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Bridge Books is well aware of the gaps in South African literary industries. South Africans have limited access to their own stories, particularly in their own languages. We've been publishing lost classics, anthologies, and children's books in local languages, with the ultimate goal to get more South African stories in South African languages, into bookstores across the country.

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  • How we’re celebrating the end of March

    How we’re celebrating the end of March

    This Saturday at Bridge: Loud Explosions book launch, Silent Reading club, and a pop-up at August House This Saturday we’ve got a triple-decker of Bridge events — join us for...

    How we’re celebrating the end of March

    This Saturday at Bridge: Loud Explosions book launch, Silent Reading club, and a pop-up at August House This Saturday we’ve got a triple-decker of Bridge events — join us for...

  • Loud Explosions Silent Cries

    Loud Explosions Silent Cries

    This upcoming event at Bridge Books presents a powerful live reading from Loud Explosions, Silenced Cries: Reflections on the War in Gaza, a touching 2025 anthology edited by veteran educator...

    Loud Explosions Silent Cries

    This upcoming event at Bridge Books presents a powerful live reading from Loud Explosions, Silenced Cries: Reflections on the War in Gaza, a touching 2025 anthology edited by veteran educator...

  • Listening Spaces: The Miraculous Mandarin

    Listening Spaces: The Miraculous Mandarin

    Picture this: it’s 1918 Budapest, and Béla Bartók has just dropped a ballet so jaw-droppingly violent it got slapped with a ban after exactly one performance. Forget your typical "romantic orchestral sweeps." This...

    Listening Spaces: The Miraculous Mandarin

    Picture this: it’s 1918 Budapest, and Béla Bartók has just dropped a ballet so jaw-droppingly violent it got slapped with a ban after exactly one performance. Forget your typical "romantic orchestral sweeps." This...

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