SA Booksellers South Breakfast and AGM

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The SA Booksellers annually host a breakfast for booksellers and publishers at this time of year before the Annual General Meetings. This year the speaker was Prof Tim Noakes, who enlightened us all as to his theories around carbohydrates and insulin resistance and the unbelievable success of The Real Meal Revolution. He is a very convincing speaker and also an extremely likeable man. We left wondering how we were going to resist all the glories of a grain fed and high carb existance.
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Only Grade 11 Literature Catalogue to be implemented next year.

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The National FET Literature Catalogue has been developed, approved and sent to provinces. After due consultation, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has decided that Grade 11 must be implemented in 2016, Grade 12 in 2017 and Grade 10 in 2018. See Circular S13 OF 2015

Die land bring hulde aan T.T. Cloete

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Die welbekende Afrikaanse digter, letterkundige en filosoof, T.T. Cloete is Woensdag, 29 Julie in die Mooi-Med hospitaal in die ouderdom van 91 jaar oorlede. Cloete is oor die naweek in die hospitaal opgeneem vir griep. In sy loopbaan het hy verskeie mylpale bereik waaronder die Ingrid Jonkerprys vir Poësie in 1980, viermaal die WA Hofmeyerprys vir Poësie, tweemaal die Hertzogprys vir Poësie en die Andrew Murrayprys.

Lees van die huldeblyke hier:

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Die Afrikaanse Taalraad-portaal

Competition

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The Booksellers Choice Awards are almost here and it is time to vote for the book you think should be chosen as the Booksellers Choice of the year. The short list is:

150 Stories by Nataniël le Roux, published by Human & Rousseau
GoeiemÔre Mnr Mandela by Zelda la Grange, published by Penguin Books South Africa
Kamphoer by Francois Smith, published by Tafelberg Publishers
Low Carb is Lekker by Ine Reynierse, published by Struik Publishers
The Keeper by Marguerite Poland, published by Penguin Books South Africa

Send us your choice by emailing: saba@sabooksellers.com and stand a chance to win a copy of each book.

World Book Day 2015 a huge success

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The SA Booksellers Association members celebrated World Book Day 2015 in a way similar to the UK and Ireland. A selection of children’s books was available in participating bookstores for only R15 during the month of April. Customers were asked to buy and donate these books by putting them in the donation bins in stores and also to buy copies to share with the children in their lives and under privileged children. Over 4 000 books were collected and handed over to Project Literacy’s Run Home to Read campaign on the 17th of July. Read More.

Big talk from the Gauteng MEC for Education

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Gauteng MEC for Education Panyaza Lesufi told thousands of matric pupils that a new era of quality education would begin in the province’s township and rural schools this term. The department will implement its “paperless classroom” programme, which entails a move towards digital learning through the use of tablets. It also aims to have chalkboards replaced with LED screens. Moving beyond the pilot phase that began in seven schools since January, the programme went live on Tuesday morning in 375 high schools offering grade 12, “mainly in township and rural areas”. Bongani Nkosi from the Mail and Guardian gives a full report here.

Reading in shorts

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We love the concept behind and the scope of the recently launched Lire en Short (Reading in shorts) children’s literary festival in France, which has nationwide literary events taking place during the summer school holidays when children and parents are looking for entertainment.

The CNL (Centre National du Livre) released a report in March that showed that the reading habits of the French have decreased amongst the 15-24 age group, and it is hoped that this festival will address this.

SABF tickets

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We have five tickets for the South African Book Fair up for grabs. The event runs for the 31st July – 2nd August and promises to be something wonderful. We love the #discoveryourbookself campaign they are running on Facebook and encourage our readers to discover their bookself. Its easy: Share the five books that have shaped your life on Facebook and include the hashtag ‪#‎DiscoverYourBookself‬. Let us know what they are by emailing bookmark@sabooksellers.com and stand a chance to win.

Bookindy

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Technology is giving UK booksellers hope in their battle against Amazon with a new web extension, Bookindy, that encourages book lovers to browse Amazon and then buy from a local bookstore. It completely reverses the trend of customers browsing in bookshops and then buying on Amazon. We wish it every success. Check out Ed Nawotka’s article on this cool extension to Google Chrome.

Maison de la Poésie

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For the past two years something wonderful has been happening at Paris’ Maison de la Poésie, a public space dedicated to prose in an alley aptly named Passage Molière.

Whether it’s a gathering of poetry on the subject of exile with readings in Spanish, French and Farsi, accompanied by a musical guitar trio, a meeting with Egyptian author Sonallah Ibrahim, or most recently, a series of events built around the theme of Paris and London with authors such as Martin Amis, Nick Hornby, Zadie Smith or Jonathan Coe, accompanied by musicians and actors, La Maison de la Poésie, which used to exclusively host poetry events is now brimming with literary creativity in all shapes and forms.

Doesn’t it sound glorious? Read more about this literary hub here.