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[[LAPA Uitgewers]] is a South African publishing house

Also found as [[Lapa Uitgewers]] or simply as [[LAPA]] or [[Lapa]].

==The company==

== Sources ==

https://www.lapa.co.za/

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 ==The company==
-The company that wpould become known as Lapa Uitgewers, was originally founded om the 1930s by Johannes Petrus van der Walt under the name [[Springbok-Biblioteek]], with the aim of establishing [[Afrikaans]] writers and developing the [[Afrikaans]] reading market.. In 1958  Van der Walt's son, Manie, joined the company as managing director and in 1920 it was renamed [[J.P. van der Walt en Seun (Edms.) Bpk.]].
+The company that wpould become known as [[LAPA Uitgewers]], was originally founded om the 1930s by Johannes Petrus van der Walt as a project under the auspices of the [[Unie-Boekhandel]] and was called [[Springbok-Biblioteek]]. The aim was to establish [[Afrikaans]] writers and develop the [[Afrikaans]] reading market. In 1958  Van der Walt's son, Manie, joined the company as managing director and in 1920 it was renamed [[J.P. van der Walt en Seun (Edms.) Bpk.]].
 In October 1996 the company was bought by the the [[ATKV]] , an [[Afrikaans]] cultural organization, and the name was changed to [[LAPA]].

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 ==The company==
-The company that wpould become known as Lapa Uitgewers, was originally founded before World War 2 by Johannes Petrus van der Walt underthe name [[Springbok-Biblioteek]]. In 1958  Van der Walt's son, Manie, joined the company as managing director and in 1920 it was renamed [[J.P. van der Walt en Seun (Edms.) Bpk.]].
+The company that wpould become known as Lapa Uitgewers, was originally founded om the 1930s by Johannes Petrus van der Walt under the name [[Springbok-Biblioteek]], with the aim of establishing [[Afrikaans]] writers and developing the [[Afrikaans]] reading market.. In 1958  Van der Walt's son, Manie, joined the company as managing director and in 1920 it was renamed [[J.P. van der Walt en Seun (Edms.) Bpk.]].
-In October 1996 the company was bought by the the ATKV , an Afrikaans cultural organization, and the name was changed to [[LAPA]].
+In October 1996 the company was bought by the the [[ATKV]] , an [[Afrikaans]] cultural organization, and the name was changed to [[LAPA]].
 It finally became part of the [[Penguin Random House South Africa]] empire, and is described as follows by the company: "The imprint now focuses on genre fiction broadly defined, and aims to provide readers with engaging, high quality reading material. LAPA is dedicated to the ongoing development of Afrikaans and the types of stories that South Africans choose to tell therein. The Lapa imprint is also recognized for its array of craft and cookery titles"[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/imprints-and-agencies]
 == Sources ==