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May 2012

Thursday, May 17th 2012
Launch of ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ by Tan Twan Eng

Wednesday, May 16th 2012
Eye on the Diamonds by Terry Crawford-Browne

Tuesday, May 15th 2012
A welcome return to the Book Lounge for Alexandra Fuller

Saturday, May 12th 2012
Storytime: Charlie and Lola

Friday, May 11th 2012
Cityscapes II now here

Thursday, May 10th 2012
Launch of Below Luck Level by Barbara Erasmus

Wednesday, May 9th 2012
‘Rhumba’ by Elaine Proctor

Tuesday, May 8th 2012
The Launch of Andrew Brown’s new novel, Solace

Saturday, May 5th 2012
Storytime: Penguins

Thursday, May 3rd 2012
Karen Dudley and Sam Woulidge talk food

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012
Raenette Taljaard gets Up in Arms

April 2012

Saturday, April 28th 2012
Tilly and Sara are Friends

Thursday, April 26th 2012
Launch of Absent Tongues by Kelwyn Sole

Wednesday, April 25th 2012
Imagining the Cape Colony by David Johnson

Tuesday, April 24th 2012
When in Broad Daylight I Open My Eyes

Monday, April 23rd 2012
“Conversations with Bourdieu” at The Book Lounge

Saturday, April 21st 2012
Super Heroes Save the Day at Story Time

Thursday, April 19th 2012
Thursday, 19 April, at 5:30 for 6:00pm – Launch of Lifelines and Then Light Went Black, published by the Human Rights Media Centr

Wednesday, April 18th 2012
Een stad Drie Rooikoppe Sewe Dae Enigste Book Lounge

Tuesday, April 17th 2012
Launch of “The Institute for Taxi Poetry” by Imraan Coovadia

Saturday, April 14th 2012
Launch of Bonsai & Geronimo

Thursday, April 12th 2012
Launch of Lessons in Husbandry by Shaida Kazie Ali

Wednesday, April 11th 2012
Eloquent Body by Dawn Garisch

Saturday, April 7th 2012
Bunny hop for Story time

Thursday, April 5th 2012
City Soirée

March 2012

Saturday, March 31st 2012
Classic stories for Saturday

Friday, March 30th 2012
Picador Turns 40 with Art Auction

Thursday, March 29th 2012
Bekendstelling van ‘Herinneringe aan Parys’ deur André P. Brink

Wednesday, March 28th 2012
Kaapstad Karma-Polisie Ontmoet die Bokke deur Louis de Villiers

Saturday, March 24th 2012
Funny Stories This Time

Thursday, March 22nd 2012
Cape Town Between East and West launch

Tuesday, March 20th 2012
Launch of ‘Looking for Trouble’ by Colleen Higgs

Saturday, March 17th 2012
Rainbows for all reasons story time

Thursday, March 15th 2012
Launch of ‘Eight Days in September’ by Frank Chikane

Wednesday, March 14th 2012
Global Health Watch 3 launch

Tuesday, March 13th 2012
South African Literature History launch

Saturday, March 10th 2012
Panda-monium at story time!

Thursday, March 8th 2012
Alternatives to Privatisation: Public Options for Essential Services in the Global South

Wednesday, March 7th 2012
Custody by Manju Kapur

Tuesday, March 6th 2012
Launch of ‘Bare and Breaking: Poems’ by Karin Schimke

Saturday, March 3rd 2012
Old favourites Story time

Thursday, March 1st 2012
Joan Hambidge: Lot se Vrou

February 2012

Tuesday, February 28th 2012
Launch of Against the Odds: A History of Zimbabwe Project Trust by Mary Ndlovu

Saturday, February 25th 2012
Leap Year (Story) Time

Saturday, February 18th 2012
Things that Go Story time

Wednesday, February 15th 2012
Fanie Naudé: Alfabet van die Voëls

Saturday, February 11th 2012
I heart you Story time

Thursday, February 9th 2012
Lee-Roy Chetty: Imagining Web 3.0

Wednesday, February 8th 2012
Silver Highlights: Poems by Azila Talit Reisenberger

Saturday, February 4th 2012
Ballet twirly tales for story time

January 2012

Tuesday, January 31st 2012
Robert Fridjhon: Caterpillar Seas

Saturday, January 28th 2012
Living in the city story time

Friday, January 27th 2012
Ink vs Ink : Cape Town Tattoo Convention

Tuesday, January 24th 2012
Richard de Nooy: The Big Stick

Saturday, January 21st 2012
ABC rhymes with me!

Saturday, January 14th 2012
Going to School Story time

December 2011

Wednesday, December 28th 2011
Make our own Notebooks : Holiday Activity

Wednesday, December 21st 2011
Let’s make our own cards: Holiday Activity

Saturday, December 17th 2011
Festive favourites for Story time

Thursday, December 15th 2011
Christmas Stock Signing @ Café Nood

Wednesday, December 14th 2011
Holiday activities at The Book Lounge

Saturday, December 10th 2011
Starry Night for Stories Bright

Thursday, December 8th 2011
“Milnerton Market” by Dave Southwood at The Book Lounge

Wednesday, December 7th 2011
Voorbladnooi by Nelle Dreyer @ The Book Lounge

Monday, December 5th 2011
Andrew Feinstein’s new book on the Arms Deal at The Fugard Theatre

Saturday, December 3rd 2011
Beach day for Story time

Thursday, December 1st 2011
The Book Lounge 4th Birthday Party!!!

November 2011

Wednesday, November 30th 2011
Jenny Morris @ La Cuccina

Wednesday, November 30th 2011
David Kramer Launch

Tuesday, November 29th 2011
Launch of ‘Diesel and Dust’ by Obie Oberholzer

Saturday, November 26th 2011
Poetry Reading: Janet Rodney & Nathaniel Tarn

Saturday, November 26th 2011
Whale Tales or tails at Story time

Friday, November 25th 2011
Keeping a Sharp Eye : 100 Years of Cartoons by Peter Vale

Thursday, November 24th 2011
The ANC & the Regeneration of Political Power @ Lobby Books

Thursday, November 24th 2011
Launch of Eish but is it English?

Wednesday, November 23rd 2011
Conscious Cuisine a vegetarian adventure

Tuesday, November 22nd 2011
Launch of ‘The Last Sushi’ by Zapiro @ the Book Lounge

Saturday, November 19th 2011
Silly stories for Saturday morning

Wednesday, November 16th 2011
Launch of new memoir by Michael Mansfield QC – ‘Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer’

Tuesday, November 15th 2011
Launch of Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology

Monday, November 14th 2011
New South African Review 2 launch

Saturday, November 12th 2011
Abby’s Aquarium : Predators at story time

Saturday, November 12th 2011
Launch of ‘Visual Century’

Thursday, November 10th 2011
Devil in the Detail: Arms deal book at the ISS

Wednesday, November 9th 2011
Launch of “The South African Letters of Thomas Pringle”

Tuesday, November 8th 2011
Launch of “Missing and Murdered” by Alan G. Morris

Saturday, November 5th 2011
Winnie the Witch and Wilbur story time

Thursday, November 3rd 2011
Launch of ‘Woman Unfolding’ by Jenna Mervis

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011
“Hiervandaan” deur Dana Snyman

Tuesday, November 1st 2011
“Sea of Wise Insects” by Terry Westby-Nunn

October 2011

Monday, October 31st 2011
“Mankepank” deur Antjie Krog

Saturday, October 29th 2011
Catch the waves with Surfing Sally

Thursday, October 27th 2011
Bekendstelling: Sirkusboere deur Sonja Loots

Wednesday, October 26th 2011
Horrorfest reading at the Blood Lounge

Tuesday, October 25th 2011
Queen of Crime returns to the Lounge

Tuesday, October 25th 2011
Tim Noakes at Café Nood

Saturday, October 22nd 2011
Spooky stories for little ones

Thursday, October 20th 2011
Launch of ‘Trackers’ by Deon Meyer

Wednesday, October 19th 2011
Geoffrey Haresnape launches “Where the Wind Wills”

Tuesday, October 18th 2011
Launch of “South Africa’s World Cup: A Legacy for Whom?” edited by Eddie Cottle

Saturday, October 15th 2011
Come and meet Floppy the Dog!

Friday, October 14th 2011
Bosman in Afrikaans! “In die Withaak se Skadu en ander oom Schalk Lourens stories”

Thursday, October 13th 2011
Launch of Divine Justice by Joanne Hichens @ The Kimberley Hotel

Wednesday, October 12th 2011
Launch of the new Alexandra Fuller – “Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness”

Tuesday, October 11th 2011
Launch of “African Sexualities” by Sylvia Tamale

Saturday, October 8th 2011
We love you, Earth story time

Thursday, October 6th 2011
Launch of The Final Prize by Norman Levy

Saturday, October 1st 2011
You are my Favourite Bear Story time

September 2011

Wednesday, September 28th 2011
Fiona Forde talks about her book on Malema

Saturday, September 24th 2011
Beverley Naidoo visits The Book Lounge

Saturday, September 24th 2011
Fun with Sindiwe Ngona and Colour Africa at Story time

Saturday, September 17th 2011
Curious George story time! Monkeys!

Thursday, September 15th 2011
‘Blue Rivers: Poems’ by Douglas Reid Skinner

Wednesday, September 14th 2011
Hope, Pain & Patience: The Lives of Women in South Sudan edited by Frederike Bubenzer and Orly Stern

Wednesday, September 14th 2011
Eugene Cassons @ The Taj Cape Town

Tuesday, September 13th 2011
Launch of ‘Barend de Wet: A Monograph’ by Kathryn Smith

Saturday, September 10th 2011
Spring time Flower time for Story time

Thursday, September 8th 2011
Scottish-Ghanaian author, Lesley Lokko, at the Lounge

Tuesday, September 6th 2011
You are Awesome at the Book Lounge

Saturday, September 3rd 2011
Shaun Tomson reads from ‘The Surfer’s Code’ and ‘Krazy Kreatures’

Saturday, September 3rd 2011
Thumbelina Puppet Show for Story time

August 2011

Saturday, August 27th 2011
Snappy Teeth Storytime

Thursday, August 25th 2011
Martin Legassick @ The Book Lounge

Thursday, August 25th 2011
“Metal That Will Not Bend” @ Lobby Books

Saturday, August 20th 2011
Celebrate Julia Donaldson with us at story time

Thursday, August 18th 2011
Ingrid de Kok launches new poetry collection

Tuesday, August 16th 2011
Celebrate with Ronnie Kasrils and the Unlikely Secret Agent

Saturday, August 13th 2011
Toot-toot with Thomas and Friends

Thursday, August 11th 2011
Jassy Mackenzie launches Worst Case at The Book Lounge

Monday, August 8th 2011
Drucilla Cornell launches ‘Symbolic Forms for a New Humanity: Cultural and Racial Reconfigurations of Critical Theory’

Saturday, August 6th 2011
Story time : Fairy Tales

Friday, August 5th 2011
Martin Meredith returns!

Thursday, August 4th 2011
Funny stories: Shaggy at The Book Lounge

Wednesday, August 3rd 2011
Feast on Cakebread at La Cuccina

July 2011

Saturday, July 30th 2011
Storytime: Celebrating new imprint Nosy Crow

Thursday, July 28th 2011
The Edge of Things at The Book Lounge

Wednesday, July 27th 2011
Maya Fowler & SA Partridge @ El Burro, Greenpoint

Saturday, July 23rd 2011
Storytime: Cats vs Dogs

Thursday, July 21st 2011
Stranger at Home by Ashlee Neser

Saturday, July 16th 2011
Storytime: Winter Days

Thursday, July 14th 2011
Special Offer: History Boys at Theatre on the Bay

Thursday, July 14th 2011
On Solid Ground by Gabi Lubowski

Wednesday, July 13th 2011
The One and Only Pieter-Dirk Uys at the Book Lounge

Tuesday, July 12th 2011
Kyk my in die oë deur Elsabé Brits

Friday, July 8th 2011
City Soirée: In Other Words at The Book Lounge

Thursday, July 7th 2011
Diane Awerbuck with Cabin Fever at The Book Lounge

Tuesday, July 5th 2011
Finding Sarah by Joanne Jowell

Saturday, July 2nd 2011
Storytime: The Wild West

June 2011

Thursday, June 30th 2011
Donkerkamer deur Fourie Botha

Wednesday, June 29th 2011
Tammi Forman at La Cuccina with Cooking for an Allergy-Free Lifestyle

Wednesday, June 29th 2011
Launch of revised edition of Wild Law by Cormac Cullinan

Tuesday, June 28th 2011
Launch of Suitable Girl by Michelle McGrane

Monday, June 27th 2011
Future Inheritance at The Book Lounge

Saturday, June 25th 2011
Storytime: Dragons

Friday, June 24th 2011
Deadlands Zombie evening at The Book Lounge

Thursday, June 23rd 2011
Launch of Reclaiming the L-Word

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011
Launch of Diepsloot by Anton Harber

Tuesday, June 21st 2011
Short Story Day South

Saturday, June 18th 2011
Storytime: Hats

Wednesday, June 15th 2011
Tretchikoff: The People’s Painter

Tuesday, June 14th 2011
Launch of “South Africa and India: Shaping the Global South”

Monday, June 13th 2011
Allergy-free Cooking with Tammi Forman

Saturday, June 11th 2011
Storytime: Kipper’s Birthday

Thursday, June 9th 2011
The Boy who Cried Ninja Grown up Storytime with Alex Latimer

Tuesday, June 7th 2011
Launch of Eating From One Pot by Sarah Mosoetsa

Monday, June 6th 2011
Arthur C Clarke Party for Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

Saturday, June 4th 2011
Storytime: Charlie and Lola

Friday, June 3rd 2011
We Love Matilda Fundraiser

May 2011

Tuesday, May 31st 2011
Jungle Jim Launch

Saturday, May 28th 2011
Storytime: The five senses

Thursday, May 26th 2011
Launch of Living Better Living Longer by Professor Lionel H. Opie

Tuesday, May 24th 2011
Launch of The Politics of a South African Frontier by Martin Legassick

Saturday, May 21st 2011
Storytime: Temba and the Dream Giver

Thursday, May 19th 2011
Launch of African PEN New Writing 2011

Monday, May 16th 2011
Meet the author of AYA at Alliance Francaise

Monday, May 16th 2011
No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way

Saturday, May 14th 2011
A Wish This Big by Ingrid Mennen & Katrin Coetzer

Thursday, May 12th 2011
Public Lecture on “SA’s energy future – Coal, Nuclear or Renewables” by Muna Lakhani

Wednesday, May 11th 2011
Launch of Justin Cartwright’s Other People’s Money

Tuesday, May 10th 2011
Launch of Ivan Vladislavic’s “Double Negative”

Saturday, May 7th 2011
Storytime: Book Lounge Band

Thursday, May 5th 2011
Hemispheres: Inside a Stroke by Karen Lazar

Wednesday, May 4th 2011
Gesprekke met Merkwaardige Mense deur Murray La Vita

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011
Paige Nick: This Way Up

April 2011

Saturday, April 30th 2011
Storytime: Dinosaurs

Saturday, April 23rd 2011
Storytime: Bunny Day

Thursday, April 21st 2011
Launch of Object Relations in Depression by Trevor Lubber

Wednesday, April 20th 2011
Sarah Penny: Lies We Shared

Monday, April 18th 2011
Launch of Together by Julius Chingono & John Eppel

Saturday, April 16th 2011
Moemin kom kuier vir ons! Saterdag 16 April om 11vm

Thursday, April 14th 2011
Lost Ground by Michiel Heyns

Wednesday, April 13th 2011
Launch of Joonie by Rayda Jacobs

Tuesday, April 12th 2011
As die Woorde Begin Droom deur Wilhelm Knobel

Wednesday, April 6th 2011
Launch of Killing Kebble by Mandy Wiener

March 2011

Thursday, March 31st 2011
Helen Douglas – Love & Arms: Violence and Justification after Levinas

Wednesday, March 30th 2011
Ben Turok: Understanding the ANC Today

Tuesday, March 29th 2011
Annie Holmes – Hope Deferred: Narratives of Zimbabwean Lives

Thursday, March 24th 2011
Food Auction for Ikamvayouth

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011
Edge of the Table: Fourteen Cape Flats Youths tell their life stories

Sunday, March 20th 2011
Support for Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

Thursday, March 17th 2011
Magema Fuze: The Making of a Kholwa Intellectual by Hlonipha Mokoena

Tuesday, March 15th 2011
Brent Meersman: Reports before Daybreak

Saturday, March 12th 2011
Storytime: Shapes

Thursday, March 10th 2011
Marie Darrieussecq @ the Alliance Française

Thursday, March 10th 2011
Brian Raftopolous and Henry Bernstein – Zimbabwe’s Land Reforms: Myths and Realities

Saturday, March 5th 2011
Storytime: Foxes

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011
Tom Eaton Writing Course

February 2011

Saturday, February 26th 2011
Storytime: Aesop’s Fables

Thursday, February 24th 2011
Christine Stevens: Harvest Diaries @ La Cuccina

Wednesday, February 23rd 2011
What is the emerging Aesthetic of our times? A talk from Natural’s Cool

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011
Daniel R. Magaziner: The Law and the Prophets – Black Consciousness in South Africa 1968-1977 @ Lobby Books

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011
Jonny Steinberg: Little Liberia

Saturday, February 19th 2011
Storytime: Art

Thursday, February 17th 2011
Beverley-Ann Jacobsz: Ambrosia poetry CD launch

Wednesday, February 16th 2011
Cherryl Walker, Anna Bohlin, Ruth Hall & Thembele Kepe: Land, Memory, Reconstruction and Justice

Saturday, February 12th 2011
Storytime: Love

Wednesday, February 9th 2011
Nigel Penn: Written Culture in a Colonial Context: Africa and the Americas, 1500-1899

Saturday, February 5th 2011
Storytime: Chinese New Year

Wednesday, February 2nd 2011
Stephen Ellis – Season of Rains: Africa and the World

January 2011

Saturday, January 29th 2011
Storytime: ABC

Friday, January 28th 2011
Tattoo Convention 28th – 30th January

Thursday, January 27th 2011
New Contrast Magazine 50th Birthday!

Saturday, January 22nd 2011
Storytime: First day at school

Thursday, January 20th 2011
Colleen Higgs: Lava Lamp – Poems

Saturday, January 15th 2011
Storytime: Summer

December 2010

Saturday, December 18th 2010
Storytime: Happy Holidays!

Wednesday, December 15th 2010
Neighbourgoods Christmas Night Market

Wednesday, December 15th 2010
Christmas Signing @ Café Nood

Saturday, December 11th 2010
Storytime: Starry Night

Saturday, December 11th 2010
Peter Veldsman’s Blissful Bites at Café Nood

Thursday, December 9th 2010
Andy Mason and John Curtis

Saturday, December 4th 2010
Storytime: Andile’s Kite

Wednesday, December 1st 2010
It’s Our Birthday!

November 2010

Saturday, November 27th 2010
Storytime: Madeline

Friday, November 26th 2010
Nick Norman: The Extraordinary World of Diamonds

Thursday, November 25th 2010
Joint launch of In the Dark With My Dress on Fire by Blanche La Guma and Alex La Guma by Roger Field @ Lobby Books

Thursday, November 25th 2010
Finuala Dowling: Difficult to Explain @ The Book Lounge

Thursday, November 25th 2010
Zapiro: Combined Launch of Do You Know Who I Am and ZA News 2 @ The ZA News Studio, 80 Jordaan Street

Wednesday, November 24th 2010
James Clelland: Deeper than Colour

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010
Celebrating the 2009 Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature

Monday, November 22nd 2010
Kerry Hammerton: These are the Lies I Told You

Saturday, November 20th 2010
Storytime: Dinosaurs

Friday, November 19th 2010
Riaan Manser: Around Madagascar on My Kayak

Wednesday, November 17th 2010
Peter Harris: Birth @ The Central Library

Wednesday, November 17th 2010
Peter Harris @ Café Nood

Tuesday, November 16th 2010
Ronnie Apteker: Funny Business – The Secrets of an Accidental Entrepreneur

Monday, November 15th 2010
Max du Preez: Oor Krygers Korrelkoppe en Konkelaars

Friday, November 12th 2010
Phil Clark: The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda

Friday, November 12th 2010
Tina Bester: Fun in the Kitchen @ La Cuccina

Thursday, November 11th 2010
Sarah Lotz and Mike Nicol @ Café Nood

Thursday, November 11th 2010
John S. Saul: Revolutionary Traveler – Freeze-Frames From a Life

Wednesday, November 10th 2010
Adekeye Adebajo: The Curse of Berlin – Africa After the Cold War

Tuesday, November 9th 2010
Denis Beckett: Radical Middle – Confessions of an Accidental Revolutionary

Monday, November 8th 2010
Peter Godwin: The Fear – The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Saturday, November 6th 2010
Storytime: Gardens

Thursday, November 4th 2010
Cameron Ewart-Smith: Getaway – 21 Years of African Travel Writing

Thursday, November 4th 2010
Graeme Friedman: The Fossil Artist @ The Sendiggestig Museum

Wednesday, November 3rd 2010
Deborah Lavin: Friendship and Union – The Letters of Patrick Duncan and Maud Selborne, 1907-1943

Tuesday, November 2nd 2010
Dennis Beckett: Radical Middle – Confessions of an Accidental Revolutionary

October 2010

Saturday, October 30th 2010
Storytime: Hallowe'en

Thursday, October 28th 2010
Paul S. Landau: Popular Politics in the History of South Africa, 1400–1948

Wednesday, October 27th 2010
Bloody Parchment – Horrorfest comes to the Book Lounge

Tuesday, October 26th 2010
Lucia Saks: Cinema in a Democratic South Africa – The Race for Representation

Monday, October 25th 2010
Anthony Butler: Paying for Politics

Saturday, October 23rd 2010
Storytime: Counting

Thursday, October 21st 2010
Tony Fitzjohn: Born Wild @ the Taj Cape Town

Tuesday, October 19th 2010
Kristen Palitza & Helen Struthers: What is Left Unsaid – Reporting the South African HIV Epidemic

Monday, October 18th 2010
Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa

Saturday, October 16th 2010
Storytime: Beasts

Thursday, October 14th 2010
Laurence Piper: To Serve and Protect – The Inkathagate Scandal

Wednesday, October 13th 2010
Maurice Kibel: General Tso's Chicken and the 7 Deadly Sins

Tuesday, October 12th 2010
Donvé Lee: An Intimate War

Saturday, October 9th 2010
Storytime: Rita and her dog, Whatsit

Thursday, October 7th 2010
Herman Wasserman: Tabloid Journalism in South Africa

Wednesday, October 6th 2010
Ingrid Anderson – Piece Work: Poems

Monday, October 4th 2010
Shaun de Waal: 25 Years of the Mail & Guardian

Saturday, October 2nd 2010
Storytime: Where's Wally?

September 2010

Thursday, September 30th 2010
@ CIFA – Sound Space Design: The Architecture of Don Albert & Partners

Thursday, September 30th 2010
Alastair Bruce: Wall of Days

Wednesday, September 29th 2010
Celebrating Damon Galgut

Tuesday, September 28th 2010
@ Café Nood – Raymond Ackerman: A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel

Tuesday, September 28th 2010
Rochelle Le Roux & Alan Rycroft: Harassment in the Workplace

Saturday, September 25th 2010
Storytime: Science

Thursday, September 23rd 2010
Lindsay Bremner: Writing the City into Being: Essays on Johannesburg 1998-2008

Tuesday, September 21st 2010
@ La Cuccina: Justice Kamanga – Tastes of Africa

Tuesday, September 21st 2010
Debra Kaminer and Gillian Eagle: Traumatic Stress

Monday, September 20th 2010
Stephen Malherbe: Living with my X

Monday, September 20th 2010
@ CIFA: Antoni Folkers – Modern Architecture in Africa

Saturday, September 18th 2010
Storytime: Babar

Thursday, September 16th 2010
Bridget Pitt

Saturday, September 11th 2010
Storytime: Sloths

Wednesday, September 8th 2010
Nicole Jaekel Strauss: Maal

Saturday, September 4th 2010
Storytime: Spring

August 2010

Saturday, August 28th 2010
Storytime: Mr Men

Friday, August 27th 2010
Happy Birthday to Sindiwe Magona!

Thursday, August 26th 2010
The Bed Book of Short Stories edited by Joanne Hichens and Laurie Kubuitsile

Tuesday, August 24th 2010
Creamy EWOK Baggends: Pimp My Poetry

Tuesday, August 24th 2010
Tuesday 24th August, 5.30 for 6pm – Creamy EWOK Baggends: Pimp My Poetry

Saturday, August 21st 2010
Storytime: Sindiwe Magona

Thursday, August 19th 2010
Beverly Ryvroft: Missing

Wednesday, August 18th 2010
Anne Kelk Mager: Beer, Sociability and Masculinity in South Africa

Tuesday, August 17th 2010
Poets Against Xenophobia

Saturday, August 14th 2010
Storytime: Robots

Friday, August 13th 2010
John Peffer: Art & the End of Apartheid

Thursday, August 12th 2010
Max du Preez: Launch of the new edition of Pale Native

Wednesday, August 11th 2010
Ronnie Kasrils: An Unlikely Secret Agent

Saturday, August 7th 2010
Storytime: Little Monkeys

Thursday, August 5th 2010
Sarah Lotz: Tooth and Nailed

Wednesday, August 4th 2010
Jane Katyavivi: Undisciplined Heart

Tuesday, August 3rd 2010
Aniel Botha: 'n Dans met die Dood

July 2010

Saturday, July 31st 2010
Storytime: Cool Nguni

Friday, July 30th 2010
Jay Naidoo: Fighting for Justice

Friday, July 30th 2010
Fanie du Toit and Erik Doxtader at Lobby Books – In the Balance: South Africans debate Reconciliation

Thursday, July 29th 2010
Wole Soyinka: You Must Set Forth at Dawn – A Memoir

Wednesday, July 28th 2010
Andie Miller: Slow Motion

Tuesday, July 27th 2010
Open Shuhada Street Lecture: Shamil Jeppie

Saturday, July 24th 2010
Storytime: Friendship Day

Friday, July 23rd 2010
James Brabazon: My Friend the Mercenary – A Memoir

Thursday, July 22nd 2010
Charles van Onselen: Masked Raiders – Irish Banditry in South Africa

Thursday, July 22nd 2010
Caine Prize Winner Femi Terry at Lobby Books

Wednesday, July 21st 2010
Bill Nasson: The War for South Africa – The Anglo-Boer War of 1899

Tuesday, July 20th 2010
Lynn Carneson: Red in the Rainbow

Saturday, July 17th 2010
Storytime: Things We Don't Eat

Thursday, July 15th 2010
Henrietta Rose-Innes: Homing

Tuesday, July 13th 2010
Justin Fox: Marginal Safari

Saturday, July 10th 2010
Storytime: Dorothy Kowen

Saturday, July 10th 2010
Storytime: Dorothy Cowen Gift of Gold

Thursday, July 8th 2010
Denis Goldberg: The Mission

Wednesday, July 7th 2010
Melissa Butler: removing

Monday, July 5th 2010
On the Sofa with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner

Saturday, July 3rd 2010
Storytime: Polar Bears

Thursday, July 1st 2010
Sasha Polokow-Suransky: The Unspoken Alliance

June 2010

Wednesday, June 30th 2010
National Geographic for Kids

Tuesday, June 29th 2010
Gaby Magomola: Robben Island to Wall Street

Saturday, June 26th 2010
Storytime: Moonlight

Friday, June 25th 2010
Athi-Patra Ruga

Thursday, June 24th 2010
Lewis Gordon Pugh: Achieving the Impossible

Wednesday, June 23rd 2010
Nicole the Great White Shark

Monday, June 21st 2010
Dr Mongane Wally Serote: Quite Footsteps

Saturday, June 19th 2010
Storytime: Sindiwe Magona

Friday, June 18th 2010
Poetry Evening: Liesl Jobson, Alan Finlay and Ken Barris

Thursday, June 17th 2010
Allister Sparks

Wednesday, June 16th 2010
Youth Day: Tintin at the Movies

Monday, June 14th 2010
Deborah Steinmair: Marike se laaste dans

Saturday, June 12th 2010
Storytime: Stories from Around the World

Thursday, June 10th 2010
Nina Mensing: A Manic Marriage

Wednesday, June 9th 2010
Robert Edward Bolton: Late Quatrains – Exercises and Complaints

Wednesday, June 9th 2010
Marilyn Honikman: The Mystery of the SS Waratah and the Avocado Tree

Tuesday, June 8th 2010
Johann Maree: Collective Bargaining in South Africa

Saturday, June 5th 2010
Storytime: World Cup Fever!

Thursday, June 3rd 2010
Open Shuhada Street Lecture: The Goldstone Report

Wednesday, June 2nd 2010
Antony Altbeker: Fruit of a Poisoned Tree

Tuesday, June 1st 2010
Jenny Cargill: Trick or Treat – Rethinking the Future of BEE

May 2010

Saturday, May 29th 2010
Storytime: Oliver Jeffers Day

Friday, May 28th 2010
Encounters with André Brink

Thursday, May 27th 2010
Patricia Schonstein: Banquet at Brabazan

Wednesday, May 26th 2010
Braam Malherbe: The Great Run – Conquering the Sleeping Dragon Within: Life's Lessons on the Run

Tuesday, May 25th 2010
Lauren Beukes: Zoo City

Monday, May 24th 2010
Open Shehuda Street Lectures: Should Israel be Boycotted?

Saturday, May 22nd 2010
Storytime: Horses

Friday, May 21st 2010
Ingrid Winterbach: Benederyk

Thursday, May 20th 2010
How 2 Help – A guide to worthy causes in Cape Town

Tuesday, May 18th 2010
Tina Bester at La Cuccina

Tuesday, May 18th 2010
Muriel Barbery at the Book Lounge

Monday, May 17th 2010
Ivan Vladislavić: Flashback Hotel

Saturday, May 15th 2010
Storytime: All about the sky

Thursday, May 13th 2010
Marita van der Vyver: Just Dessert, Dear

Thursday, May 13th 2010
Deon Meyer: Thirteen Hours

Wednesday, May 12th 2010
Alex Smith: Four Drunk Beauties

Tuesday, May 11th 2010
Chris van Wyk: Eggs to Lay, Chickens to Hatch

Saturday, May 8th 2010
Storytime: Autumn

Wednesday, May 5th 2010
Meg Vandermerwe: This Place I Call Home

Tuesday, May 4th 2010
Elleke Boehmer: Sharmilla and Other Portraits

Saturday, May 1st 2010
Storytime: Happy Birthday Maisy

April 2010

Thursday, April 29th 2010
Robin Malan: Yes I Am

Wednesday, April 28th 2010
Kopano Matlwa: Spilt Milk

Saturday, April 24th 2010
Storytime: The High Seas

Friday, April 23rd 2010
Fiona Snyckers: Trinity on Air

Thursday, April 22nd 2010
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Photographs

Monday, April 19th 2010
Not the London Book Fair @ The Book Lounge!

Saturday, April 17th 2010
Storytime: Winnie the Pooh

Thursday, April 15th 2010
Home Away: 24 Hours 24 Cities 24 Writers

Tuesday, April 13th 2010
Marlene van der Westhuizen: Sumptuous @ La Cuccina

Monday, April 12th 2010
Mercia Streiman: On the Ball

Saturday, April 10th 2010
Storytime: Toys

Friday, April 9th 2010
Storytime: Amina Blackwood Meeks

Thursday, April 8th 2010
Open Shuhada Street Lecture Series

Wednesday, April 7th 2010
Kate Kilalea: One Eye'd Leigh

Tuesday, April 6th 2010
Ros Kendal: The Angina Monologues

Tuesday, April 6th 2010
Book Launch and Exhibition opening of Counter Currents: Experiments in Sustainability in the Cape Town Region

Saturday, April 3rd 2010
Storytime: Easter

March 2010

Wednesday, March 31st 2010
Damon Galgut: In a Strange Room

Tuesday, March 30th 2010
Panel Discussion on The Energy Crisis with Amandla Magazine

Monday, March 29th 2010
On the Couch with Don Pinnock and Justin Fox

Saturday, March 27th 2010
Storytime: Spot

Thursday, March 25th 2010
Rainmaker by Don Pinnock

Wednesday, March 24th 2010
Bury Me at the Marketplace: Es'kia Mphahlele and Company – Letters 1943-2006

Saturday, March 20th 2010
Storytime: Being Brave

Friday, March 19th 2010
An Evening with Mike Nicol

Wednesday, March 17th 2010
Janet Smith & Beauregard Tromp: Chris Hani – A Life too Short

Saturday, March 13th 2010
Storytime: Fairytale Day

Friday, March 12th 2010
Ashraf Jamal: The Shades

Thursday, March 11th 2010
Lucien van der Walt and Michael Schmidt: Black Flame – The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism

Wednesday, March 10th 2010
Breyten Breytenbach

Tuesday, March 9th 2010
Nathan Geffen: Debunking Delusions:The TAC campaign against AIDS denialists

Saturday, March 6th 2010
Storytime: Squirrels

Friday, March 5th 2010
Chris Beukes CD Launch: Geraamtes van 'n droom

Thursday, March 4th 2010
Anton Krueger: Sunnyside Sal

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
An Evening of Mystery: Peter James in conversation with Margie Orford

Monday, March 1st 2010
Samantha Reinders and Toast Coetzer: Key to Cape Town

February 2010

Saturday, February 27th 2010
Storytime: Maurice Sendak

Thursday, February 25th 2010
Independent Designers' Network at the Book Lounge

Saturday, February 20th 2010
Storytime: Aliens

Wednesday, February 17th 2010
Looking Inside: Five South African Stories of People living with Albinism

Sunday, February 14th 2010
Sam Umukoro: Heartstrings

Saturday, February 13th 2010
Storytime: Love

Wednesday, February 10th 2010
John Linnegar: Engleish our Engleish

Tuesday, February 9th 2010
Hester Se Brood deur Hester van der Walt

Saturday, February 6th 2010
Storytime: Chinese New Year

Wednesday, February 3rd 2010
The Book Lounge at CIFA

January 2010

Saturday, January 30th 2010
Storytime: Dragons

Thursday, January 28th 2010
The Road to Absalom by Michael Gastrow

Saturday, January 23rd 2010
Storytime: Art

Saturday, January 16th 2010
Storytime: Back to School

Saturday, January 9th 2010
Storytime: Little Golden Books

December 2009

Tuesday, December 15th 2009
Seni Seneviratne – Back by Popular Demand!

Tuesday, December 8th 2009
Andy Mason: Don't Joke – The Year in Cartoons

Thursday, December 3rd 2009
Angela Read-Lloyd: The Artist in the Garden – The Quest for Moses Tladi

Tuesday, December 1st 2009
It's our Birthday!

November 2009

Saturday, November 28th 2009
Storytime: Eric the Baboon

Friday, November 27th 2009
Jo Noero: The Everyday and the Extraordinary: Three Decades of Architecture

Thursday, November 26th 2009
Xolela Mangcu: The Democratic Moment

Wednesday, November 25th 2009
Phillipa Cheifitz: South Africa Eats

Wednesday, November 25th 2009
Douglas Rogers: The Last Resort – A Memoir of Zimbabwe

Wednesday, November 25th 2009
Criminal (In)Justice in South Africa

Tuesday, November 24th 2009
Dominique Herman: Perfect Weekend

Tuesday, November 24th 2009
Zapiro: Don't Mess with the President's Head

Monday, November 23rd 2009
Günther Komnick: Impressions

Saturday, November 21st 2009
Storytime: Dr Seuss Day

Friday, November 20th 2009
Trans: Transgender Life Stories from South Africa

Friday, November 20th 2009
John Hunt: The Art of the Idea – And How It Can Change Your Life

Thursday, November 19th 2009
Jacob Dlamini: Native Nostalgia

Wednesday, November 18th 2009
Casper Greeff: The Ayahuasca Diaries

Tuesday, November 17th 2009
Justin Fox: Africa Lens – 20 Years of Getaway

Monday, November 16th 2009
William Gumede: The Poverty of Ideas

Saturday, November 14th 2009
Storytime: I Can Fly

Friday, November 13th 2009
Neil Roake: Shiny Happy People

Thursday, November 12th 2009
Abraham H de Vries: Verbeel Jou Dis Somer

Wednesday, November 11th 2009
Graeme Bloch: Toxic Mix – What's Wrong with South Africa's Schools and How to Fix It

Tuesday, November 10th 2009
Antjie Krog: Begging to be Black

Saturday, November 7th 2009
Storytime: Teddy Bear's Picnic

Friday, November 6th 2009
Zinaid Meeran: Saracen at the Gates

Thursday, November 5th 2009
Erica Emdon: Jelly Dog Days

Wednesday, November 4th 2009
David Everatt: Origins of Non-racialism – White Opposition to Apartheid in the 1950s

October 2009

Saturday, October 31st 2009
Storytime: Halloween

Thursday, October 29th 2009
Sonia and Alexandre Poussin: Africa Trek – In the Footsteps of Mankind from the Cape of Good Hope to Mount Kilimanjaro

Wednesday, October 28th 2009
Ten Years of the Caine Prize for African Writing

Tuesday, October 27th 2009
Eben Venter: Santa Gamka

Saturday, October 24th 2009
Wor(L)ds

Saturday, October 24th 2009
Storytime: Things that Go

Friday, October 23rd 2009
South African Horrorfest at the Book Lounge!

Thursday, October 22nd 2009
Andrew Brown: Refuge

Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Danie Marais: As Almal Ver Is: Suid Afrikaners Skryf Huis Toe

Saturday, October 17th 2009
Storytime: Music

Thursday, October 15th 2009
Fiona Ross: Raw Life, New Hope: Decency, Hope and Everyday Life in a Post-Apartheid Community

Wednesday, October 14th 2009
Judge Dennis Davis will be discussing the current bizarre goings-on in the South African legal system

Tuesday, October 13th 2009
Creamy Ewok Baggends

Saturday, October 10th 2009
Storytime: Underpants

Thursday, October 8th 2009
Francis Wilson: Dinosaurs, Diamonds and Democracy – with guest speaker Mamphela Ramphele

Wednesday, October 7th 2009
Margie Orford: Daddy's Girl

Monday, October 5th 2009
Growing up Jewish in the Shadow of the Occupation

Saturday, October 3rd 2009
Storytime: Food

September 2009

Wednesday, September 30th 2009
Launch of Kontax, an M-Book, in association with the Shuttleworth Foundation

Tuesday, September 29th 2009
Sue Williamson: South African Art Now

Saturday, September 26th 2009
Storytime: Unicorns

Thursday, September 24th 2009
The Blackheart Gang: The Tale of How

Saturday, September 19th 2009
Storytime: Bugs in a Blanket

Friday, September 18th 2009
Patrick Bond in conversation with Muna Lakhani on Climate Change and Social Change

Thursday, September 17th 2009
Carol Drinkwater: The Olive Tree

Wednesday, September 16th 2009
Dave Chislett: A Body Remembered

Saturday, September 12th 2009
Storytime: The Little Prince with Tania van Schalkwyk

Tuesday, September 8th 2009
Dawn Garisch: Trespass

Saturday, September 5th 2009
Storytime: Happy Birthday Elmer!

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
Sindiwe Magona and Helen Moffett Poetry Evening

August 2009

Saturday, August 29th 2009
Celebrating 80 Years of brilliant publishing at Faber

Saturday, August 29th 2009
Storytime: Spring Day with Charlie and Lola

Tuesday, August 25th 2009
Toast Coetzer: Naweek

Saturday, August 22nd 2009
Storytime: Crocodiles!

Thursday, August 20th 2009
Maya Fowler: Elephant in the Room

Tuesday, August 18th 2009
Jane Taylor: The Transplant Men

Tuesday, August 11th 2009
Aernout Zevenbergen: Spots on a Leopard

Saturday, August 8th 2009
Storytime: The Great Pie Robbery

Thursday, August 6th 2009
Welma Odendaal: Landskap Met Diere

Tuesday, August 4th 2009
Neil Parsons: Clicko the Wild Dancing Bushman

Saturday, August 1st 2009
Storytime: Nicole Levin and Out of the Box

July 2009

Friday, July 31st 2009
Don Garrard: Anecdotage

Thursday, July 30th 2009
Drucilla Cornell: Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity

Saturday, July 25th 2009
Storytime: Harry with his Bucketful of Dinosuars

Thursday, July 23rd 2009
Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg: The Murmuring Deep

Tuesday, July 21st 2009
Bun Booyens: Sonbrand en Braaiboud – Die Beste van Weg Vol 2

Saturday, July 18th 2009
Storytime: Circus Day!

Thursday, July 16th 2009
Yvette Christiansë: Imprendehora

Wednesday, July 15th 2009
Albie Sachs: The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law

Tuesday, July 14th 2009
An evening of poetry with Seni Seneviratne

Saturday, July 11th 2009
Storytime: Colour day

Tuesday, July 7th 2009
Sally-Ann Partridge: Fuse

Saturday, July 4th 2009
Storytime: Farm day

Thursday, July 2nd 2009
Rahla Xenopoulos: A Memoir of Love and Madness Living with Bipolar Disorder

June 2009

Tuesday, June 30th 2009
Mail & Guardian's A-Z of South African Politics

Thursday, June 25th 2009
Imraan Coovadia: High Low In-Between

Wednesday, June 24th 2009
Ruth Hall: Another Countryside Policy Options for Land and Agrarian Reform in South Africa

Tuesday, June 23rd 2009
Exhibit A by Sarah Lotz

May 2009

Wednesday, May 27th 2009
Melissa Steyn: The Priza and the Price

Thursday, May 21st 2009
Don Pinnock: The Woman who Lived in a Tree

Tuesday, May 19th 2009
Alexandra Fuller: The Legend of Colton H Bryant

Saturday, May 16th 2009
Storytime: Very Hungry Caterpillar Day

Friday, May 15th 2009
Andrew Feinstein: After the Party

Thursday, May 14th 2009
John Saul: Decolonisation and Empire

Wednesday, May 13th 2009
Petina Gappah: Elegies for Easterly

Tuesday, May 12th 2009
Justin Cartwright: To Heaven by Water

Thursday, May 7th 2009
Robin Malan: The A to Z of African Writers

Wednesday, May 6th 2009
Ann Gadd: The Ambitious Sheep and the New Ewe

Saturday, May 2nd 2009
Storytime: Mother's Day

April 2009

Tuesday, April 28th 2009
Lorna Levy: Radical Engagements

Thursday, April 23rd 2009
Ben Turok: From the Freedom Charter to Polokwane

Monday, April 20th 2009
Liz McGregor and Sarah Nuttall: Load Shedding

Saturday, April 18th 2009
Storytime: Miffy Day

Thursday, April 16th 2009
Kerry Cullinan: Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables

Wednesday, April 15th 2009
Malika Ndlovu: Invisible Earthquakes

Tuesday, April 14th 2009
Andre Brink: A Fork in the Road

Saturday, April 11th 2009
Storytime: Easter Day

Thursday, April 9th 2009
Book Marketing 101 with Arthur Atwell, Danie Marais and Mervyn Sloman

Wednesday, April 8th 2009
Brian Rostron: Black Petals

Tuesday, April 7th 2009
Toast Coetzer and Samantha Reinders: Key to Cape Town

Saturday, April 4th 2009
Storytime: Space Day

Thursday, April 2nd 2009
Danie Marais: Al is die Maan 'n Misverstand

March 2009

Tuesday, March 31st 2009
Stan Greenberg: Dispatches from the War Room

Thursday, March 26th 2009
Ted Botha: The Girl With the Crooked Nose

Wednesday, March 25th 2009
Roger Smith: Mixed Blood

Tuesday, March 24th 2009
UWC: Kronos A History Journal

Saturday, March 21st 2009
Storytime: We Are All Born Free

Friday, March 20th 2009
Joanne Hichens: Bad Company

Wednesday, March 18th 2009
Richard Oxtoby: Achieving Your Full Potential

Saturday, March 14th 2009
Storytime: Irma Chait

Wednesday, March 11th 2009
Antjie Krog: There Was This Goat

Saturday, March 7th 2009
Storytime: Spot Day

Thursday, March 5th 2009
Rob Nairn on Buddhism

February 2009

Saturday, February 28th 2009
Storytime: Nicholas Day

Thursday, February 26th 2009
Phaidon Architecture and Design Evening

Wednesday, February 25th 2009
Elaine Maane: Umzala A Woman's Story of Living With HIV

Sunday, February 22nd 2009
Gay Pride with Stephen Simm, Melanie Judge, Derek Fine Jane Bennett and Christina Engela

Wednesday, February 18th 2009
Duncan Green: From Poverty to Power

Saturday, February 14th 2009
Storytime: Love Day

Wednesday, February 11th 2009
Storytime: Duckie Day

Tuesday, February 10th 2009
IDASA

Saturday, February 7th 2009
Storytime: Poetry Day

Thursday, February 5th 2009
Ida Susser: AIDS, Sex and Culture

Wednesday, February 4th 2009
Muriel Rubin discusses John Dronsfield and The Tempest

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009
Vladimir Shubin: The ANC – A View from Moscow

December 2008

Monday, December 29th 2008
Storytime: Tony Grogan's Cape Town Sketchbook

Saturday, December 13th 2008
Storytime: Book Lounge Birthday Party for Children

Monday, December 8th 2008
Jeremy Gordin: Zuma

Saturday, December 6th 2008
Storytime: Olivia Day

Thursday, December 4th 2008
Loftus Marais: Staan In Die Algemeen Nader aan Venster

Monday, December 1st 2008
Our First Birthday Party!

November 2008

Saturday, November 29th 2008
Reviva Schrembrucker: Mama Taxi

Wednesday, November 26th 2008
Philip Tobias: Into the Past

Monday, November 24th 2008
Dana Snyman: On the Back Roads

Saturday, November 22nd 2008
Storytime: I Love You Oliver Jeffers Day

Wednesday, November 19th 2008
Max du Preez: Of Tricksters, Tyrants and Turncoats

Tuesday, November 18th 2008
Peter Harris: In a Different Time

Monday, November 17th 2008
Dennis Davis: Precedent and Possibility

Saturday, November 15th 2008
Storytime: Environment Day

Thursday, November 13th 2008
Selebelo Selamolela: You Don't Fool Around With Mountains

Wednesday, November 12th 2008
Paul Holden: The Arms Deal in Your Pocket

Tuesday, November 11th 2008
Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century Architecture

Saturday, November 8th 2008
Storytime with Gary Hirson

Friday, November 7th 2008
Open: Erotic Short Stories

Thursday, November 6th 2008
Pippa Skotnes: Unconquerable Spirit

Wednesday, November 5th 2008
Neil Pendock: Sour Grapes

Tuesday, November 4th 2008
Botsotso Sections of Six: Poetry Evening

Monday, November 3rd 2008
Brian Pottinger: The Mbeki Legacy

Saturday, November 1st 2008
Storytime: Kipper's Birthday

October 2008

Thursday, October 30th 2008
Wendy Woodward: Love, Hades and Other Animals

Tuesday, October 28th 2008
Leonie Joubert: Boiling Point

Monday, October 27th 2008
Zubeida Jaffer: Love in the Time of Treason

Saturday, October 25th 2008
Storytime: Piet Grobler

Thursday, October 23rd 2008
Sindiwe Magona: Beauty's Gift

Tuesday, October 21st 2008
David McDonald: World City Syndrome

Saturday, October 18th 2008
Storytime: Dreamwalking with Bettina Schouw and Adam Carnegie

Monday, October 13th 2008
Ingrid Winterbach: The Book of Happenstance

Saturday, October 11th 2008
Storytime: Wild Wild West Day

Thursday, October 9th 2008
Petra Müller, Ronelda Kamfer and Danie Marais: Poetry Evening

Tuesday, October 7th 2008
Michelle Matthews: The Whole Food Almanac

Saturday, October 4th 2008
Storytime: Mad Hatter's Tea Party

September 2008

Saturday, September 27th 2008
Storytime: Where's Wally

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
Erin Levitas: Through a Dyslexic Looking Glass

Saturday, September 20th 2008
Storytime: Wendy Hartmann and Theo the Cat

Wednesday, September 17th 2008
Willem Anker: Siegfried

Tuesday, September 16th 2008
Rajend Mesthrie: World Englishes The Study of New Linguistic Varieties

Saturday, September 13th 2008
Storytime: Fiona Moodie's Noko Stories

Thursday, September 11th 2008
Tracy Gilpin: Double Cross

Monday, September 8th 2008
Raymond Suttner: The ANC Underground in South Africa

Saturday, September 6th 2008
Storytime: Spring Day for Little Ones

Thursday, September 4th 2008
Jonny Steinberg: Thin Blue

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008
David Hewson: Dante's Numbers

August 2008

Thursday, August 21st 2008
Finula Dowling, Megan Hall and Joan Metelerkamp: Poetry Evening

Saturday, August 16th 2008
Storytime: Paddington's Birthday

Friday, August 15th 2008
Jeffrey Deaver: Broken Window

Thursday, August 14th 2008
Just Keep Breathing: South African Birth Stories

Saturday, August 9th 2008
Storytime: Little Lucky Lolo

Friday, August 1st 2008
Stormkaap 1

July 2008

Wednesday, July 30th 2008
Robert Berold and Bernat Kruger: Poetry Evening

Saturday, July 26th 2008
Storytime: Elsa and the Thingamajig

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008
Willemien Brümmer: Die Dag Toe Ek My Hare Losgemaak Het

Wednesday, July 16th 2008
Karin Cronje: Alles Mooi Weer

Thursday, July 10th 2008
Henry Trotter: Sugar Girls and Seamen

Thursday, July 3rd 2008
Tracey Farren: Whiplash

June 2008

Thursday, June 26th 2008
Damon Galgut: The Imposter

Tuesday, June 24th 2008
Sarah Lotz: Pompidou Posse

Thursday, June 12th 2008
Firewater: SA Brandy Foundation Tasting

Wednesday, June 11th 2008
Isobel Dixon, Rustum Kozain, Kelwyn Sole: Poetry Evening

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008
Mamphela Ramphele: Laying Ghosts to Rest

May 2008

Thursday, May 22nd 2008
Patrick Cullinan Poetry Evening

Friday, May 16th 2008
Richard Ford

Wednesday, May 14th 2008
Anne Landsman:Rowing Lesson

Tuesday, May 13th 2008
To Have and to Hold: Same Sex Marriage in South Africa

Saturday, May 10th 2008
Storytime: Charlie and Lola

Thursday, May 8th 2008
Alex Boraine: Life in Transition

Tuesday, May 6th 2008
Jane Bennett: Porcupine

April 2008

Friday, April 25th 2008
Lauren Beukes: Moxyland

Thursday, April 24th 2008
Adam Haupt: Stealing Empire

Saturday, April 19th 2008
Storytime: Jude Daly – Lila and the Secret of Rain

Thursday, April 17th 2008
Electric Book Works poetry evening

Tuesday, April 15th 2008
Barbara Erasmus: Chameleon

Saturday, April 12th 2008
Storytime: Dr Seuss party

Thursday, April 10th 2008
Mike Nicol: Payback

Thursday, April 3rd 2008
Jo-Anne Richards: My Brother's Book

March 2008

Wednesday, March 26th 2008
Phillipa Cheifitz: Book Lounge Cookery Club

Wednesday, March 19th 2008
Jonathan Basckin: Abstract by Nature

Tuesday, March 18th 2008
DAAB Cape Town Architecture and Design Launch

Saturday, March 15th 2008
Storytime: Ladybird Day

Thursday, March 13th 2008
Andrew Feinstein: After the Party

Thursday, March 13th 2008
Jonny Steinberg: Three Letter Plague

Sunday, March 2nd 2008
Gay Pride: Brent Meersman, Derrick Fine, Tamo van Arnim & Ryan Hellman

Saturday, March 1st 2008
Storytime: Happy Birthday Winnie the Witch

February 2008

Wednesday, February 27th 2008
Richard Kunzmann: Dead End Road

Tuesday, February 19th 2008
Treatment Action Campaign: In Our Lives Series

Saturday, February 16th 2008
Storytime: Teddy Bear's Picnic

Wednesday, February 13th 2008
Steve Otter: Khayelitsha

Thursday, February 7th 2008
Martin Meredith: Diamonds, Gold & War

January 2008

Tuesday, January 29th 2008
Dawn Garisch: Once Two Islands

December 2007

Wednesday, December 12th 2007
Mark Keohane: Champions of the World

Thursday, December 6th 2007
Our launch party

Saturday, December 1st 2007
The Book Lounge opens its doors for the first time