Book Dash created two new African storybooks live at the 60th edition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair!

Durban creatives, are you ready? We heard your call and Book Dash is coming back to KZN for the first time since 2015! We need you to help us on our mission to make sure that every child owns a hundred books by the age of five.

On a single Book Dash day, ten teams of volunteer creative teams work fast to turn enthusiasm, skills and food into beautiful African children’s books that anyone can freely access, […]

The next Book Dash event will take place online in September. A selection of talented, generous creatives will join us to make new books in a 12 hour sprint, to help us ensure that every child owns a hundred books by the age of five!

We're thrilled to announce that our seventeenth Book Dash took place virtually/online in May this year. Find out who took part and read the beautiful books we made!

Book Dash is thrilled to announce that in partnership with Liberty Community Trust we’re refining our virtual Book Dash model with this second ever virtual event. Participants living in 8 different countries will gather virtually, and make books.

Book Dash is thrilled to announce that in partnership with the Otto Foundation South Africa's #READTODREAM campaign, we piloted our first ever virtual Book Dash during COVID-19 enforced lockdowns worldwide.

On Saturday, 26 October 2019, a team of talented volunteers from across Africa came together to make ten brand new beautiful storybooks. The event was generously sponsored by the Goethe Institut.

On Saturday, 13 April 2019, eleven brand new beautiful African storybooks were created in just twelve hours! These books were made by talented and generous creative volunteers, especially for babies […]

On Saturday, 27 October 2018,  40+ volunteer professionals gathered at Streetlight Schools in Jeppestown to create nine beautiful, new African storybooks in just 12 hours, to address the lack of […]

On Saturday, 14 April 2018,  40+ volunteer professionals gathered at the Sunflower Learning Centre at Zonnebloem Primary School to create eight beautiful, new African storybooks in just 12 hours, to […]

On 2 December 2017, 50+ creatives came together to address the issue of poor access to culturally relevant books for young children in Africa. Twelve teams of three each worked […]

On 19 November 2016, Book Dash alumni from across South Africa came to Cape Town. Their mission? Work together to create more, beautiful African storybooks in just 12 hours. Thanks […]

This event took place at the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg on Saturday, 25 February 2017. It was sponsored by the wonderful people at Worldreader. The Goethe Institut generously made it possible for six […]

Eastern Cape, you asked and we answered: with Book Dash Grahamstown on Saturday the 12th November! A huge thank you to the National English Literary Museum in Grahamstown for hosting us, and The Solon Foundation for making yet another Book Dash possible!

On Saturday 5 March 2016, teams of professional writers, illustrators and designers gathered at Cape Town’s Centre for the Book to create beautiful children’s books in just twelve hours.

Book Dash teamed up with the wonderful Solon Foundation to bring Book Dash to Durban! On Saturday 7 November 2015, teams of professional writers, illustrators and designers joined us to […]

We teamed up with the lovely folk at African Storybook to bring Book Dash to Jozi on 27 June 2015. Teams worked together to create new children’s books in just twelve hours.

Our third Book Dash was Women’s Day themed, and organised in collaboration with sponsors Rock Girl and the African Storybook Project. Each team wrote a biography of an inspiring African woman. […]

Our second Book Dash saw ten teams working for 12 hours at Cape Town Central Library. The space buzzed with creative energy as each team created a story from scratch. […]

This was our very first Book Dash. Just two teams working for six hours at the Paperight/Electric Book Works offices. We learned a lot about how future Book Dashes might […]