Promote access to books and libraries. The Literary District’s goal is to help improve experience and perception of the city by creating a literary district in a walkable swath of downtown Johannesburg, to highlight the city’s reading culture, past and present. They want to improve coordination and communication among writers, booksellers, libraries, schools and publishers, and to […]
The Rissik Street Post Office was built in 1897 by President Paul Kruger’s architect Sytze Wierda. At the time, it was the tallest building in Johannesburg. In 1978, the Post Office became a national monument. It operated until 1996 when the South African Post Office vacated the building. The monument was gutted by a fire
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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 Geoff Klass, works on a computer in his bookstore containing some 2 million books and prints in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Collectors Treasury, a three-storey bookshop owned by brothers Jonathan and Geoff Klass, is dedicated to preserving history and nostalgia and contains everything from VHS tapes of
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Read More Griffin Shea in his shop, Bridge Books © Marc Shoul When Griffin Shea first visited downtown Johannesburg as a young journalist, he hardly imagined it as a base for a new business. Back in 2001, less than a decade after the collapse of apartheid, Africa’s commercial hub was a zone of desolation. “People
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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
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