You go to Amazon because you know the name of the book you want you go to Waterstones (or Love Books) to discover it and enjoy the experience that predicates the discovery. In fact, one of our favourite customers sent us the following quote (on the Waterstones UK turnaround), with the instruction to apply it to Love Books: New Contrast has had a fantastic revamp, and we are excited to be stocking New York based American literary journal, n+1.Īs always, the shop is groaning with wonderful reads so do pop in – you never know what you might find. This is just a tiny, tiny taste of what’s to come and if you’d like to order any of these titles (or anything else for that matter) in advance, let us know at those of you who are pressed for time but still looking for something meaty, why not pick up a literary journal. And on the local scene there is much excitement around Fred Strydom’s second novel, The Inside Out Man, coming in May, and Karina Szczurek’s The Fifth Mrs Brink, coming later in the year.

The delightful Graeme Simsion ( The Rosie Project) has The Best of Adam Sharpcoming your way.

Talking of slow, in the publishing event of the year, Arundhati Roy will be publishing her second novel in 20 years this June – we can’t wait for The Ministry of Utmost Happiness! For lovers of North American fiction the great George Saunders will publish his first novel this March, Lincoln in the Bardo. So Happy New Year, and as with every year, there are lots of exciting things to look forward to in 2017. It is a clear discussion on the mysticism of the Kabbalah and a guide to preferred practises for followers of the sacred hermetic path.It seems odd, slow and rather out-of-date to be wishing you all Happy New Year on the 13th of February, but after Wednesday night’s launch of Harry Kalmer’s A Thousand Tales of Johannesburg, where everyone was wishing everyoneHappy New Year, we know we are not the only ones getting into it … slowly. This review was especially marked for its high impact and web views. This core work of Israel Regardie is reviewed and its significance for creative non fiction writers is mentioned. This selection of A.E Waite’s significant documents on the mysticism of the Kabbalistic path invites further readings and reviews of his interpretations. REVIEW OF A.E.WAITE ON MASONIC GRADES OF MYSTICISM OIN GOODREADS The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Roy, Arundhati on.

Aleister CrowleyĬheck out the review of this book on spiritual attainment by the worlds foremost occultist, Aleister Crowley, preacher to the Crown.

This review demystifies the book and its many layers of coded story telling. This is an applauded book review of Arundhati Roy’s controversial book ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.’ by Malini Chaudhri on Goodreads. BOOK REVIEW OF MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS BY ARUNDHATI ROY

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