Popular Children’s Book now available in IsiXhosa and IsiZulu Popular kid’s book, The Magic that’s Ours, which has already won acclaim from educators across the country, is now available in IsiXhosa and IsiZulu, helping to spread its magic message to many more South African kids. Written by local author Gary Hirson, the fun and vividly-illustrated tale…
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The journey of translating a children’s book into 2 official languages.
As an author and independent publisher, I’ve just experienced the process of having my first book, The Magic that’s Ours, translated into IsiXhosa and IsiZulu, 2 of the 11 official languages in South Africa. The experience, albeit dissimilar to writing a book, was very interesting as I couldn’t speak, read, or write any of the translated languages. The…
There is a change sweeping South Africa – Literally
In the past if one wanted to buy a book they would go to the nearest bookstore and make the purchase, easy! It was all so conventional; the publisher printed books, bookstores stocked them, and customers went and bought them. Well some customers anyway. It’s been mentioned that in South Africa only 1% of the…
It’s OK to beg to expose yourself!
When my initial publisher went out of business, leaving me with the final book manuscript, I decided that I was going to try and get signed by another publisher. I trawled websites and spoke to a number of them wanting to find out exactly what they required when it came to submitting a proposal why…
Why it’s so important to attend book fairs.
This morning I attended the official opening of the Cape Town book Fair which will run until Sunday afternoon – 17th June. I went to the book fair for 2 specific reasons. As I’m only the independent publisher of , The Magic that’s Ours and The Power that’s Ours, 2 interactive, motivational books for children, I didn’t…
