Browsing by Author "Klingenberg, Jana"

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De Burger-Leeskring : a brief History of South Africa's first commercial book club and its effect on Afrikaans literature

Klingenberg, Jana (Brill Academic Publishers, 2019-08)

This paper investigates the history of the De Burger-Leeskring and the impact it had on Afrikaans literature and cultural development. It places the development of Nasionale Pers and the Afrikaans language within the context ...
Leserskring : the story of South Africa’s most successful commercial book club

Klingenberg, Jana (Springer, 2020-12)

Nasionale Pers established a mail-order book club based on the Bertelsmann model called Leserskring in 1980. The club became incredibly successful and by 1985 it had a membership of 250,000. However, technology and a ...

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