"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
~ Dr. Suess
"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
THURSDAY 28 JULY 2016 The Bloody Crime Quiz with Quiz Master Larry Benjamin We test your knowledge of all things criminal. Crime cases, crime books, crime writers and of course, Jack Reacher! And Sally Andrews, author of Recipes for Love and Murder. Come have some fun. WHERE: Stanley Beer Yard, 44 Stanley, Milpark TIME: 18.30 […]
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi has won the Caine Prize for African writing, worth £10 000 (approximately R200 000), for his short story, ‘Memories We Lost’. The announcement was made last night in the traditional home of the Prize, the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, UK. ‘Memories We Lost’ is about a girl who acts as protector of […]
Exclusive Books CEO Benjamin Trisk has provided this in memoriam for noted humanist Elie Wiesel, who died on Saturday 02 July 2016, aged 87: Elie Wiesel died on July 2nd. More than any other single person he drew the attention of the American public to the Holocaust. He acted out its lessons all his life: […]
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 […]
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 […]
