This is the website for one of Cape Town's newest independent book shops. Established at the end of 2006 by former Fairlady magazine editor Ann Donald, the book store offers a range of new fiction and non fiction books, including the latest South African books, international titles, and children's books, providing readers with a selection of the best titles available in book publishing today.

The site includes book reviews, book descriptions, books online, special book promotions, including a fortnightly Bookseller's Choice at a reduced price, and a book events programme listing the regular author and literary events held at the book store.

Book news, links to other literary sites, and Ann Donald's regular column on books, Between the Lines, published in the Sunday Times, are available for those with an interest in the book publishing world.

With a focus on stocking hand-selected quality books, personal service from well-read booksellers, individual readers, book club members and children will find that Kalk Bay Books is the book shop where everyone has a story that will suit them.










Searching for Order
by Anna Pavord
Searching for OrderFor centuries, some of the most brilliant minds in Europe searched for the rules of nature's game. In a world full of plagues and poisons, many medicines were made from plant extracts and there was a practical need to differentiate between plants, alongside an overwhelming desire to make sense of the natural world.

Searching for Order (published in hardback as The Naming of Names) is a fascinating journey through botanical history, that will appeal to gardeners and historians alike.

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Bookseller's Choice Price: R250

On promotion until 05 February

John Cartwright, accompanied by Leroy Cowie on double bass, presented an extraordinary reading of TS Eliot's The Wasteland at the first Off the Wall session at Kalk Bay Books for 2010.

Intelligent, impassioned and highly accomplished, the duo kept the audience spellbound for the 45-minute duration of the reading.


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Off the Wall poetry in February
The featured poet at Off the Wall at Kalk Bay Books is Liesl Jobson.
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Book discussion: Antjie Krog in conversation with Marianne Thamm
We have rated Antjie Krog's new book, Begging to Be Black to be one of the most important books to be published in South Africa in recent times. Now we are delighted to invite you to join us for a special event during which Antjie Krog will discuss her book with Marianne Thamm.
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Combined African and international bestselling fiction titles
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Stories for everyone at Kalk Bay Books
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A Short History of Modern Delusions
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This new illustrated essay is a companion volume to On Beauty (2004) and On Ugliness (2007).
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William GoldingWilliam Golding
The authorised biography of the man who wrote Lord of the Flies.
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Killing for Others: The Ethics of Writing CrimeKilling for Others: The Ethics of Writing Crime
At UCT's Summer School this year, crime writer Margie Orford presented an insightful and thought-provoking ...
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Dans macabre: the victim, the perpetrator, the author - and you?
29 Jan 2010 02:15 PM
Do you read crime novels or do you avoid them out of principle (or snobbery)? What is it about this genre ...
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Majestic Village, 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay, 7975
(Opposite Cape to Cuba restaurant)

Phone: 021 788 2266
Fax: 021 788 3550

Summer trading:
(October - April)
Monday to Sunday
9am to 6pm

Peak summer season:
(16 - 31 December)
8am to 7pm

Christmas Eve:
8am to 9pm

Closed:
25 & 26 December
1 January

Winter trading:
(May - September)
9am to 5pm


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