Denise Rack Louw
latest news & developmentsThrough a child’s eyes
A new book sheds light on the lives of schoolchildren from different backgrounds, writes Denise Rack Louw.
Literary landscapes
This book would make an excellent guide on any journey in the Eastern Cape, as well as a good-read resource for the class or school library, with its useful information on the…
Eat your words, teachers!
Denise Rack Louw reviews Could Do Better: School Reports of the Great and the Good edited by Catherine Hurley (Pocket Books, R116) Teachers should take note: the comments they…
The Black Knight gives back
The successful development of Blair Atholl School, north of Johannesburg, is an achievement that golfer Gary Player holds almost as dear as the many medals and cups he has…
Wanted: children’s books in the vernacular
Generations of South Africans have grown up thinking that reading is something you only do in English. But it’s high time to change all that, writes Denise Rack Louw
Book world in Africa
Hosted in Africa for the first time, the 29th World Congress of the International Board on Books for Young People is just around the corner. The event is an assembly of writers,…
Voices in the wilderness
Ten years’ work and 8 000km of travel have gone into researching and writing a new book that focuses on the "literature of place", writes Denise Rack Louw.
Till music do us part
Denise Rack Louw speaks with musician husband and wife couple Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhães.