"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
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
~ Anton Chekhov
It’s come and it’s gone. Of course, I’m referring to the illustrious Booker Prize, often described as the world’s most important literary prize in the English language. It’s changed a great deal in the last few years. A decision was taken to allow the Americans in and nothing’s been the same since. They wiped the […]
Every page a gift. Exclusive Books has made gifting easy for South Africans this year, with more than 100 titles to pick from in its annual festive catalogue – including Becoming, Michelle Obama’s personal account of her upbringing, her life in the White House and what it’s like to raise two daughters under the media’s […]
A little over a month ago I interviewed Exclusive Books’ CEO Benjamin Trisk. He’s an amusing lunch and dinner partner and sniffs out good wines like a hungry terrier. But it wasn’t the wines or the food that interested me on this occasion. It was literature. Specifically, it was a conversation I’ve been waiting to […]
The South African Booksellers Association has announced the Nielsen Booksellers’ Choice Award 2016 shortlist. The R20 000 prize is given to the author whose book South Africa’s booksellers most enjoyed reading, promoting and selling. The winner will be announced at the Sefika gala event in Cape Town on Tuesday, 30 August. The shortlisted titles are: […]
Fanatics! Click on the banner above to stand a chance to win tickets to one of the stunning Author Breakfasts! Africa’s only crime book festival is celebrating its fifth year with super stars Peter James, Deon Meyer and many others jetting into Joburg to celebrate one of the hottest book genres around between 6-9th August. […]
To celebrate the launch of 7 Days, Jonathan Ball Publishers are giving away a hamper of signed Deon Meyer books! To win this magnificent prize, all you have to do is tell us who is the main character in 7 Days in the comment thread below. Competition closes Friday 26th October, and the winner will be […]
Remember this? Fanatics celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007. Fanatics celebrated every fanatical year of their first decade by going back in time, through the Top 10 books from each and every year. We picked our favourites from the bestselling titles from 1998 to 2007 (We’ve extended this to include the last five years). In […]
Remember this? Fanatics celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2007. Fanatics celebrated every fanatical year of their first decade by going back in time, through the Top 10 books from each and every year. We picked our favourites from the bestselling titles from 1998 to 2007 (We’ve extended this to include the last five years). In […]
The annual Exclusive Books Homebru promotion is almost here! …a fact that provides an opportunity to answer one of the most commonly asked questions in our stores: “Why are the South African books put on separate shelves from the rest?” There are a variety of reasons, ranging from commercial to aesthetic, but perhaps the most important one […]
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 […]
