South African Booksellers Open Up Sales in Defiance of Lockdown
JOHANNESBURG – For bookseller and writer Griffin Shea, South Africa’s 35-day total lockdown made for a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month.
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Bringing Jozi to book: inner city literature trade is booming
Judging by the number of used-book sellers in Joburg, tech has not yet vanquished print, and the city even contemplates a literary precinct, writes Claire Keeton, who joined a tour of booksellers’ haunts
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The book thieves came late on a Sunday evening. This was not wholly unexpected as…
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An area long seen as too dangerous to visit and walk around, downtown Johannesburg, dating back to 1886, is seeing more and more tour buses and groups of tourists wandering around, catching a glimpse of the history and the gorgeous old buildings like Corner House, the Rand Club, the 1935 main library and the Barbican. Often those tours are being led by one of the following groups:
Marshalltown’s secret book caverns are a bibliophile’s dream
The precinct’s literary heritage is experiencing a revival with pop-up stores and vendor stalls doing roaring trade.
#MyJoburg by Griffin Shea
The best way to get to know Joburg is to hang out with an insider. In our Ask a Local series we chat to some of our favourite Joburg city people to get the lowdown on what makes Joburg unique. This week independent bookshop owner GRIFFIN SHEA shares his Joburg with us.
The Book Review
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3. A spy in time by Imraan Coovadia,
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Guest: Griffin Shea – Owner of Bridge Books
The Covid-19 lockdown wrote the end of the story for many businesses
SAFM | THE JET SET BREAKFAST
The Covid-19 lockdown wrote the end of the story for many businesses, but for sec-ond-hand bookstores it is said to be the start of a promising new chapter.
GUEST: GRIFFIN SHEA – Author of The Golden Rhino and Founder of Bridge Books Sellers of new and second-hand books with a focus on African literature with stores in Maboneng, Commissioner street & online.
JOBURG’S LITERARY HISTORY – ENCA
A group of people gather in Johannesburg to learn about the city centre’s literary history. The Johannesburg Literary District tour includes a stop at the Rand Club, the Pedestrian Market and the City Library. Courtesy #Dstv403