Virtual move for National Book Week
Reading awareness programme includes reading related activities, storytelling, poetry sessions, writing workshops, play-based learning and motivational talks in all South African languages
NATIONAL Book Week, dedicated to encourage reading,will be promoted on social media platforms this year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Book Week, which actively celebrates books through indigenous language reading festivals across the country, will now be hosted virtually between 7 and 13 September.
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This year’s event will carry digital content and to-do-activities, which will be presented virtually on the Book Week Facebook page.
The programme includes reading related activities, storytelling, poetry sessions, writing workshops, play-based learning and motivational talks in all South African languages.
New additions to the line-up include magic shows and puppet making workshops, which should find new audiences all over the country.
A segment on ‘Stories from Africa’, led by the multi-talented Gcina Mhlophe.
One of the country’s longest running book donation drives #BUYABOOK, a focus point of National Book Week, returns this year with ‘Fun With Funda Bala’ – a children’s activity book that can be bought at Bargain Books and Exclusive Books for only R20.
The public is encouraged to buy the book and they can also pay it forward by donating it to a child or adult in their environment.
For more information visit sabookcouncil.co.za.
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