McNAUGHTON'S BOOKSHOP

19/08/2026

📚A BOOK FOR EVERYONE📚

We have so much more in stock! From wonderful reads to interesting finds.
Visit our Bookshop today and browse our selection or simply send us a message if you are looking for something specific.If you are not staying in Graaff-Reinet, we can post or courier your books to you. Come and find your next favourite book with us!

06/08/2026

When properly prepared, venison is one of the tastiest and healthiest proteins, offering a lean, nutrient-dense alternative to more traditional meats like beef and pork. In Karoo Venison, Annatjie, a home economist with deep Karoo roots, shares her knowledge on game meat, from processing it and preserving it, to freezing it and turning it into delicious family meals.

The book is divided according to cuts, with mouth-watering recipes for each. Create versatile venison dishes such as roasted steak cubes with garlic sauce, biltong salad, deboned game roulade, smoked sausage, creamy barley risotto, Karoo curry, and, of course, Ouma’s game pie – a timeless favourite. You’ll find all the information you need to prepare healthy, delicious meals that dispel the notion that game meat can be tough or dry.

Karoo Venison belongs in every South African kitchen, so grab your apron and impress your family and friends with sustainable, organic game dishes!

Available now at McNaughton’s Bookshop for R400.
Visit us at 7 Church Street, Graaff-Reinet, or WhatsApp 066 429 2300 to reserve a copy.

23/07/2026

14/05/2026

Hierdie nuwe boek van Gerjo Ben dra heel gepas die titel Asem. Jy moet tyd maak om asem te haal wanneer die lewe jou vasdruk, omklap, of jou asem wegslaan, want sonder asem is jy in groot moeilikheid.

Dit laat my d**k aan Job wat vir die Here gesê het: “Wil U nie ʼn oomblik van my af wegkyk en my ʼn oomblikkie laat asem skep nie.” (Job 7:19) Daar staan letterlik: “... dat ek net my spoeg kan afsluk.”

Hierdie praktiese boek wil jou help om in God se teenwoordigheid jou spoeg af te sluk, jou asem terug te kry, en ʼn vars perspektief uit God se hand op die lewe te kry.

Ek kan hierdie boek aanbeveel, want ek ken die skrywer al baie jare. Sy boek is soos hy – eerlik, eg en vol genade. Dit is soos hemelse salf op die lewe se seer. Wie van ons het nie daardie salf nodig nie?

Toe Robert Louis Stevenson naby aan die einde van sy lewe was, het sy vrou by sy bed kom staan en gesê: “I suppose in spite of all your troubles you will tell me again that it is a beautiful day.” Die beroemde skrywer het geantwoord: “Yes, my dear. I refuse to let that row of medicine bottles be the circumference of my horizon.”

Met Asem wil Gerjo Ben jou juis hiermee help.

Augustinus het geglo dat hoop die grootste van die drie deugde is.

Geloof sê vir ons: God bestaan.
Liefde sê vir ons: God is goed.
Maar hoop sê vir ons: God doen wat Hy belowe het.

Dit is hoop wat niemand van jou kan wegneem nie. Hoekom? Want hoop is geanker in die Ewige. Maar meer nog: Hoop is ʼn Persoon. Paulus noem Christus Jesus ons Hoop (1 Timoteus 1:1).

Dít is waaraan Asem jou wil laat vashou. Deur hierdie boek laat Gerjo Ben ons iets beleef van hemelse mond-tot-mond asemhaling, want God blaas Sy lewe in ons. Sy asem maak ons sterk. Dankie, Gerjo Ben, vir hierdie tydige boek.

Ewald van Rensburg

Somerset-Wes

09/05/2026

In KLEIN KAROO MAGIC, Chris Marais and Julienne Du Toit takes you on a journey through the Karoo and to share in the fun.

The Klein Karoo is not only a landscape ribbed by the Swartberg Ranges, it is also a cast of unforgettable characters. Chris and Julienne journey beyond the obvious, telling the richly textured stories of the ordinary and extraodinary - families who keep this region alive. Through immersive long-form writing and vibrant colour photography, they capture not just the scenery, but the spirit of the Klein Karoo.

Do not miss out on this amazing journey with them, get your copy at McNaughton's Bookshop.