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Episodes

Wednesday May 24, 2023
An Author Reads: Kgetho Ya Lesedi
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Author: Emily Manaka
Read by: Phoebe Mabelane
ISBN: 978 019 576 4369
Book Blurb: The smart, little girl goes to the shop with her father to buy a dress but gets drawn to a book instead.

Thursday Mar 23, 2023
An Author Reads: Amagrablishi
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Amagrablishi, Sindiwe Magona & Gcina Mhlophe, 978 019 0745936
Kwilizwe labathakathi, uSiziwe usinda cebetshu kwezimbi zona iingozi ezi
In the land of witches, Siziwe survives. These are some of the most dangerous situations in the land.

Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
An Author Reads: We Are Growing Stage 5 Paragon the Perfect Pig
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
We Are Growing Stage 5 Paragon the Perfect Pig, 9780195982459, Tracy Blues

Monday Feb 20, 2023

Thursday Oct 20, 2022
English is a funny language when it comes to spelling
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Publishing Manager for Dictionaries and Literature, Dr Phillip Louw, discusses English is a funny language when it comes to spelling in an interview on Radio 702.

Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Why ‘just Googling it’ won’t help your child understand words
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Dr Phillip Louw, Dictionaries Publishing Manager at Oxford University Press Southern Africa, chats to SAFM’s Stephen Grootes about why age appropriate school dictionaries are still so important for children in a heavily digitised world.

Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
An Author Reads: A Swimming Legend
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Wednesday Aug 03, 2022
Aweh! English Grade 2 Level 5 Reader 5
This Reader about the famous swimmer, Natalie du Toit.
Read by author: Maya Fowler

Monday Aug 01, 2022
An Author Reads - Amaqhawe ethu ezonyango
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Aweh! IsiXhosa Grade 2 Level 7 Reader 8
The Reader is about two South Africa’s medical legends, Mary Malahlela and Mr Hamilton Naki. The Reader gives a brief summary of their lives, their impact in the medical field and community and how they were honoured.
Read by author: Nontsikelelo Ntusikazi

Monday Aug 01, 2022
An author reads - Silwa nemililo yasendle
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Aweh! IsiXhosa Grade 3 Level 12 Reader 3
A Reader celebrating Africa and South Africa's first all-female wildfire firefighting crew; the Juliet Crew of Cape Town.
Read by: Nontuthuzelo Mkruqulwa

Friday Jul 29, 2022
An Author Reads: Iqhawekazi lomhlengikazi
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Friday Jul 29, 2022
Naledi wants to be a paediatrician when she grows up. She visits her aunt who is a doctor at Cecilia Makiwane hospital. When Naledi’s aunt takes Naledi to see the hospital where she works, Naledi sees the statue of Cecilia Makiwane, and asks who the person in the statue is. Naledi’s aunt then tells Naledi the story of Cecilia Makiwane, a nurse born in the Eastern Cape, who became the first black professionally qualified nurse in Africa.
Aweh! IsiZulu Grade 2 Level 7 Reader 8
Author: Wazi M Kunene
ISBN: 9780190426255