The Bookbinder of JerichoBy Pip Williams Imagine spending your life surrounded by the most mind-expanding books being written. Imagine spending your life in a city absolutely overflowing with knowledge and learning. And then imagine being told that it is not...
Book of the Month June: Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø It’s been a little while since we’ve had anything new from Nesbø – who’s still, often convincingly, called the king of crime writers – and thus we’ve not heard from one of the book world’s most compelling...
Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt By Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker An epic family saga reaches its stunning, long-awaited conclusion. In crafting the epic, resonant Seven Sisters series, the late Lucinda Riley not only captured the hearts and minds of readers...
That’s right we’re going to be at Comic Con Cape Town this year. And we’ll be bringing all the value, range, service and passion that make our stores the best. Spend more than R400 at our Comic Con stall and stand a chance to win a Tokyo Ghoul: re box set! Find us at...
If you ask us, there are not many traditions that are as much fun as a proper Easter egg hunt. They’re fun to set up, they’re fun to take part in, heck, they’re even fun just to watch. All the colour, all the excitement… all the chocolate. Add books to this situation...
This month, we thought we’d go with something thrilling. And then we saw that there are two enormous thrillers new to the shelves this month and, rather than attempting to choose between them, we thought we’d feature them both. So, if you’re into shocking twists,...
Pride month is all about understanding, accepting, and valuing your identity. So, in celebration of Cape Town Pride 2023, we have created a list of LGBTQIA+ Must Reads! Strap yourselves in and get ready for a weekend full of satisfying reads that tick all of your...
Pokémon Day with Bargain Books Join us for a whole host of events celebrating the inimitable world of Pokémon and its many evolutions! If you are a person of, let’s say, a certain age, you might just remember what it was like trying to explain Pokémon (and why you...
Our Book of the Month is, as seems only appropriate for February, a book about love. A book about romance, connection and intimacy, about how to find these things, keep them and improve upon them. A book by a former Vedic monk and current leading light of wellness and...
The thrill of finding a brand new voice in fiction is, for many of us, the real pinnacle of reading pleasure. It certainly is for us. We are captivated by that singular excitement that comes from meeting a new writer through their work, and there’s just nothing like...
