For childrens book submissions english and afrikaans please email. List of book publishers in south africa south africa lists. Please do add our details on your list of christian publishers. A book publisher in pretoria, lapa uitgewers publishes mainly afrikaans books. Bumble books independent publisher of childrens books. Before i begin with these picture books, make sure to check out nelson mandelas autobiography for kids, a mustread on perhaps the most important leader of south africa. The book publishing industry in south africa is relatively small, but it is nevertheless a key factor in its economy. They are focused on building a larger market for african childrens authors and illustrators by both igniting the local readership and engaging with international readers, rights and literary agents. Meetse a bophelo the water of life is a social entrepreneurship imprint of bk publishing that aims to foster a love for books and reading, as well as build literacy levels and empower currently. Childrens publishers directory of south africa listing all 5 childrens publishers listed in the south african publishers directories page 1 of 1 of all the publishing companies in the directory of publishers of south africa that are listed under childrens publishers. Bumble books named africas best childrens publishers. Check out the illustrator portfolios in the right menu. Pasa is the largest publishing industry body in south africa, and is committed to creativity, literacy, the free flow of ideas and encouraging a culture of reading.
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Find out more about our amazing childrens books and authors. We specialise in south african history, politics and current affairs. We are currently not accepting manuscript submission but we will be open for submission again in june 2020. We publish around 3050 carefully selected titles per year and distribute to christian bookshops across the uk. Remove south africa filter to see all childrens publishers directory. Sep 03, 2015 2015 is an exciting year of discovery and celebration of south africas local initiatives in the field of childrens book publishing. Buy books that matter were proud to offer books in all eleven south african languages sold directly from our warehouse, including bestsellers, rarities and almostoutofprint books. In august 2008 random house south africa and struik publishers announced their merger to create a significant new player in the african book publishing industry. Are you a south african author searching for a publisher. A lot of time and effort goes into developing and building longterm relationships with our authors.