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~ Anton Chekhov
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~ Dr. Suess
Readers of teen and young adult literature, gather! Thank you for joining us for the first meeting of #EBTeenReads! We hope you enjoyed it – we definitely did! For our next meeting, we’ll be discussing sex and gender in YA. Author Cat Hellisen will be joining us! We’ll chat about books that deal with everything […]
Dear readers, We are seeing the rise and rise of teen literature, with a variety of genres and a plethora of brilliant authors. But how do we find more to read? What should we be avoiding? And which book handles issues the best? Bookclubs have always been the heart of the book industry, the word […]
Defending the CavemanWed 10 July to Sat 03 August Tue – Sat @ 8pm / Sat 27 July & 03 Aug @ 5pm & 8pm Exclusive Books Fanatics MembersGet 20% off your ticket! Show only. All performances. All seats. Valid until 01 August, subject to availability. 20% reduction on all seats: R80 for R100 seats […]
Pieter Toerien & KickstArt present Twitch – a new SA comedy So, a paleoanthropologist, a mining engineer, a marketing executive and a housewife walk into a birding hide… when good birding goes bad. Twitch, the world premiere of a new South African comedy by Robert Fridjhon, about two harassed couples in a bird hide over […]
Here is a list of all the amazing events you can look forward to at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year! Because there are so many wonderful events we have decided to split them into 3 blogs (one for each day of the festival). Sunday 19 May What’s going on in the ANC? Time: 10h00 […]
Here is a list of all the amazing events you can look forward to at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year! Because there are so many wonderful events we have decided to split them into 3 blogs (one for each day of the festival). Saturday 18 May Leadership and Corruption Time: 10h00 – 11h00 Venue: […]
Here is a list of all the amazing events you can look forward to at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this year! Because there are so many wonderful events we have decided to split them into 3 blogs (one for each day of the festival). Friday 17 May Alexander McCall Smith (event for schools and adult […]
The 2013 Franschhoek Literary Festival takes place 17 – 19 May and this year has it all! Fiction, non-fiction, political debates, poetry, lifestyle books, writing workshops – you name it, they’ve got it covered for book lovers of all ages. On the fiction side, the sessions range from Precious Ramotswe to a Nazi general; False […]
Exclusive Books recently celebrated the launch of Drug Muled by Joanne Joseph at our Hyde Park store. The event was attended by both the author (Joanne Joseph) and the subject of her book, former Miss SA Finalist Vanessa Goosen. Vanessa Goosen was young and excited at starting a successful new career when she was accidentally […]
