The Oxford Book Shop and Book Exchange first opened its doors in 1975 at 169 Oxford Street and has consistently been providing East London book lovers with affordable options for the last 48 years. Alan Wild took over the shop in 1990 and…
Selborne Primary recently officially opened their new media and IT centre and named it after principal Doug Voke, who is retiring after 30 years. Here some of the pupils have fun fitting into the new trendy bookshelf in the centre…
AN AMERICAN teacher has donated about 16000 books to schools around East London since 2009. Joanne Guzzi started thinking of helping underprivileged schools in the area after her first visit to East London and in particular, schools in…
The Grade 00 Selborne Pups boys went to Big School last week and the Grade 1 boys read to them. Landin du Preez, in Grade 00, listens attentively as Grade 1 pupil, Lihulmile Nomanyama, reads to him Picture: SUPPLIED
“I decided to write this book after a trip to the book store with my parents. I realised that all of the children’s books were written by adults and I said to myself: ‘Why can’t children write children’s books instead of just adults?’”…
World Read Aloud Day is aimed at encouraging literacy WORLD Read Aloud Day, a day that motivates children, teens and even adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words was celebrated in East London too. Voluntary social worker,…