Thousands of books donated
2008-05-22
THE Exclusive Books Reading Trust donated a complete container library consisting of children’s books to the Groendal Community, as part of the celebrations at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. One of South Africa’s favourite story tellers, Gcina Mhlope, opened the library and hundreds of children from the surrounding Franschhoek Valley primary schools were invited to celebrate the occasion at a party at the nearby Groendal Community Hall. “Whilst the public image of Exclusive Books is of a chain of bookshops catering to a sophisticated reading market, we seriously regard ourselves as partners of the schools and libraries in South Africa in. “We attempt to make books accessible to the wider population and to encourage the establishment of a reading culture in this country. “We are all so privileged in being literate and having easy access to a stimulating range of books. “We feel passionately that it behoves all of us in the book industry to spread the gospel of reading as a means of upliftment and empowerment and pleasure and entry to the modern world,” says Penny Hochfeld from Exclusive Books. The new library is situated in the parking area of the Groendal Community Centre and the Franschhoek librarian, Madelein Koegelenberg, played a vital role in putting the whole project together. The library is part of a whole drive by the Franschhoek Literary Festival committee to promote community development in the town. Exclusive Books also donated 900 children’s books to the new library at the Dalabuhle Primary School, which is also being supported by the Franschhoek Literary Festival, as well as 1000 books for readers at the main library in Franschhoek.
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