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"The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap" at the Kingsmead Book Fair

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Drawing on her own experience of growing up on an Eastern Cape farm , South African author Bridgette Krone has tried to explain the unexpected complexities involved in having “a eureka moment” .

Her children’s novel “The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap” is one of the many books that will be featured at the Kingsmead College Book Fair in partnership with HOT1027.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny caught up with her to find out more…
17 May 2023 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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