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| BOOK NEWS |
| We keep you up to date with information by and about authors and books. If you have book news you'd like us to consider including on this list, email the relevant information to ann@kalkbaybooks.co.za |
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| Sunday Times Fiction and Non-Fiction Shortlists | | Read more |
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| 2010 Sunday Times Fiction Prize and Alan Paton Award Shortlists were announced this month. |
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| Date posted: 12 July 2010 |
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| Faulkner Collection Auctioned in NYC | | Read more |
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| A rare collection of signed books by William Faulkner and some personal items belonging to the author have been auctioned for more than $800,000 in New York this week. |
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| Date posted: 26 June 2010 |
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| Kingsolver Wins Orange Prize | | Read more |
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| Barbara Kingsolver has won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The Lacuna. "We chose The Lacuna because it is a book of breathtaking scale and shattering moments of poignancy", said Daisy Goodwin, the chair of judges. |
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| Date posted: 12 June 2010 |
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| TWILIGHT ALERT! New Book in Twilight Saga to be Released in June | | Read more |
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| Fans of the Twilight Saga will be enthralled by the riveting story of Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery and romance, the novella chronicles the newborn vampire army’s journey as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion. |
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| Date posted: 27 May 2010 |
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| The Annex restaurant opens at Kalk Bay Books | | Read more |
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| We are delighted to announce that The Annex Restaurant is now open for business from 7am daily. |
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| Date posted: 16 March 2010 |
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| Strong Booker short list announced | | Read more |
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| A short list of six titles, including JM Coetzee's Summertime, has been announced. |
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| Date posted: 8 September 2009 |
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| 2009 Man Booker Prize longlist includes J.M. Coetzee | | Read more |
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| A host of literary and popular writers will compete for this year's award, including A.S. Byatt, William Trevor, Colm Toibin, Hilary Mantel and Sarah Waters. |
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| Date posted: 14 August 2009 |
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| 2009 Sunday Times Fiction Prize goes to Anne Landsman | | Read more |
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| Anne Landsman's moving story of a woman facing the death of her father, impressed this year's judges. |
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| Date posted: 14 August 2009 |
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| Peter Harris wins 2009 Alan Paton Award | | Read more |
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| In a Different Time, the story of the Delmas Four as told by their lawyer Peter Harris, walked off with South Africa's top non-fiction prize this year. |
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| Date posted: 14 August 2009 |
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| M-Net Literary Awards presented | | Read more |
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| The annual M-Net Literary Awards and Via Afrika Awards were presented on 13 June. Included among them was the first award for a book that shows potential to be developed into a made-for-television film script. |
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| Date posted: 18 June 2009 |
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| We support the VAT-Off-Books campaign | | Read more |
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| Kalk Bay Books believes that high literacy rates are critical to the future of our country. We wholeheartedly support the campaign for VAT on books to be dropped. |
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| Date posted: 18 June 2009 |
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| Alice Munro wins 2009 Man Booker International | | Read more |
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| Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won the third Man Booker International prize for her body of work |
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| Date posted: 27 May 2009 |
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| Winner of PEN/Studzinski announced | | Read more |
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| The South African Centre of International PEN (SA PEN) is delighted to announce the winners of the first PEN/Studzinski Literary Award for original short stories in English by African authors. |
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| Date posted: 24 May 2009 |
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| Tell us about your book club and it could win a R500 vouncher from Kalk Bay Books | | Read more |
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| want to win a R500 book voucher from Kalk Bay Books for your book club? All you have to do is tell us about your club. We have been inundated with requests from customers who want to know how to start a book club. Because 'types' of book club are as varied as the books they select, we will be featuring different clubs each month to provide an idea of how different clubs are structured, tips on how to choose members, or a book club, and lists of our featured clubs' favourite books. If you are willing to share your club's story with our customers, please let us know. If your club is selected, it will also go into a draw to win a R500 gift voucher from Kalk Bay Books. |
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| Date posted: 3 April 2009 |
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| New Stieg Larsson available | | Read more |
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| Following the huge success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we've had many queries about the publication date of the follow-up novel. |
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| Date posted: 1 April 2009 |
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| Franschhoek Literary Festival | | Read more |
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| Time to plan your long weekend in Franschhoek again... |
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| Date posted: 17 March 2009 |
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| Midnight's Children to be filmed | | Read more |
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| Regarded as 'unfilmable', filming is due to start on Salman Rushdie's award-winning novel in 2010, reports the Guardina. |
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| Date posted: 10 November 2008 |
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| Michael Crichton dies | | Read more |
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| Author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain dies from cancer. |
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| Date posted: 6 November 2008 |
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| Andre Brink to publish his memoirs | | Read more |
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| Acclaimed author Andre Brink's memoir will be published by Random House Struik early in 2009 |
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| Date posted: 29 October 2008 |
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| Revered South African author dies aged 88 | | Read more |
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| Es'kia Mphahlele has died of natural causes in hopital in Limpopo on 28 October. |
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| Date posted: 29 October 2008 |
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| Big name authors aid literacy in sub-Saharan Africa | | Read more |
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| Date posted: 15 October 2008 |
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| Debut novelist wins the Booker | | Read more |
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| Aravind Adiga has scooped the 2008 Man Booker with his first novel, The White Tiger. |
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| Date posted: 15 October 2008 |
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| Ceridwen Dovey keeps on rolling | | Read more |
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| Fresh from her Sunday Times Fiction Prize and University of Joburg Creative Writing award wins, Dovey has been shortlisted for the prestigious Dylan Thomas Prize. |
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| Date posted: 17 September 2008 |
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| Mandela's leadership views | | Read more |
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| A book recounting Nelson Mandela's views on leadership is to be published by Virgin Books next year. |
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| Date posted: 10 September 2008 |
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| New Wally Lamb novel on the way | | Read more |
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| Good news for those of us who loved Lamb's I Know This Much is True and She's Come Undone |
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| Date posted: 9 September 2008 |
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| JK Rowling wins court case | | Read more |
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| Author JK Rowling has won her legal battle in a New York court to get an unofficial Harry Potter encyclopaedia banned from publication. |
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| Date posted: 9 September 2008 |
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| Buying books the easy way | | Read more |
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| Since Kalk Bay Books opened at the end of 2006 we have not only been selling books the traditional way, we've also been ordering books specifically requested by our customers. From books on Buddhism, to caring for cats, to favourite old fiction titles, if a book is still in print and available through our many suppliers, we will get it in for you. |
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| Date posted: 15 August 2008 |
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| Kalk Bay Books on the road | | Read more |
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| Can't make it to Kalk Bay? No problem - we'll deliver to you... |
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| Date posted: 15 August 2008 |
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| Ceridwn Dovey riding the wave | | Read more |
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| After winning two literary prizes in 24 hours, Ceridwen Dovey is definitely in the spotlight. |
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| Date posted: 5 August 2008 |
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| Solzhenitsyn dies | | Read more |
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| Soviet dissident author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died aged 89 |
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| Date posted: 4 August 2008 |
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| 2008 Man Booker longlist announced | | Read more |
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| With changes to make the prize more commercial, the longlist for this year's Booker has included only 13 titles. |
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| Date posted: 29 July 2008 |
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| Hear what the judges thought | | Read more |
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| With two weeks to go until the winners of the 2008 Sunday Times Literary Awards are announced, hear what the judges had to say about the entries. |
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| Date posted: 16 July 2008 |
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| Writers invited to enter competition | | Read more |
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| Writers from African and SADC countries are invited to submit original, previously unpublished, English-language short stories for the PEN/STUDZINSKI Literary Award. |
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| Date posted: 14 July 2008 |
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| An invitation from the BBC World Service Book Club | | Read more |
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| Got a burning question for any of the world's great living writers? Here's your chance to ask it |
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| Date posted: 6 July 2008 |
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| Children's Hour at Kalk Bay Books | | Read more |
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| Kalk Bay Books' specialist children's staffers, Aisling and Carmen, will be bringing new life to children’s classics during our new Children’s Reading Hour the first and last Saturday of every month. With the cold wet winter mornings well under way, what better way to spend a Saturday morning listening to a classic tale while you browse through the bookshop or enjoy a coffee in one of Kalk Bay's many coffee shops*. |
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| Date posted: 2 July 2008 |
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| Atwood honoured | | Read more |
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| Canadian author's 'critical view of the world' has garnered her a top international prize |
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| Date posted: 27 June 2008 |
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| JUST IN | | Read more |
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| Hand-picked titles from this week's deliveries |
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| Date posted: 7 June 2008 |
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| Book deal signed for Robben Island footballers | | Read more |
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| The documentary about the story of the extraordinary Robben Island footballers is now to be published in book form. |
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| Date posted: 2 June 2008 |
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| Big screen to chill with Goosebumps | | Read more |
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| Columbia Pictures has bought the rights to adapt Scholastic Media's bestselling Goosebump series into a film |
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| Date posted: 31 May 2008 |
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| In a bookshop | | Read more |
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| Snail Press publisher and one of our favourite poets, Gus Ferguson has brightened a gray day with this little poem... |
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| Date posted: 29 May 2008 |
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| Commonwealth Writers' Prize winners announced | | Read more |
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| The overall winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival on 18 May. |
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| Date posted: 19 May 2008 |
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| International Foreign Fiction Prize: winner announced | | Read more |
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| The Arts Council England included Marlene van Niekerk's Agaat - published in the UK as The Way of the Women, on the shortlist for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008. And the winner is... |
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| Date posted: 13 May 2008 |
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| Six titles announced for Best of the Bookers shortlist | | Read more |
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| Two South Africans included in shortlist for Best of the Bookers. To enter our competition and the worldwide vote... |
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| Date posted: 12 May 2008 |
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| You can bet on another Harry Potter | | Read more |
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| Odds are 2:1 that another Potter will be published by 2012 |
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| Date posted: 15 April 2008 |
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| International entries welcome for UK poetry prize | | Read more |
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| South African poets take note - one of the biggest English language poetry competitions, with a prize of £10,000, is open to you... |
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| Date posted: 12 April 2008 |
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| 'Oddest title' prize awarded | | Read more |
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| Booksellers, librarians and publishers from around the world nominate titles for the Bookseller magazine's Diagram Prize. This year's winner is... |
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| Date posted: 12 April 2008 |
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| Judges announced for 2009 Man Booker International Prize | | Read more |
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| Awarded every second year, the Man Booker International judging committee for 2009 will be headed by American author Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres, Ten Days in the Hills) |
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| Date posted: 19 March 2008 |
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| AS Byatt slates 'sexist' Orange Prize | | Read more |
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| The announcement of the longlist for the 2008 Orange Prize, presented to the chosen female author of the year, has stirred up controversy over the necessity for a women-only award, reports The Times of London |
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| Date posted: 18 March 2008 |
