Scare yourself silly with these new Horror Classics
Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre.
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October 31st, 2013
October 30th
Launch of Portfolio Penguin in South Africa
Today we're proud to announce the launch of the South African operation of the international imprint for business books, Portfolio Penguin.
October 29th
Coffee Morning with Gareth Crocker at Exclusive Books
Join us for a coffee morning with Gareth Crocker, author of Finding Jack, Journey from Darkness, Never Let Go and King.
October 14th
'Like no other crime mystery you have ever read...'
Roma-Kentucky is a small American town where nothing really happens. That is, until October 1993. When the peace of this quiet town is shattered.
Emily Houchens is a thirteen year old 8th grader at Roma Middle School; intelligent, yet withdrawn due to her weight. She also has a crush on Christopher Shelton, one of the popular boys, who fondly refers to her as “Freak”; a habit which her classmates emulate. To escape her unhappy existence she goes for long walks in the woods, where she is free to daydream.
October 9th
Join us for the launch of Jerm Warfare
Penguin Books and The Book Lounge take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of Jerm Warfare, a contagious collection of cartoons by award-winning Jerm.
Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Time: 17h30 for 18h00
Venue: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com or 021 462 2425 by Sunday, 13th October
October 7th
'The Dinner by Herman Koch excels at the art of the slow reveal...'
Greig Douglas works as a bookseller at the Walmer Park branch of Exclusive Books in Port Elizabeth. Greg tries to read as widely as possible but is a self confessed 'sucker for anything written by a Russian in the nineteenth century.'
October 1st
Ons raadpleeg Koos Kombuis se i-Tjieng oor e-tolhekke, stakings en die simboliek agter “Huisie by die See”
Die I Ching, of “Boek van veranderings”, word al vir meer as 21 eeue in die Ooste gebruik, en is sedert die 19de eeu tot vandag toe ook in die Weste 'n wyd geraadpleegde bron. In Koos Kombuis se i-Tjieng praat hierdie wysheid jou taal: ligvoets en humoristies, maar doodernstig oor die feit dat baie mense vandag verlore voel en blindweg tas na ’n pad. Dit is jou “GPS vir verdwaalde siele”.
September 24th
Win a hamper of National Braai Day books
It’s National Braai Day! The perfect day to win one of five hampers of South Africa’s ultimate braai master Justin Bonello’s books.
Each hamper includes a copy of:
September 19th
9Lives reviews Cheryl Strayed’s inspirational novel, Wild
'Wild is one of the most inspirational books I have ever read and perfectly captures the strength that one woman can have.'
An evening with Karen Jayes, winner of the 2013 Sunday Times Fiction Prize
Penguin Books and Kalk Bay Books take pleasure in inviting you to an evening with Karen Jayes, author of For the Mercy of Water.
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