Alert! And you thought they couldn’t do it. Top their previous record for “most book frenzy in a five day stretch”, that is – set around this time last year, I believe, when The Book Lounge team hosted six events in five days.
Well, never underestimate Mervyn Sloman and Co. This week is the Lounge’s biggest ever for book events. They’ve squeezed eight launches into five days. Someone call Guinness!
Apart from the Zapiro, Douglas Rogers and Xolela Mangcu events listed elsewhere on our network (click the names for the details), the Lounge has whipped up enough book mischief to sate us till, well, 2010 at least!
Here are the remaining events not yet mentioned on BOOK SA. Click here for the overview at BL home. Good luck to the Loungers during the week – take your vitamin B!
(The notes that follow are courtesy The Book Lounge newsletter.)
MONDAY
Outstanding and award winning photographer Gunther Komnick joins us for a slide show of images from his beautiful collection of photographs, Impressions. Colin Stevens will be introducing the slide show and talking about the book.
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TUESDAY
The launch of Perfect Weekend by Dominique Herman. Dominique interviewed a range of prominent South Africans and asked them about their “perfect weekends”. The result is this fascinating and gorgeous book featuring fantastic photography by Brett Florens.
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WEDNESDAY
We are launching Criminal (In)Justice in South Africa: A Civil Society Perspective edited by Chandre Gould of the Instititue for Security Studies. The launch will feature a panel discussion looking at our criminal justice system. The panelists are Chandre Gould and the following contributers to the book: Johan Burger, Andrew Faull, Iole Matthews and Lukas Muntingh.
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To cap off the day, at La Cuccina Restaurant in Hout Bay, we are launching South Africa Eats, the stunning new cookbook by Phillippa Cheifitz, involving a buffet of dishes from the book at R110 per person. Please note: this launch will be at La Cuccina Restaurant, which is situated in the Victoria Mall, cnr Victoria & Empire roads, Hout Bay.
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THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Join us at the launch of The Ordinary and the Extraordinary: Three Decades of Architecture, edited by Jennifer Sorrell. The laucn of the book will accompany architect Jo Noero’s exhibition, currently at the Iziko South African National Gallery.
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November 23rd, 2009 @13:36 #
The ultra-marathon champs of the bookselling universe. We salute you.
November 23rd, 2009 @13:44 #
After saluting, we bow down before you!
November 24th, 2009 @08:03 #
Sterkte to all of you all. You make me feel faint. Hope it all goes brilliantly.
November 24th, 2009 @09:03 #
Thanks for the salutations. It does feel like we've reached new levels of craziness at this asylum posing as a bookshop. Hit a bit of a speed wobble last night when I realised it was only Monday. Hope you'll all come and have a glass of something bubbly with us at our birthday next Tuesday.
November 24th, 2009 @11:41 #
A BIRTHDAY SONNET FOR THE BOOK LOUNGE (Sorry to mangle you so, Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
How do South African writers love thee? Let me count the ways.
We love thee to the depth and breadth and height
That passionate booksellers can reach, when feeling out of sight
At the bottom of the Big Chains’ shelf, hidden from our buyers.
We love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet read, by sun and candle-light.
We love thee freely, as writers supported in our Plight ;
We love thee purely, as you our profiles Raise.
We love thee with a passion put to use
In all your merry book launches, where You our books make Visible.
We love thee with a book-love we seemed to lose
With our faltr’ing sales, --- We love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of improved royalties! --- and, if You, O Book Lounge choose,
We shall next year but love thee better.
November 24th, 2009 @19:06 #
*applauds vigorously* Well done, Margie, I am certain the Bard would approve.
November 24th, 2009 @19:07 #
Mervyn, why not ask Margie to read this at the Birthday Bash?
November 25th, 2009 @09:09 #
Good idea. Margie, you up for it?
November 25th, 2009 @09:56 #
Sure. Mangled sonnets are just my thing.
November 25th, 2009 @11:31 #
Lovely, Margie Barret Brown um ing
November 25th, 2009 @15:48 #
Colleen, that's hysterical. I look forward to the Grand Mangling!