Book Journey

By: Paula .O.M Otukile

Worth Noting:

• Everyone is a writer now, literacy has spread widely and we are very proud as people of color, however a few are making money out of books.
• An author needs to know grants and literature supporting fraternities and network more so that they can wide spread and achieve more, and benefit from their work.
• Clients in Africa are scarce but it does not mean people do not read, with minimum support National arts councils, museums, embassies do help with annual small fund grants and workshops to grow literacy, the pillar of books is the library, and an author must go to all the libraries they can reach and the ministries of education.

One need to knock doors and seek opportunities even where they are not there in the twenty first century. Many people lose the eyes on the ball and run after fame and compete against others and forget themselves.

Books are a source of knowledge, we need to be open about the importance of reading and not all people are going to write, but some will just be reading the books and they are very important too.

Authors ought to know that a good book carry a message, or serve a purpose but it needs to be discovered hence they need to travel and knock areas that they are unknown and penetrate the new market too.

Everyone is a writer now, literacy has spread widely and we are very proud as people of color, however a few are making money out of books.

An author needs to know grants and literature supporting fraternities and network more so that they can wide spread and achieve more, and benefit from their work.

Clients in Africa are scarce but it does not mean people do not read, with minimum support National arts councils, museums, embassies do help with annual small fund grants and workshops to grow literacy, the pillar of books is the library, and an author must go to all the libraries they can reach and the ministries of education.

Recently Dr Paula gave a talk at Cape flats Literature awards, in regards to Shofar books by Haroldene Tshienda, from Cape Town in South Africa. This is the beautiful journey of her growing book insights.