Knotting Your Brain Over Festive Gifts? Check out the 2015 Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue for Ideas

 
Does the very idea of Christmas make you break out in a cold sweat? Is your festive season countdown calendar an endless list of futile ideas (because really, how many creative gifts can you buy someone you’ve known for years now?) Or do you simply avoid the issue until Christmas Eve, and then pray for Groundhog Day?

However you approach the holiday that inevitably turns into a time of giving – and more giving – the 2015 Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue will take the guesswork out of gift-shopping.

There is something for everyone in the Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue – from fiction to poetry, children’s books to young adult, even books for inspired home cooks or avid gardeners.

For all that the Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue has to offer, have a look at the contents page (click to see the entire list):

• 2015 Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue

 
Here are a few of the local books in the 2015 Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue:

 
The catalogue was launched last week Friday at Exclusive Books Rosebank, with special presentations and activities by Suzelle DIY (SuzelleDIY: The Book), Lucy Corne (Beer Safari), Jane Griffiths (Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening) and Rico of Madame & Eve (Shed Happens).

Read Monique Bernic’s blog post on the event:

We were then able to select our next activity between container gardening with Jane Griffiths, learning to draw the characters from Madam & Eve with Rico, tasting craft beer with Lucy Corne and decorating cookies with Elli Saayman in celebration of the release of the special edition of Alice in Wonderland.

I opted for the container gardening due to my background in Conservation and got to put together and take home an upside-down potted parsley which now graces my front door. We learned about the water-holding properties of peat (an essential in this drought!) and the soil enriching characteristics of earthworms.

• Complete article: Urbanised Geek

Annetjie van Wynegaard (@Annetjievw) live tweeted the festivities:

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Press release:

Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue Event

Exclusive Books was delighted to have hosted media, publishers and clients at this year’s Christmas Catalogue Event at the Rosebank Exclusive Books store this past Friday.

As part of the festivities, Exclusive Books announced the 2015 Christmas Catalogue titles, among which were highly esteemed authors and one very special anniversary. CEO of Exclusive Books, Benjamin Trisk delivered a warm welcome to all attending guests and spoke heartily about the industry and Exclusive Books’ mission to keep the legacy of print books alive. After his speech guests quickly moved on to an exciting ‘make your own handbag’ activity with the comical and energetic Suzelle DIY.

After Suzelle’s hilarious delivery, the order of events continued and Rico Schacherl, Jane Griffiths, Lucy Corne and Elli Saayman kept the crowd thoroughly entertained with their activities. Publishers and media were invited to gather around the specially designed activity tables. All were in for a treat! Rico taught his guests a thing or two about cartoon drawing. Some of his guests’ attempts were dismal but Rico kept his students going, encouraging them to focus more on the pleasure of the creative exercise. Lucy Corne’s beer tasting table was a popular draw card, especially amongst the gents. The result? Great conversation, plenty of laughs and quite a few interesting facts about beer. Jane was not at all phased by her mall surrounding. She immediately set to work and got her hands (quite) dirty. Inspired by her enthusiasm, Jane’s table of guests all did their best at urban gardening and made their very own upside down pot plants. The final thrill of the afternoon was Elli Saayman’s cookie designs. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carol’s Alice in Wonderland, Elli’s table designed the most exquisite Alice in Wonderland cookies using glitter, icing, frosting and a rainbow of other sweets.

The Christmas Catalogue Event was a great success. The hosts went all out with the food and drinks menu too. The beautifully displayed tables of cheese boards, macaroons and other desserts were mouth-wateringly gorgeous. The endless supply of flat white coffees from the Exclusive Books cafe was certainly a win with guests, especially those who’d burnt through the midnight oil to ensure they didn’t miss out on this exclusive event.

All guests thoroughly appreciated the joys and spoils that the Exclusive Books team put together. We wait with childish anticipation on what the team will put together for 2016!

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• The Book of Memory by Petina Gappah
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• Beer Safari by Lucy Corne
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• Jane’s Delicious Urban Gardening by Jane Griffiths
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• Shed Happens by Stephen Francis, illustrated by Rico
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• The Magistrate of Gower by Claire Robertson
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  EAN: 9781415207642
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• Golden Lion by Wilbur Smith
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• Sweet Medicine by Panashe Chigumadzi
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• Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
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• Vlakwater by Ingrid Winterbach
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• Immer wes by Irma Joubert
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• Skarlaken by Irma Venter
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  EAN: 9780798170444
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• Die verdwyning van Billy Katz by Chris Karsten
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  EAN: 9780798171076
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• DJ Opperman – Versamelde poësie by DJ Opperman
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  EAN: 9780624075868
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• Rympies vir pikkies en peuters edited by Riana Scheepers, Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh, Gertie Smit
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  EAN: 9780624074281
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• ’n Goeie dag vir boomklim by Jaco Jacobs
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• Die huis van rye: ‘n Kosboek deur Nataniël by Nataniël
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• The Supper Club by Phillippa Cheifitz
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• Burchell’s Travels by Susan Buchanan
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• 50 Must-see Geological Sites in South Africa by Gavin Whitfield
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  EAN: 9781920572501
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• The Secret Society: Cecil John Rhodes’s Plan for a New World Order by Robin Brown
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  EAN: 9781770229204
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• Flame in the Snow: The Love Letters of André Brink & Ingrid Jonker edited by Leon de Kock, Karin Schimke
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• Sugar Man: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Sixto Rodriguez by Craig Bartholomew Strydom, Stephen Segerman
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  EAN: 9781770228146
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• Donker stroom: Eugène Marais en die Anglo-Boereoorlog by Carel van der Merwe
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  EAN: 9780624073420
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• Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela by Hugh Masekela, D Michael Cheers
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  EAN: 9781431422715
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• We Have Now Begun Our Descent: How To Stop South Africa Losing Its Way by Justice Malala
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  EAN: 9781868426799
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• Jack Parow – Die ou met die snor by die bar by Theunis Engelbrecht
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  EAN: 9781770229020
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• Rhodes Rage by Zapiro
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  EAN: 9781431422555
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