 |
 |
|
16 May 2012 The 2012 Franschhoek Literary Festival was another wonderful gathering. Perfect weather was complemented by enthusiastic book people - readers, writers, publishers, critics and commentators, listening, talking, laughing, discussing, arguing, mingling, sipping, chewing over subjects (and meals). A key point of the festival was the announcement of the short lists for the 2012 Sunday Times Literary Awards. We congratulate all those who will be in contention for this year's prizes (winners to be announced on 21 June). The lists can be seen below, and copies of all the titles are available at Kalk Bay Books. We look forward to seeing you here
Ann and the team PS:
If you've been alarmed by the road works currently underway outside the shop, please don't be! Parking is available for the bookshop and The Annex Restaurant, in the Majestic Village - the premises alongside the bookshop. |
 |
 |
 |
Eye on the Diamonds
by Terry Crawford-Browne
 The book that is about to get the world talking has just arrived on our shelves. Terry Crawford-Browne, author of Eye on the Money - the first book to expose the nefarious SA arms deal, looks into the murky waters of the international diamond industry, blood diamonds, and the links to organised crime and, yes, the international arms trade.
This is the must-read book of the year. Watch out for details of a book launch to be hosted at Kalk Bay Books.
Read more ...
Bookseller's Choice Price: R194
On promotion until 18 May |
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Clem Sunter launches lecture series at Kalk Bay BooksThe first lecture in a new series of events to run at the bookshop was graced with the intelligence, wit and warmth of one of SA's premier public speakers. Clem Sunter, businessman, scenario planner, futurologist, writer, presented his lecture to a full house. He spoke of the red flags that indicate danger ahead for the world and South Africa. The four flags that are relevant here are nationalisation, a decline in health care, the threat of a media tribunal, and the threat of land grabs. Of particular concern, says Mr Sunter, is that the conditions that led to the Arab Spring, are present in SA. Sunter also touched on the failure of South Africans to celebrate exellence in individuals, mentioning in particular a young scientist, Siyabulela Xuza, who has received worldwide attention and acclaim, but who is all but unknown here, for his achievements. Pictures: Co-author Chantel Ilbury with Clem Sunter at Kalk Bay Books before the lecture (left); Clem Sunter (right)
Read more ... |
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
2012 SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARDS: THE SHORT LISTS
Five novels and six non fiction titles, published in 2011, were short listed for this year's two premier book awards - the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award. Alan Paton Award criteria: 'The illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power; compassion; elegance of writing; and intellectual and moral integrity.' Fiction Prize criteria: 'It should be a novel of rare imagination and style, evocative, textured and a tale so compelling as to become an enduring landmark of contemporary fiction.' Read more... |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
