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,...
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...