Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
More from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The fifteenth episode in the hilarious tale of Greg Heffley and his ever-calamitous exploits is out now! Right, so, there’s no way that any reader is unfamiliar with DOAWK and the colossal phenomenon that it has become. As well as the fifteen books in the main...
A Selection of this Month’s Popular Non-Fiction Reads
From tales of organised crime and druglords to the state of our planet, from rugby triumphs to one of SA’s brightest hip-hop stars, here is a selection of some recent non-fiction releases with which you’ll want to augment your already diverse set of interests....
Black Friday store trading hours
Love it or hate it, Black Friday has become a big part of South Africa’s shopping calendar. Bargain Books is joining in and offering all customers 20% off everything* in store so pop past during your shopping extravaganza and get some of those TBR books. *Does not...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
The Treehouse Just Keeps on Growing!
Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton and The 130-Storey Treehouse Okay, so the 13-Storey Treehouse wasn’t exactly modest to begin with – I mean, it did start off with 12 more stories than your average arboreal haven – but now it’s grown to incorporate...
Sam McBratney and his new book, Will You Be My Friend?
You may not necessarily know it, but if you’ve been anywhere neat a bookshop in the last thirty years, or have known a kid during that time, you’re probably familiar with the work of Sam McBratney. McBratney’s biggest hit, Guess How Much I Love You, has sold...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
A Family Affair by Sue Nyathi
With her new novel, Nyathi tells the tale of an unravelling family torn apart by terrible secrets. Behind their carefully manicured façade, which is made up of traditional values, Christian faith and duty, the Mafus are complex and compromised. A Family Affair is a...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
Jodi Picoult and The Book of Two Ways
It is fair to suggest that as a novelist, Picoult has spent much of her career exploring those moments in which everything changes – the enduring echoes of single decisions, the more fateful hinges that support our lives. As if her stellar reputation and consistently...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
Mandy Wiener and The Whistle Blowers
In Stores Now! Here’s the thing about exposés: they’re designed to whip up controversy, invite scrutiny and justice (rightly) and perhaps even prompt some sort of hysteria. And in all that litigious frenzy and shocking revelation, there’s a group of people who...
Ottolenghi: The Most Beautiful Cookbooks Out There
Having started out as a pastry chef in London, Israeli-English chef, food-writer, restauranteur and culinary inventor, Yotam Ottolenghi has risen to a position of some prominence in the food world thanks to the 6 delis and restaurants that he co-owns in London,...
Tiffany McDaniel and Betty: A Q&A with an Unforgettable Author
An author as interesting, and explorative, as Tiffany McDaniel comes along very seldom. Her recently published novel, Betty, instantly presents several tantalising prospects: to begin with, the mountains and woodlands of Appalachian Ohio are invoked, but from...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
Kitchen Queen book review
This book review comes from Omphile Raleie, founder of the Bookamoso book club. The word Bookamoso is derived from the Setswana word bokamoso which means future. With the extra ‘o’, Bookamoso has come to mean ‘our future in books’. The purpose of the Bookamoso Book...
Jamie Oliver Cookbooks that Need Adding To Your Kitchen Bookshelf
As long as Jamie Oliver’s career in cooking has been, he still hasn’t run out of new meals to share with us, new approaches to food in general and, of course, new recipes to publish. His most recent book, 7 Ways, which is currently in the country’s top ten...
Storytime Saturday
Saterdae is Storietyd op Bargain Books se Facebook-blad! In samewerking met NB-Uitgewers deel ons interessante inhoud oor kinder- en jeugboeke: uittreksels, aktiwiteite, boeklokprente én onderhoude met skrywers, vertalers en illustreerders . . . Tye: 10:00vm en...
2020 South African Book Awards – The Shortlist
Each year, the South African Book Award is given to the book determined to be the favourite of booksellers across the country. In this sense, it’s an award far more accessible than those picked by a small panel of experts – not that there’s anything wrong with that,...