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Bookseller Henry Mugo says he loves selling books because it allows him to talk about literary works with customers at his book stand in central Johannesburg. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Booksellers strive to decolonize literary landscape

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor June 24, 2024

Johannesburg, South Africa – When browsing the young adult section of Book Circle Capital, readers won’t come across J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” or Suzanne Collins’...

Jo Rushby, owner of Ike’s bookstore in Durban, has seen more young people among her customers since the start of the pandemic. PHOTO: THE HAWK

Used bookstores turn the page on pandemic challenges

Allie Miller July 20, 2022

Johannesburg, South Africa — At the entrance to Collector’s Treasury, a bookstore in the Braamfontein neighborhood of Johannesburg, customers are greeted with a book-lined cement staircase and that...

Love Books is an independent bookstore in the Melville neighborhood of Johannesburg, featuring a large selection of literature by South African writers. PHOTO: Rose Barrett '20

It’s in the name: Independent bookstore fosters ‘love for books’

Gabby Gutierrez June 25, 2019

Johannesburg, South Africa -- For 10 years, Love Books, a small independent bookstore on the edge of the Melville neighborhood in Johannesburg, has catered to local bibliophiles and authors who love books....

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