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~ Douglas Adams

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~ Dr. Suess

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~ Anton Chekhov

Tag Archives | Frank Chikane

Exclusive Books: Homebru 2013
Unique Perspectives on South Africa

Homebru 2013

The Exclusive Books Homebru 2013 campaign – Unique Perspectives on South Africa – will take place in stores from 26 April to 21 June 2013. Homebru is a popular, well-loved and widely inclusive campaign that has launched the careers of several South African writers while adding another voice to the streets, plains and vistas of […]

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Exclusive Books: The Road to Mangaung

Click here to see this month’s titles. Throughout the 100 year history of the ANC the party has faced numerous battles – overcoming apartheid, rising to power, transitioning the country to a new democracy, uplifting the previously disadvantaged and overcoming the scourge of racism, to name just a few. And in the 18 years since […]

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Exclusive Books: Top 10 Bestsellers of 2012

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Remember this? Fanatics celebrated their 10th anniversary in 2007. They celebrated every fanatical year of their first decade by going back in time, through the Top 10 books from each and every year. They picked their favourites from the bestselling titles from 1998 to 2007 (We’ve extended this to include the last five years). In […]

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The Reception of Eight Days in September by Frank Chikane

8 days in September

Booksellers love books like Eight Days in September. We love multiple print runs, huge dollops of media attention and controversial authors. Eight Days in September is now being reprinted two days after it was launched. The next print run is said to be 15,000 copies. To put that in perspective, a bestseller in South Africa is […]

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