazibuko’s second novel, Fabrics of Love, looks at themes of family trauma, black womanhood, absent fathers and heritage

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Sepedi poet and cultural worker Moses Seletisa

Speaking in tongues: The literary revolution rooted in Sepedi and Setswana

The quiet power of Moses Seletisa’s Sepedi poetry and Sabata Mokae’s Setswana novels

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
The data from research centre Intelpoint suggests the majority of the population aged 15 years and older possesses basic reading and writing skills.

Bringing heritage into schools can boost SA’s literacy efforts

Stories from our rich heritage provide teachers with an affordable, accessible way to improve literacy levels, teaching children to read in their home language

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
The data from research centre Intelpoint suggests the majority of the population aged 15 years and older possesses basic reading and writing skills.

Make books available to children to grow a love of reading

Improving access to material written in African languages would encourage kids to discover more about their history and culture

  • Eyaaz
5 min read

Help our children fall in love with books this February

The Love Books campaign by Ladles of Love aims to couple feeding with reading

  • Derek Davey
5 min read