Save Boekehuis! An Open Letter to Media24 (with Petition and Signatories)

by Sophy on Dec 6th, 2011

Alert! The rather distressing news that Media24 has decided to close Auckland Park’s famous Boekehuis bookshop – a rumour that had been circulating for several months – was apparently made official yesterday, according to various sources (including this one).

Author Mark Gevisser and a host of other writers have initiated a petition in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the venerable bookshop from being shuttered. Boekehuis, considered something of a literary haven in South Africa, is known in particular for its stimulating Saturday Voices/Saterdagstemme programme. For a sense of the bookshop’s importance in South Africa’s literary landscape, you need merely look at the first handful of signatories to Gevisser’s petition, below.

You can add your name to the petition by listing it in the comments section at the bottom of this post (only registered users may comment; click here to register with Books LIVE).

Here’s the “Save Boekehuis” petition – and scroll down for excerpts from some of the letters that have accompanied the signatures:

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Open Letter to Koos Bekker, CEO, Naspers; Esmare Weideman, CEO Media24; Eloise Wessels, CEO Media24 Books

Dear Mr Bekker, Ms Weideman and Ms Wessels

As writers, publishers, readers, and buyers of books, we are deeply distressed that Media24 is considering shutting down the Boekehuis in Auckland Park. While we understand Media24′s financial considerations, we cannot emphasise enough the importance of the unique space it has created for cultural and intellectual activity in Johannesburg.

Firstly, the Boekehuis public readings and discussions have become among the most important gatherings in the Johannesburg literary calendar. As such, they have done much to promote not only literary talent and ideas, but the profile of both the bookshop itself and Media24. There are no comparable forums in Johannesburg, and the loss of Boekehuis is a blow against the culture of reading and debate, which is so crucial to the well-being of our democracy, particularly given the steady erosion of book culture in South Africa.

Secondly, in the era of on-line commerce, the Boekehuis staff have set the bar for selecting publications of quality and worth for South African readers. Bookshops, where people of all ages who care about reading can gather and browse – and buy books too, of course - are at the core of the kind of civil, deliberative culture that we believe South Africa so urgently needs. And when they are as beautiful and welcoming as the Boekehuis, all the more so.

For these reasons, we would urge you to reconsider your decision.

1. André Brink

2. Antjie Krog

3. Marlene van Niekerk

4. Njabulo S. Ndebele

5. Nuruddin Farah

6. Ivan Vladislavić

7. Zakes Mda

8. Deon Meyer

9. Albie Sachs

10. Arthur Chaskalson

11. David Goldblatt

12. William Kentridge

13. Pieter-Dirk Uys

14. Lauren Beukes

15. Ingrid Winterbach

16. Jonny Steinberg

17. Mark Gevisser

18. Andries Walter Oliphant

19. Tim Couzens

20. Antony Altbeker

21. Denis Hirson

22. Anthony Akerman

23. Jo-Anne Richards

24. Gerald Kraak

25. Allan Kolski Horwitz

26. Leon van Nierop

27. Khosi Xaba

28. Willie Burger

29. Leon de Kock

30. Shaun de Waal

31. Ben Williams

32. Tymon Smith

33. John Comaroff

34. Achille Mbembe

35. Anton Harber

36. Andries Bezuidenhout

37. Fiona Forde

38. Paul Holden

39. Annari van der Merwe

40. Ilse van hemert

41. William Bird

42. Mary Edwards

43. Maureen Isaacson

44. Bronwyn Law-Viljoen

45. Veronica Klipp

46. Andrea Nattrass

47. Alison Lowry

48. Jeremy Boraine

49. Robin Malan

50. Kerneels Breytenbach

51. Philip Miller

52. Robert Whitehead

53. Vanessa Cooke

54. Jodi Bieber

55. Dawid Minnaar

56. Mikhael Subotzky

57. Anthony Fridjhon

58. Malcolm Purkey

59. Fred de Vries

60. Carel van der Merwe

61. Grethe Fox

62. Johan Engels

63. Marcel van Heerden

64. Marianne Fassler

65. Rina Minervini

66. Eugene Marais

67. Henrietta Gryffenberg

68. Jennifer Steyn

69. Justin Fox

70. WJ du Plessis

71. Michael Gardiner

72. Ena Jansen

73. Merle Lipton

74. Suzette Grace

75. Stephen Ellis

76. Theuns Opperman

77. Michael Titlestad

78. Frank Meintjies

79. Barbara Adair

80. Alexandra Dodd

81. Carolyn Raphaely

82. Johann de Lange

83. Karina Brink

84. Leon de Kock

85. Phakama Mbonani

86. Michele Magwood

87. Sean O’Toole

88. Randolph Vigne

89. Steven Sack

90. Kim Sacks

91. Charlotte Bauer

92. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers

93. James Whyle

94. Verna Vels

95. Ilisna Nel

96. Justine Williams

97. Ingrid Chinn

98. Effie Seftel

99. Wilhelm Jordaan

100. Heather Mason

101. Kathryn White

102. Francois Bloemhof

103. Fanie de Villiers (Kleinboer)

104. Hans du Plessis

105. Nelle Dreyer

106. Harry Kalmer

107. Rene Bohnen

108. Heinrich Troost

109. Cecile Cilliers

110. Estelle Neethling

111. Charl-Pierre Naude

112. Dorette Nel

113. Anne Stanwix

114. Anne McIlleron

115. Natalie Dembo

116. Lisa Cloete

117. Annelize van der Ryst-Hattingh

118. Nicky Rebelo

119. Anne-Marie Mischke

120. Liesl Louw-Vaudran

121. Anna Hamlin

122. Celesté Fritze

123. Desné Masie

124. Bettie Kemp

125. Bart Luirink

126. Fanie Olivier

127. Pieter Cilliers

128. Alida van der Westhuizen

129. Hettie Scholtz

130. Jackie Bischof

131. Margaret Renn

132. Gillian Anstey

133. Gabrielle Ozynski

134. Franz Krüger

135. Basil van Rooyen

136. Godfrey de Meyer

137. Tania Levy

138. Jean Fryer

139. Dineke Volschenk

140. Norman Blight

141. Jo Warner

142. Phakama Mbonani

143. Judi Nwokedi

144. Cynthia Gatter

145. Maggie Davey

146. Janet Bartlet

147. Russell Clarke

148. Simon Sephton

149. Amanda Tremeer

150. Daniel Magaziner

151. Delia Layton

152. Catrin ver Loren van Themaat

153. Shireen Hassim

154. Elna Rossouw

155. Christian Ungruhe

156. David Scott-Macnab

157. Sophie Didier

158. Suzette Grace

159. Trudi Blomsma

160. Johan Blaauw

161. Hormuz Camay

162. Phiroshaw Camay

163. Gerald Groenewald

164. Daryl Glaser

165. Lizè Groenewald

166. Jennifer Glennie

167. Irma du Plessis

168. Annie Leatt

169. Natasha Erlank

170. Ali Khangela Hlongwane

171. Alexander Opper

172. Ralf Hermann

173. Andries Visagie

174. Henning Pieterse

175. Deirdre Pretorius

176.Ulrike Kistner

177. Ineke van Kessel

178. Sheila Meintjes

179. Hans du Plessis

180. Francis Faller

181. Colin Richards

182. Lorraine Chaskalson

183. Alida Poeti

184. Pamela Scully

185. Pamela Nichols

186. John Linnegar

187. Carlos Marques

188. Katharina Fink

189. Ali Khangela Hlongwane

190. Marie Didierlauren

191. Georges Lory

192. Jan Bosman

193. Helmut Bertelsmann

194. Indra Wussow

195. Ben Bergner

196. Michael Augustin

197. Lien Heidenreich-Seleme

198. Ulla Wester

199. Dorothy Wheeler

200. Mark Straw

201. Gerard Bester

202. Moira De Swardt

203. Nora Tucci

204. Diane Helen Willis

205. Neil Johnson

206. Bridget Van Oerle

207. Herby Opland

208. Margriet Leemhuis

209. Tania Levy

210. TJ de Klerk

211. Annali Dempsey

212. Rob Mills

213. Moira De Swardt

214. Mark Straw

215. Faarooq Mangyd Wk Mangera

216. Heather Mason

217. Lyn Collocott

218. Gavin McInnes

219. Rene Bohnen.

220. Brett McDougall

221. Melody Emmett

222. Michele Dean

223. Mari-Louise Van Der Walt

224. Mandy De Waal

225. Lorette Theron

226. Antoinette Cawood

227. Nanette Nel

228. John Kane-Berman

229. Linda Chernis

230. Katharina von Ruckteschell

231. Lara Buxbaum

232. Stuart Buxbaum

233. Deon Maree

234. Joyce Ozynski

235. Trevor Lubbe

236. Thérèse de Frey

237. Mirjam Wolf

238. Johnny Mahala

239. Christine Olivier

240. Jan Olivier

241. Nicholas P. Hauser

242. Jane Alan

243. Beata Lipman

244. Carole Newman

245. Dennis Newman

246. Anna Hamlin

247. Jan Swart

248. Eben Keun

249. Jenny Gillies

250. Alastair Findlay

251. Madelet du Plessis

252. Estelle Brodie

253. Hilde Prinsloo

254. Annica Marincowitz

255. Ina Mouton

256. Johan Liebenberg

257. Anton van Dalsen

258. Odette Geldenhuys

259. Ilse Fischer

260. Tim Wilson

261. Ilze Le Roux

262. Eric Gebhardt

263. Andre van Blerk

264. Ruth Fischer

265. Dawie Jacobs

266. Ted Lodewijks

267. Judith Korin

268. Penny Hochfeld

269. Tjaart Erasmus

270. Herbert Seevinck

271. Lesley Frescura

272. Wilfred Jonckheere

273. Brent Ru-olie

274. Salim Vally

275. Emanuela Carleschi

276. Linda Chisholm

277. John Nelson-Berg

278. Terence Barker

279. Govin Reddy

280. Gerard Rudolf

281. Estelle Cooper

282. Liz Delmont

283. Revel Fox

284. Anthony Prangley

285. Tilla van Vuuren

286. JF ter Wolbeek

287. Brahm du Plessis

288. Bryan Doyle

289. Michael and Denise

290. Flo Bird

291. Ricky Burnett

292. Gail Behrmann

293. Gael Beckett

294. Miriam Jorna

295. Reinier en Grieta Boshoff

296. Arthur Goldstuck

297. Edward French

298. Anton Kirsten

299. Jutta van Dalsen

300. Gillian Godsell

301. Monica Seeber

302. Una Seery

303. Kundayi Masanzu

304. Athol Williams

305. Emma Chen

306. Michael Prytz

307. Maureen Dubery

308. Pat Tucker

309. Barbara Ludman

310. Colin Smuts

311. Stephanie Kemp

312. T H Wolff

313. Terry Friend

314. Maja Marx

315. Gawie du Toit

316. Ronel Smit

317. Cedric Hunter

318. Eva Hunter

319. Gretha Aalbers

320. Marie-Lais Emond

321. Lisa Skinner

322. Ruth Nicola

323. Colleen Naudé

324. Rosamund Kendal

325. Paul Hendler

326. Herselman Hattingh

327. Katharina von Ruchteschell-Katte

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Extracts from the letters accompanying the petition:

Extracts from letters written in support of the petition to save Boekehuis

Photo courtesy 2Summers

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December 6th, 2011 @23:49 #

It makes absolutely no sense to close the Boekehuis! It is a very depressing prospect. Not just Johannesburg without Boekehuis, but the notion that someone thinks it is a good idea to close it!
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December 7th, 2011 @03:56 #

please dont stem the flow of intellectual freedom, allow SA its' potential, its the creativity, the uniqueness that will bring the finance, without the soul there is nothing left to sell anyway.
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December 7th, 2011 @08:01 #

I'm bringing Laurice Taitz's link back to the top of this thread:

http://todoinjoburg.co.za/2011/12/save-the-boekehuis-bookshop/
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December 7th, 2011 @09:03 #

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December 7th, 2011 @10:38 #

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December 7th, 2011 @11:27 #

Rapport het ook 'n artikel oor die sluiting van Boekehuis gepubliseer. Dit sluit in 'n verwysing na die petisie op Bookslive.co.za en kommentaar van Andries Bezuidenhout, Marlene van Niekerk, Kerneels Breytenbach en Leon Rousseau: http://www.rapport.co.za/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Kulturele-hart-van-Johannesburg-sneuwel-20111207
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December 7th, 2011 @12:08 #

Moenie Boekehuis toemaak nie! Ingrid Marais
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December 7th, 2011 @12:36 #

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Ek maak beswaar dat die naby gemeenskap nie geweet het van die benard situasie waarin die Boekehuis hom bevind nie. Hoekom moet daar eers gedreig word met sluiting voor werklike aksie geneem word?

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December 7th, 2011 @18:05 #

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December 7th, 2011 @18:55 #

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December 8th, 2011 @00:18 #

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How ironic that while media houses have protested against the threats to public debate and intellectual freedom that the Secrecy Bill is seen to pose, they are considering closing down one such space themselves. Come on, this is about more than selling books for profit. It's about what a company like Naspers can contribute to a culture of reading, discussion and debate.
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December 8th, 2011 @07:59 #

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December 9th, 2011 @11:58 #

I realise that print media are on the way out, but Boekehuis can survive with a commercial internet presence.

www.boekehuis.co.za takes you to the M24 page and no further.

A Google search for boekehuis leads you only to various blogs and news articles.

No serious attempt seems to have been made to develop a successful business model.

In this world of pirated content and smstalk, "quality"and "genuine" seem to have become forgotten words. Boekehuis is not just a bookstore, it's a meme. Please don't throw it away.
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December 9th, 2011 @12:02 #

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December 9th, 2011 @12:29 #

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December 9th, 2011 @15:15 #

This is a unique institution - it shouldn't be allowed to die!

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VoxVeritas
December 9th, 2011 @16:19 #

Interesting to note the outrage on 702 Talkradio the other day re the closure of the BoekeHuis.

If all those people calling for the "preservation of this valuable cultural institution" had actually patronised the place (i.e. put their money where their mouths are), the BoekeHuis wouldn't have had to close.

An academic called the radio show to add his vote to the call to preserve the store - yet he even admitted on air that he'd only ever been there once - for a friend's book launch. Yet he expects someone else to bear the financial loss of keeping the shop going, just in case he ever feels moved to pop in...

Contrary to the claims of some, the wealth of the company that owned the bookstore (Media 24) does *not* somehow impose a moral obligation upon them to keep the shop going. If the community doesn't support the shop, then it has sent a clear financial signal that the shop is not wanted. It's known as "voting with your wallet".

I see all these "prominent personalities" above, calling for the shop to be kept open - but let's see who amongst them will risk his or her own cash to do so.
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December 9th, 2011 @21:59 #

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December 10th, 2011 @22:31 #

Besides all the events and interaction with writers, it is very necessary for Jozi to keep its independent bookshops which give readers choices. Please add my name.

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December 11th, 2011 @16:08 #

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WaldemarGouws
December 11th, 2011 @17:48 #

Boekehuis hoef nie winsgewend te wees nie. Solank Koos-hulle lewe, kan die plek korporatief gedra word. Indien die heer en die twee dames egter eers wanhopig hul hand aan eie lewe slaan,sal ek dit verstaan as Boekehuis sluit. Dit is nie 'n blinde eenmansakie nie. Maar as Media 24 die boekhuis toemaak in Januarie, moet MEDIA 30 ISKARIOT geregistreer word.
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December 12th, 2011 @12:29 #

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Anneza
December 12th, 2011 @13:28 #

I would deeply regret the loss of Boekehuis, which brightens up my visits to Johannesburg. It must be possible to reconsider, and changing this poor decision could be a good marketing ploy.
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December 12th, 2011 @14:49 #

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Shocking! Please add my name to petition!
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December 13th, 2011 @11:04 #

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December 13th, 2011 @12:26 #

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December 13th, 2011 @15:16 #

Please add my name to this petition: Nicholas Matlin
lkruger
December 13th, 2011 @18:09 #

The CEO's suggestion that "fond memories" would be a substitute for the actual Boekehuis is vacuous at best, downright offensive at worst. Those of us who've been around long enough heard that kind of empty talk about the Vanguard Bookshop

As a writer and academic who relies on the Boekehuis for books that I cannot find elsewhere, I am disappointed that Media24 cannot see the way to use their current and growing profits to support this extremely important Johannesburg's institution and the future of publishing in SA
Ben - Editor
December 13th, 2011 @18:40 #

Don't miss this crucial update:

http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2011/12/13/percy-zvomuya-darryl-accone-and-mark-gevisser-resist-the-closing-of-boekehuis/
John Eppel
December 14th, 2011 @06:57 #

please add John Eppel to this petition
lekkerlees1
December 15th, 2011 @11:27 #

Please add my name as well: Franci Janse van Vuuren
Só 'n rykdom en boeke-, saamkom- en gespreksgeleentheidskat mag inderdaad nie verlore gaan nie!!
lizwatts
December 15th, 2011 @16:11 #

Please add my name: Lizette Watts
Joanne Macgregor
December 21st, 2011 @21:06 #

Sign me up:

Joanne Macgregor
Ben - Editor
January 3rd, 2012 @09:09 #

Thanks to all who wrote in support of Boekehuis. Unfortunately, it would seem that the closure is going ahead:

http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2012/01/03/boekehuis-closing-down-sale-the-details/
KathyMabin
January 9th, 2012 @22:34 #

Please add my name too: Kathy Mabin. It is sad and tragic that this closure is almost certainly going ahead. Thanks you, Boekehuis staff, past and present, for your tireless work over the years. K