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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 …

Cover to Cover is Fanatics’ brand new communication channel, a reinvention of the Fanatics mailers we have all come to know and love. With this monthly eZine we aim to create a content rich channel that our customers can interact with, adding value to their interactions with Exclusive Books. In it you will find amazing …

1.     Life after Life Buy a copy and you could win the Kate Atkinson backlist! Entries will be automatically entered when you use your Fanatics card during your purchase.   2.       Americanah Competition Win one of five copies of Americanah. Email your name and the name of the author as well as your Fanatics number to Competitions@exclusivebooks.co.za. Two …

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 …

Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet unassuming, Katie is determined to avoid forming personal …

The Twelve Tribes of Hattie arrived with a great deal of literary street cred: it had been recommended by Oprah, who can still make or break books with just a blog post. It came with a stunning recommendation from Marilynne Robinson, Orange Prize and Pulitzer Prize winner. Comparisons are being made to inimitable Nobel Prize …

It isn’t often that a book comes around and refuses to sit in one neat genre– it just isn’t polite. Usually a book can be allocated its genre within a moment of reading the blurb and glancing at the jacket. But then there’s The Shining Girls, which gleefully refuses to pick a genre box to …