"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
~ Anton Chekhov
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
~ Dr. Suess
The international superact Coldplay has released the music video for their single, Paradise, taken from their upcoming album Mylo Xyloto. Times LIVE reports: The band, recently on tour in the country, said they were so taken by the beauty of the land, the cities and especially the sunshine, they decided to shoot a video here. Taking a break […]
Jeannette Winterson, author of the famous Sexing The Cherry, has written for the Guardian about the fuss around the Man Booker Prize, and why the judges are letting down the potential of the prize: I am sorry that the Booker judges were thrilled to be seen as champions of the jolly good read. I wish they […]
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 […]
