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,...
Ken Follett and his New Kingsbridge Epic

Ken Follett and his New Kingsbridge Epic

Ken Follett is widely renowned and hugely respected as a craftsman of historical epics. As a bestselling novelist, he ranks up there with Wilbur Smith, Tom Clancy, Dan Brown and Jeffrey Archer. Though he is arguably best-known for his historical trilogies, he has also...

Interview with Dorothy Koomson

  Here we’ll be taking a look at Koomson’s new book, as well as its precursor, and we’ll be sharing her kind responses to the questions that we asked her about her career and All My Lies Are True.   About Dorothy Koomson English author Dorothy Koomson has 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...

September Book of the Month: Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty

Across multiple cultures, and with some longevity, the image of a monk consistently conjures a sense of inner peace, calm, acceptance and devotion to higher principles… things we could all do with achieving a little more fully. As it turns out, it is not as difficult...

Interview with Sam Beckbessinger

Don’t you wish you’d started saving and investing when you were younger? Well, this is the book that aims to get kids thinking about the basics of money, and lay the solid foundation in financial education that most of us never had. Featuring playful illustrations,...

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...