Archived posts, October, 2013

08 Oct 2013

NewsDay-Writers and organisers of this year’s Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) have expressed concern over the disappearance of a reading culture in the country. Speaking during the recently ended book fair at Harare Gardens, the writers said the disappearance of… read more

Promoting Tshwao, unrecorded language of under 50 speakers

07 Oct 2013

Zimbabwe Reads is working together with the African Languages Research Institute at the University of Zimbabwe to promote Tshwao, an unrecorded language spoken by a small group of people in western part of Zimbabwe, on the border with Botswana. And… read more

Author returns home for new novel

07 Oct 2013

New Zimbabwe.com -An author reflects on her own childhood in a mining village in Zimbabwe as inspiration for her new book. Spiwe Nancy Mahachi-Harper has returned to her native country for her new novel Footprints in The Mists of Time…. read more

Father scores success with own education system

02 Oct 2013

New Zimbabwe.com-A Zimbabwean man living in England has devised an education system that he believes could change the fortunes of children like his own. Roy Chinyanga’s daughter Chelsea got a grade C in GCSE maths aged just 11 and is… read more

Chatauqua reading club in Harare

01 Oct 2013

The Chatauqua Literary and Scientific Circle – Zimbabwe (CLSC – Z) is inviting interested people to join them in reading and discussing quality books at its library once a month.  CLSC-Z members who read twelve books from the book shelf… read more