Can chaos and uncertainty breed opportunity? This is a question Bruce Whitfield’s new book answers. Out in April, The Upside of Down tells remarkable stories of remarkable people and paints a picture of a South Africa very few people dare to imagine. Here is a...
With things as they are at the moment, release dates and availability of books are going to be a bit different for a little while. But the great books just keep on coming regardless and it’s still important to keep the young people and little ones in your life...
Usborne is a leading specialist children’s book publisher, they are an independent, family business which creates engaging, innovative, accessible books for children of all ages. They create fantastic books for children aged 5 to 7 including lift-the-flap information...
A Selection of 8 Titles of which to Make a Note As we all know by now, release dates and availabilities are going to be a bit different for a little while. With that in mind, here are eight fiction titles that are due to be released this month, or have already...
With lockdown extended we have even more time to try new recipes! We have nine recipes below from three great cookbooks. From the Ultimate Fruit Terrine to a Wild Mushroom and Leek Risotto, there is sure to be something that tantalizes your tastebuds… The...
When times are tough it is helpful to have a little extra support to us get through. So we have this really great free 40 day devotional for you from Sheila Walsh. Sheila Walsh is the author of the bestselling It’s Okay Not to be Okay, award-winning Gigi, God’s Little...
Beukes is a real star of fiction. She’s a South African novelist whose work is read uncommonly widely across the world and a stylish innovator whose work defies easy categorisation while appealing to readers of every sort. Her work has been consistently lauded...
Lockdown is the perfect time to catch up on that TBR list but what happens when that list runs out? Here are some local author extracts to help you prepare what you would like to read when lockdown lifts and you can hit the shops once again! Click on the link cover to...
Cressida Cowell is the number one bestselling author-illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once book series, and the author of the Emily Brown picture books, illustrated by Neal Layton. She has been reading chapters from her...
Was the 2020 Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreak Foretold? Who’s Predicting What Will Come Next? And Some Utopian Literature and Books that’ll Make You Feel Better Okay, first, I don’t have much time for prophecies and portents of doom. I don’t think anyone...
