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CRÉATION AFRICA: The inner-city Joburg bookseller who is breaking barriers

Ferial Haffajee · Daily Maverick
Published 28 Oct 2026, 1:04 am·just now·1 min read
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Johannesburg’s literary district is under siege as the City’s clean-up campaigns drive booksellers off the streets. But Bridge Books founder Griffin Shea has a bigger dream – to build a digital platform designed to give independent booksellers a fighting chance and change how South Africans buy books.

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