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The South African Book Development Council along with various organisations who are championing reading promotion in South Africa, will be taking to social media to engage citizens on why reading for leisure is so important. Be a part of the conversation as we celebrate World Book Day with the launch of #readbecause. At 12pm on Tuesday, 23 April 2019.

The value of books When typing in the phrase "the value of books" into the Google search bar, it is with dismay that the first couple of pages are only concerned with the economic worth of books.

Van Schaik Bookstore donated care packages to students at universities countrywide with our national Good Luck with Exams campaign. This initiative was launched last year in an effort to support students in need of stationery to prepare and write their exams.

WIN a holiday adventure of a lifetime worth R45 000 for two with Van Schaik Bookstore, in association with Alcare Aloe and Garden Route and Klein Karoo Diversity partners.

For those of you who have not discovered the awesomeness of Deezer... lend us an ear.

Major bookstore Van Schaik has donated study material to 120 needy students living with disabilities at the University of Limpopo’s (UL) Reakgona Disability Centre (RDC) as a way to encourage students to work hard towards their final examinations.

Van Schaik Bookstore is proud to announce that our Botswana store is now situated on the campus of the University of Botswana, Gaborone. The relocation from Fairground Malls took place early August, just in time for the University’s 1st semester.

As we're off to a chilly second semester, we decided to turn up the heat with a host of sizzling promotions.

Van Schaik Bookstore recently introduced a range of books by Trigger Press to deal with depression, bi-polar, anxiety, eating disorders, loneliness, etc.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the 2017 Van Schaik Bookstore Branch of the Year award winners.