16th September 2025
Join the Pillow Talk with Nivashni Nair Sukdhev and Shubnum Khan  DATE:Thursday, 18 September 2025 TIME: 18:00 for 18:30 VENUE: Exclusive Books Gateway, 1 Palm Blvd, Umhlanga Ridge WARNING: SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE BLUSHING AND BOOK BUYING →

4th August 2025
“Kwantu means home” – Vusumzi Ngxande For decades, African spirituality has been demonised or met with suspicion. Many people have had to choose between being a believer, usually in the Christian faith, or believing in their ancestors. →

29th May 2025
'That summer afternoon, I had no way of knowing the book would radically alter my existence. Yet that proved to be the case. A wind that had begun to blow from a faraway place a long time ago had finally caught up with me.' So writes folklorist José Manuel de Prada-Samper about a chance discovery... →

28th May 2025
In 1856, a teenage girl led 40 000 to their deaths in the Eastern Cape. When Treive Nicholas arrived in the 1980s to teach, he was captivated by the Wild Coast.  Researching its history, he explores the Cattle Killing of 1856-1857. Was Nongqawuse a deceiver or a liberation leader? →