Bringing Jozi to book: inner city literature trade is booming
Judging by the number of used-book sellers in Joburg, tech has not yet vanquished print, and the city even contemplates a literary precinct, writes Claire Keeton, who joined a tour of booksellers’ haunts
21 July 2019 - 00:00
Books compete for space with handbags, coats and high heels in a fashion store in Joburg’s CBD. On the bottom shelves are religious texts like Sex Terrorism and Immorality. Or was that Immortality?..
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