Launch of Call It Dog
Penguin Books and Love Books take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of Call it Dog by Marli Roode.
Archive - Aug 2013
August 27th
August 23rd
A bookseller reviews The Humans
On a wet Friday evening, Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world’s greatest outstanding mathematical puzzle – and then he disappears. He is found the next morning, wandering naked at a motorway service station. What accounts for his startling behaviour, and the radical change in his personality?
August 16th
Nielsen SAPnet Gold Book Award – presented to John van de Ruit – South Africa’s Bestselling Author
When John van de Ruit was informed about this recognition he said: “I am hugely honoured to receive the Gold Book Award for South Africa’s Bestselling Author. Spud: Exit Pursued By a Bear was the final book in the Spud series and I’m thrilled that the series has ended on this note.
August 15th
A bookseller reviews 8115: A Prisoner's Home by Alf Kumalo and Zukiswa Wanner
Mandela describes 8115 Vilakazi Street as “identical to hundreds of others, it had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet at the back”.
When Mandela moved there in 1946, little did he know how vital that cramped two room house would be in forever changing the course of history in south Africa and paving the way for democracy and freedom for all of us.
August 14th
Launch of In Love's Place
Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm
Venue: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
August 9th
Win a hamper of Women's Day books
Each hamper includes a copy of:
Conversations with My Sons and Daughters by Mamphela Ramphele,
For the Mercy of Water by Karen Jayes,
In Love's Place by Etienne van Heerden,
August 7th
A bookseller's review of The Man from Berlin
The Captain embarks wholeheartedly on the path to discover the motive behind the murder - and the actual murderer - as a way to escape the unhappiness and despair he feels in his own life. He is haunted by his dreams - of his actions performed while doing his duty; torn between being proud to be German and a love of his country, with the utter harshness and brutality of what was expected of him as a soldier. The nightmares he experiences at having killed innocent people as an officer, have created a hollowness within him. This he attempts to dull with alcohol.
August 6th
We chat to Michéle Rowe about her debut novel, What Hidden Lies
The title refers to how lies and rumours can cause untold damage, even incite violence. It’s also about what lies hidden beneath the surface of our society, like the covering up of the fate of people who were removed and displaced. It also alludes to things hidden or buried in the characters’ past histories. Hopefully, once the reader finishes the book, the title will make perfect sense.
August 5th
Introducing In Love’s Place by internationally acclaimed author Etienne Van Heerden
In Love’s Place, the English translation of Etienne’s Afrikaans novel In stede van die liefde has been translated by Leon de Kock and is a tour de force that promises to intrigue and enchant readers.