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From Jozi to Joubertina

There are plenty of towns in South Africa with a bakery, a bottle store, and a bakkie dealership...but no bookshop. Turns out, books travel well. Especially when they’re headed to...

Weird requests welcome. We mean it.

This little shop has grown. Not just because of the books we’ve listed, but because of the books you’ve asked for. So, thank you for every message, voicenote, DM and...

This book took three decades to deliver (sort of)

A long search ends... Every now and then, a message lands in our inbox that makes us stop, smile, and go: this is why we do this. Riaan Steyl had...

Mielie. Eish. Robot...Now it's your turn.

Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag, Afrikaans. Jy word 100 hierdie week en jy’t nog soveel om te sê. On 8 May 1925, Afrikaans was officially recognised as a language of...

Your love of local books makes all the difference

On 8 May, Afrikaans will officially turn 100 years old. It’s a big milestone for a language that grew out of everyday conversations and went on to create a rich...

Endings and beginnings

“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.” – Kahlil Gibran Literature has always concerned itself with the arc of transformation: grief to grace, silence...