"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
~ Anton Chekhov
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
~ Dr. Suess
One of the greatest authors of our time celebrates his eightieth birthday today. John le Carre, real name David Cornwell, has brought us many literary treasures over the years and has been compared to some of the greatest authors in history. Check out this comment from his author profile by The Guardian: His great predecessors […]
With the Beta over and done with it would seem that millions of Battlefield fanatics are now queuing to get their grubby gamer paws on a copy of Battlefield 3! The pre orders have gone from 1.5 million to 2 million in almost no time, despite numerous reports of some pretty interesting bugs in the […]
There are so many awards every year for books, so why is the Man Booker so important? Huffington Post puts it best here: The prize is seen as a mark of literary quality – which means a guaranteed rise in book sales. Winning books are often optioned for movies, they get a huge amount of international […]
The Boeke Prize is Exclusive Books’ cheeky riff on the famous Man Booker Prize – and the winners have just been announced! Unlike the often obscure and inaccesbile titles chosen for the Man Booker Dozen, our booksellers pick the books that have been selling through word of mouth and generating their own buzz without any […]
Brighton-born Peter James is an international best-selling crime thriller novelist published in 33 languages, screen writer and producer. He divides his time between London and Sussex. Exclusives‘ Graeme Shackleford spoke to him about his life and work. EB: For our readers not familiar with your work, could you tell us a little about yourself? Peter: I’m an […]
Mbali Creazzo is a medicine woman, teacher, healer, creative artist and cowrie shell diviner. She gave Cami Walker, author of 29 Gifts, the challenge that the book is based on. EB: I understand you were born in South Africa, where were you born? Yes, South Africa is my homeland, I was born in Port Elizabeth EB: When […]
Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ series for children and the multi-award-winning ‘Tres Navarre’ mystery series for adults. For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint […]
Annica Foxcroft was born in colonial Durban, lived for a few years in the Transvaal countryside, and since then has lived and worked in the melting pot of Johannesburg. Along the way she has seen South Africa in various guises. She is the author of the best-selling books ‘There Are Ants in My Sugar‘ and […]
Eerstens, baie dankie dat jy ingestem het vir ‘n onderhoud. Dit is regtig ‘n eer dat jy tyd kon afstaan in jou besige skedule om met ons te gesels. Ek is seker ons lesers waardeer dit verskriklik baie! EB: Annelie Botes is al vir jare ‘n huishoudelike naam in Suid-Afrika. Kan jy ons dalk meer […]
Recollection is a two-disc compilation of some of k.d. Lang’s most wonderful songs. Lang’s rich, smooth vocals and her seduction of the guitar are showcased only too well in this collection. I remember hearing Miss Chatelaine as a child, and it was on the strength of that one song that k.d. Lang’s voice has been a part of […]
