Nicolaas Maritz has won the 2019 Exclusive Books IBBY SA Illustrator Award for his gloriously exuberant picture book, South African Animal Portraits - an A- Z.

The timing couldn’t be better - there will be a launch of the book at Clarke’s Bookshop, on Long Street, Cape Town, at 13h00 on Saturday 9 November. Copies of the book and framed prints of the artworks will be on sale.

There is an additional launch on 16 November at The Book League in the West Coast town of Darling. Please join us at 11h00 to celebrate the release of this quirky, and very unique book.

Lebohang Masango, the extraordinarily talented author of Mpumi’s Magic Beads has won the Exclusive Books IBBY SA Writer Award for her picture book.

There will be a celebratory launch and a handing over of a R10,000 prize to both Nicolaas and Lebohang at an event later this month.

The Best Meal Ever - a picture book written by Sindiwe Magona, and illustrated by Paddy Bouma, and originally published in 2006, has been re-edited for a 2019 release.

It has been selected for inclusion on the IBBY HONOUR LIST, and a copy will be sent to seven libraries around the world.

The book will also be on display at the 2020 IBBY CONGRESS in Moscow.