{"id":199535,"date":"2018-11-08T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T09:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/there-is-no-stopping-jaco-jacobs\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:04:43","slug":"there-is-no-stopping-jaco-jacobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/there-is-no-stopping-jaco-jacobs\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no stopping Jaco Jacobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two books by Jaco Jacobs won at the annual South African Literature Awards (SALA). In the brand new category for children&#8217;s books, three books shared the limelight, two of them by Jaco Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>The three books that have won, are the collection of children&#8217;s rhymes <em>Moenie hierdie boek eet nie!<\/em>, by Jaco Jacobs (LAPA Publishers), the picture book <em>Daar\u2019s nie \u2019n krokodil in hierdie boek nie, <\/em>by Jaco Jacobs (LAPA Publishers), and the historical novel <em>There should have been five<\/em>, by Marilyn Honikman (Tafelberg Publishers).<\/p>\n<p>The authors share the prize money in this category.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs says the award is a great honour to him. \u201cLiteracy really is a big stumbling block in our country. It is more important than ever that we should encourage a love of reading amongst children, and to offer them good, accessible, contemporary reading material. I am therefore very grateful to the South African Literature Awards for this new category, which acknowledges the important role that children\u2019s books play in our society and in our literature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jaco has also just been nominated for Britain\u2019s oldest and most prestigious children\u2019s book award, the Carnegie Medal, for <em>A Good Day for Climbing Trees<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The South African Literature Awards took place at a gala event in Pretoria last night (6 November). Books in all eleven official languages \u200b\u200bare eligible for the awards.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-199535 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/moenie-hierdie-boek-eet-nie-jaco-jacobs_787608_5c2a3ce6a35c43802547cd0314031ac3_t-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"219\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moenie-Hierdie-Boek-Eet-Nie-Jaco-Jacobs_787608_5c2a3ce6a35c43802547cd0314031ac3_t.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moenie-Hierdie-Boek-Eet-Nie-Jaco-Jacobs_787608_5c2a3ce6a35c43802547cd0314031ac3_t.jpg 219w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Moenie-Hierdie-Boek-Eet-Nie-Jaco-Jacobs_787608_5c2a3ce6a35c43802547cd0314031ac3_t-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/en\/mo8hmcg-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mo8hmcG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mo8hmcG.jpg 330w, https:\/\/wereldwyd.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mo8hmcG-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two books by Jaco Jacobs won at the annual South African Literature Awards (SALA). 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