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Rumbidzai Mkodzongi
Nov 19, 20245 min read
Living Books For Living Souls
How do you know you have a living book in your hands? You are reading a book to your children, 8 and 11 years old, and they narrate back...
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Angelique Knaup
Oct 9, 20243 min read
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's  " Character(s) To Live By" column) I’m writing this article in the middle of the...
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Angelique Knaup
Jun 29, 20244 min read
Storing up Images of Delight: The Power of Memorisation
"Memory is the cabinet of imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, the counsel- chamber of thought." —Attributed...
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Angelique Knaup
Feb 24, 20244 min read
Drink in Silence and Seek Solitude
(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's "Character(s) To Live By"column) If I chose to hide you away, it is for a reason. I...
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Melanie Blignaut
Nov 6, 20231 min read
November-December Readalong: The Christmas Books
Welcome to our November-December readalong! We know this is a crazy-busy time of year for most people, and so we have chosen three...
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Sarah Spring
Sep 30, 20231 min read
The Book Drive: Diversity, Technology and Trevor Noah's Mom
The Book Drive, in which Lebo and Sarah sit in the car and chat about what they've been reading. In this week's episode they discuss...
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Melanie Blignaut
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Why We Love Jock (Or, Read Old Books That Make You Cry)
When I was little, my father used to run a race called The Jock in Barberton. It was always a lovely holiday for us kids: lots of...
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Sarah Spring
Aug 4, 20231 min read
Delightful Living (Part 2)
Welcome to part 2 of Delightful Living (Part 1 here). In this week’s episode Sarah and Robyn continue to discuss the why and how of...
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Angelique Knaup
Jul 7, 20233 min read
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
(The Young Readers Edition) OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) As...
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Sarah Spring
Jul 7, 20231 min read
The Book Drive
In which Sarah and Lebo sit in the car and chat about what they've been reading.. In this episode of the podcast, we introduce a segment...
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Melanie Blignaut
Jun 2, 20234 min read
Loving the Library
I have fond memories of going to the library as a child. I can remember the old library building with its pretty fountain in the parking...
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Angelique Knaup
May 25, 20233 min read
God Bless Africa
OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) Once we Zimbabweans also sang...
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Angelique Knaup
May 2, 20233 min read
The Lonesome Gods by Louis L' Amour
OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) “Homer sang of his ‘wine-dark...
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