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A Communist Bookshop, A Small Bookshop, People's Bookshop and Pilgrim's Bookshop

A Communist Bookshop, A Small Bookshop, People'...

  6. [             ] A Communist Bookshop 1940s? Northside of Commissioner near Delvers I think. A small shop in an old single-storey  building, run by...

A Communist Bookshop, A Small Bookshop, People'...

  6. [             ] A Communist Bookshop 1940s? Northside of Commissioner near Delvers I think. A small shop in an old single-storey  building, run by...

Central News Agency, Jennings and Anderson's Bookshop

Central News Agency, Jennings and Anderson's Bo...

3. Central News Agency (CNA) Cleveland Branch They were there in 1937 when my parents and I moved to Malvern North side of Jules between King and Queen. New books...

Central News Agency, Jennings and Anderson's Bo...

3. Central News Agency (CNA) Cleveland Branch They were there in 1937 when my parents and I moved to Malvern North side of Jules between King and Queen. New books...

Share a spring day with authors on a farm

Share a spring day with authors on a farm

What is more lovely than a spring day, filled with the exploration of African fiction in the setting of a farm?  Join us, in collaboration with Museum Her, for a...

Share a spring day with authors on a farm

What is more lovely than a spring day, filled with the exploration of African fiction in the setting of a farm?  Join us, in collaboration with Museum Her, for a...

2. [      ] Unnamed Bookshop

2. [ ] Unnamed Bookshop

Harald Herzog, who documented decades worth of central Joburg bookshops, gives us his second description: a Bookshop with No Name [         ] I don’t think this...

2. [ ] Unnamed Bookshop

Harald Herzog, who documented decades worth of central Joburg bookshops, gives us his second description: a Bookshop with No Name [         ] I don’t think this...

LitDistrict map now in print!

LitDistrict map now in print!

Our map showing the 71 booksellers in the LitDistrict is now in print! We'll be posting wall versions like this one around the city. But you can also get your...

LitDistrict map now in print!

Our map showing the 71 booksellers in the LitDistrict is now in print! We'll be posting wall versions like this one around the city. But you can also get your...

A Discussion of Bessie Head's Maru

A Discussion of Bessie Head's Maru

Bessie Head wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are infused with spiritual questioning and reflection. Her seminal work, Maru, (1971) centres around an orphaned Masarwa girl who goes to...

A Discussion of Bessie Head's Maru

Bessie Head wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are infused with spiritual questioning and reflection. Her seminal work, Maru, (1971) centres around an orphaned Masarwa girl who goes to...