This year’s World Cup, as I’m sure you know, kicks off in Japan on September 20th. SA will play its first match the following day, against the All Blacks, and hopefully won’t have too much trouble ultimately emerging from a pool that also includes Italy, Namibia and...
Of course, It Chapter Two is out this week, which is madly exciting because, well, it’s absolutely bound to be thrilling, but also because Stephen King adaptations always prompt such vigorous and fascinating comparison – as do most film adaptations. Often these...
The Bargain Books Warehouse Sale had its first event in April 2018. We opened our doors ahead of schedule as we had customers queuing from early in the morning! It was a very busy day and we all loved it. So much so that we have since had 5 more sales and it has...
The Karoo’s best loved agony aunt and crime fighter, Tannie Maria returns in a new mystery-thriller that takes us on a murderous journey with new allies and a little love-trouble. Sally Andrew answered some questions we had about the latest instalment in this charming...
The other day I spent a little too long flicking through my copy of The Shakespeare Insult Generator (which is a little book that all word lovers should own… and possibly carry at all times), and it got me to thinking about insults in literature. It takes special...
This Women’s Day (while you’re being rightly celebrated and adored, of course), why not also get your go-getter on with these three recent looks into feminine power and experience? Collectively they look at gaining independence and worth by taking it into your own...
