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Welcome to Love Books, where books are our passion. We offer a tightly curated, well-edited range of classy books that make book buying an exciting and inspiring experience. Pop in and chat to our friendly, helpful and passionately bookie staff.
OCTOBER EVENTS
RSVPs to kate@lovebooks.co.za or 011 726 7408
Wednesday 10 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - Crime writer par excellence, Irma Venter, launches her new novel, Blue Sunday. She’ll be chatting to Jenny Crwys-Williams.
Tuesday 16 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - Bekendstelling van Corlia Fourie se debutbundel, Die Goeie Vrou en Ander Mites. In gesprek met Rentia Bartlett-Mohl.
Wednesday 17 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - Niki Malherbe author of From Courtrooms to Cupcakes, launches its sequel - Somewhere In Between. She’ll be chatting to Stuart Lee.
Tuesday 23 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - We are honoured to be launching Pieter Dirk Uys’s autobiography, The Echo of a Noise.
Wednesday 24 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - Launch of Garden Style by Melanie Walker and Connall Oosterbroek. They’ll be chatting to the inimitable Jane Griffiths.
Wednesday 31 October 6:00 for 6:30 pm - Launch of Poacher: Confessions from inside the illicit abalone trade by Kimon de Greeff and Shuhood Abader.
Coming up in November:
Thursday 1 November: Richard Steyn launches Louis Botha.
Friday 2 November: Coffee morning with Jane Griffiths to launch her new product range.
Tuesday 6 November: Sihle Khumalo launches Rainbow Nation, My Zulu Arse.
Thursday 8 November: Peter Storey launches I Beg To Differ.
Tuesday 13 November: Charl-Pierre Naude launches Die Ongelooflike Onskuld van Dirkie Verwey.
Wednesday 14 November: Terry Kurgan launches Everyone Is Present
Thursday 15 November: Poetry with Michele Betty and Stephen Symons
Thursday 29 November: Vanessa Raphaely launches Plus One.
Our launches are supported by Joostenberg, delicious organic wines from the family estate in Stellenbosch.
Don’t forget to use your Love Books Literary Punch Card – 10 punches = 10% discount. You get a punch for every R300 you spend, for being at a launch, for buying the book we’re launching, and for coming to storytime.
Please note that all titles are subject to availability and we are happy to order anything that might be out of stock.
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AUGUST RECOMMENDS
NON-FICTION
The Cafe de Move-On Blues, by Christopher Hope (R290)
Stuck in traffic on De Waal drive, Cape Town, Christopher Hope parks his car and walks up to the UCT campus to see what’s causing the trouble. He encounters an angry crowd pulling down the Rhodes statue - the chaotic culmination of the RhodesMustFall movement. What follows is a thoughtful road trip around South Africa’s cities and towns, their statues and memorials. An absolutely brilliant dissection of South Africa in the post-Mandela era. Magnificent and highly recommended.
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First, we make the beast beautiful, by Sarah Wilson (R335)
Sarah Wilson is best known for her I Quit Sugar cookbooks, so this book on anxiety from a high-functioning, super-successful human being comes as a surprise. But for those living with anxiety(all of us?) this is the freshest, most inspiring, insightful book on the subject you could hope to find. Beautifully written, quirky and uplifting, Sarah asks if anxiety can be re-sewn as a thing of beauty – it really might change your world.
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FICTION
Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje (R290)
Set in post-war England, this is the story of 14-year-old Nathaniel and his sister Rachel, who are abandoned by their parents and left in the care of an enigmatic figure known as The Moth. But things are not what they seem, and soon we find ourselves in a thrilling novel of adventure, intrigue and desire. Loose yourself in Ondaatje’s achingly beautiful prose.
Patagonia, Maya Fowler (R220)
After a drunken one-night stand with a student, followed by a terrible confrontation, academic Tertius de Klerk flees to Patagonia to the remote region where his Afrikaner forebears started anew after the Anglo-Boer War. Epic, poetic and soulful, this is an engrossing read based in this real-life Afrikaans community that exists to this day in South America. Available in Afrikaans as Patagonie.
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CHILDREN
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls 2, by Francesca Cavallo & Elena Favilli (R420)
For children of all ages, the follow up to the international bestseller, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls, is a stunning collection of one hundred bedtime stories that celebrate extraordinary women. From queens and activists to ballerinas and lawyers, there’s something in here for everyone.
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The Road to Glory (R130 each)
This fantastic little series, The Road to Glory, tells the stories of famous South African sporting legends as they set out on their journeys to becoming national and international sports stars. First up in the series are new rugby captain Siya Kolisi, cricketer AB de Villiers and athlete Wayde van Niekerk. 8+
