South Africans, get ready for National Book Week! National Book Week is a joint initiative between the South African Book Development Council and the Department of Arts and Culture and takes place in the first week of September every year. During this time all involved in reading, schools, libraries, reading promotion projects and corporate social […]
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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: […]
The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize was announced yesterday. This year’s longlist of 13 books was selected by a panel of five judges: Amanda Foreman (Chair); Jon Day; Abdulrazak Gurnah; David Harsent and Olivia Williams. It was chosen from 155 submissions published in the UK between 1 October 2015 […]
At no time since Exclusive Books opened its stores in 1951, 65 years ago, have any of our stores stayed open through the night for the launch of a new book. This weekend things will be different. The extraordinary public demand for the 8th in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child […]
Stephanie Meyer is back with a brand new adult thriller – The Chemist! In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An […]
Wizards, witches and muggles alike are joining forces to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I&II, the first Harry Potter title to be released since the final book of the original series was published in 2007. Exclusive Books and the Ministry of Magic have joined forces to create a magical […]
Wizards, witches and muggles alike are joining forces to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I&II, the first Harry Potter title to be released since the final book of the original series was published in 2007. Exclusive Books and the Ministry of Magic have joined forces to create a magical […]
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 […]
In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl and the release of the BFG movie we are giving our loyal customers the chance to win tickets to the exclusive premier of the BFG movie in Johannesburg! Simply tell us why you and your family are the biggest BFG fans and […]
As part of our Homebru celebration this year we decided to take showcasing our local authors to the next level by allowing their fans to interact with them in a live Twitter Town Hall Q&A Session. Our first session was with Bontle Senne, author of Powers of the Knife. #EBHomebru [View the story “Homebru Town […]