Great news Harry Potter fans! Pottermore has unveiled more writing by J.K. Rowling – this time telling us all about the American wizarding school Ilvermorny. The story details the origins of the school and its founders, giving us insight into the history of magic in North America, in the lead up to the release of […]
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Join Exclusive Books for the month of June as we celebrate great South African authors and great South African books with our 15th annual Homebru campaign. Click here for the complete 2016 Homebru catalogue (PDF download) Click here for the full events schedule Fanatics members earn double points on all Homebru titles from 1 – […]
Exclusive Books Homebru celebrates great South African authors and great South African books throughout the month of June. Click here for the full 2016 EB Homebru selection Click here for the complete 2016 Homebru catalogue (PDF download) Fanatics members earn double points on all Homebru titles from 1 – 30 June 2016; click here for […]
Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which was reconstituted as the Africa Union (AU) and re-launched in Durban on 9 July 2002. The Union, comprising 53 member states, enables its members to collectively address the challenges the continent faces, from armed conflict to climate […]
Helen Maisels-Trisk, Sindiwe Magona and Benjamin Trisk at the Exclusive Books dinner at Le Quartier Francais ~ ~ ~ Last Thursday, 12 May, Exclusive Books CEO Benjamin Trisk gave the following address at the annual EB dinner at Le Quartier Francais, ahead of the kickoff of the 2016 Franschhoek Literary Festival. ~ ~ ~ A […]
2016 marks the centenary of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa, a detailed and moving appeal against the Land Act of 1913. The immemorial opening phrase of the book describes the Act’s devastation: “Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913,” Plaatje wrote, “the South African native found himself, not actually a slave, but […]