Ursula Brown - Managing Editor - Cape Info SA - Reporting live from Cape Town Book Fair

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu launched his new illustrated Children's Bible at Cape Town Book Fair on Fri 30 July 2010. The Nobel Laureate addressed the world launch at Cape Town International Convention Centre just a week after he announced his retirement from public life.

Tributes from publishers worldwide were either read in person or via live crossing to Mondadori (Italy), Harper Collins (UK), Jongbloed (Netherlands) Forlaget Alfa (Denmark), Vida Melhor (Brazil), Zondervan (USA),and Vida Zondervan (Spain). 

The book, Children of God, has involved 20 illustrators from around the world and will be distributed by 10 international publishing companies. It has thus far been translated into 11 languages, including several South African languages, and is aimed at children between the ages of four and seven. The book contains 50 of Tutu's favourite bible stories, with accompanying illustrations. The first print run sees 200 000 copies being printed.

Today is a very gratifying day, and sees the culmination of a massive project that started four years ago over a cup of coffee, said Tutu's literary agent, Lynn Franklin. For her, this illustrated Bible is a uniquely global storybook that shows that borders and boundaries are not barriers.

Project manager Stephan Spies explained that an immense amount of team work went into this project. Many team members only ever communicated over phones and emails, while meeting each other face-to-face for the first time at the launch event in Cape Town

Tutu jokingly thanked everyone who worked on the children's Bible, and all his staff members, for "making me look good" with the launch and presentation of Children of God. He dedicated his book to the memory of the late Luke Stubbs, who originally came up with the idea of an illustrated children's bible. Stubbs passed away in 2009. 

Ursula Brown - Managing Editor - Cape Info SA - Reporting live from Cape Town

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Rafael Marquez replies in 79 min to level the playing field. South Africa 1-1 Mexico.  Queueing up at the back post after Guardodo's deep cross and Marquez kills it instantly with his right foot and beat Khune at his near post.

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Grand Final Gala Ceremony - 8 Nov 2009 - World Travel Awards 2009

There has been a real anticipation for the World winner announcement this year, after our successful grand tour around the world with ceremonies in Dubai, Africa, Riviera Maya and Portugal. This event marks grand finale of World Travel Awards\' 16th year of celebrating the Travel Excellence. The 2009 World category winners will be announced at the 16th Annual World Gala Ceremony which will take place at the Grosvenor House, A JW Marriott Hotel in London. This Ceremony will also announce the winners in the Travel Technology sector.

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Senior management and decision makers from Europe’s travel and tourism industry will gather in London for  high level networking and some spectacular entertainment as this year’s World Travel Awards winners are revealed. The awards are described by the Wall Street Journal as the ‘Oscars’ of the global travel and tourism industry. The true stars of the night, however, will be those travel professionals and organisations collecting their World Travel Awards presented throughout the evening.

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