In the early 2011, we embarked on our journey into the e-commerce world by launching our very own e-commerce store, littera.co.za.

Thinking about the impact of books on my life, I was reminded of a story snippet. Many years ago, as a young girl, maybe seven or eight years of age, my mother proposed a dowry for every book I would read. You see, I was not what one would consider an avid reader at the time, and my mother knew the value of books and what their contents could do for a young lady such as myself. They could be used as a tool to travel the world through the eyes of the author and gain insight into the emotions of every carefully crafted character. Wisdom lay captured at every turn of the page, just waiting to be found. Mama proposed a 5 Rand incentive for every book I would read, and I could tell her the story in full after the completion of the book. I absolutely saw an opportunity for riches and never even considered the other jewels I would find in my exploration. I slowly started exploring different titles and soon began to enjoy reading the many tales, from “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” to my favorite as a child, “Boepielit.”

It helped that my mom worked at a famous publishing house in South Africa at the time because she was privy to numerous books throughout her career, and when she later started working at a Christian bookstore, my selections changed as well. 

It is then my plea, no, rather my prayer that everyone would pick up a book of any kind and read a captivating tale that you can nowhere else get than in the pages of a magnificent story confined in the cover of your next book right here on our website.