Some of our very best South African authors are at the Franschhoek Literary Festival on 17, 18 & 19 May, alongside multi-million selling international authors. Here’s our Top 10 Pick of What’s On at the festival – see here for the full programme and there may still be time to get a ticket on Webtickets: [...]
Not being a great fan of biographies, researching these recent biographies on Good Reads has fundamentally changed my mind and I can’t wait to get stuck into this eclectic mix of personalities – do tell us your favourite biographies…….. Cleopatra – A life by Stacy Schiff This Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most [...]
Join us in a Q&A session with Gerald Cubitt, the author of the new coffee table book ‘Evocative Africa’, encapsulating the best of his African photography over the past 30 years, now available at the gift shop at Cape Grace. Q. What camera equipment do you use? A. I have always used Hasselblads, currently with [...]
When it comes to funny, there’s laugh out loud funny, wry grin funny, downright rude, subtle and clever funny and not really funny but you can’t help laughing. Here are our top 5 funny books you should add to your summer reading list: – The World According to Clarkson: Jeremy Clarkson’s irreverent British humour, as [...]
The start of a new season is a good time not only to ‘spring-clean’ your living space, but also your mind. Most book stores have a varied and informative collection but to lend a helping hand, we’ve listed our top books to read this spring to get you started. The books shown below are our [...]