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30/10/2026

📦Just unpacked at The Book Cottage:

📙 Survivor by Octavia E. Butler
This 1978 novel by the doyenne of Sci-fi has just been re-published. The third in Butler’s Patternist series, it was kept out of print at the author’s request for over 40 years. A master of dystopian fiction, many of her themes are proving eerily prophetic.

📙 Miriam’s Full English: A Grand Tour of All Our Best Bits by Miriam Margolyes
The irrepressible author and actress takes on Britain and the British - starting with breakfast and of course, the national obsession with queuing.
From Sorry to Nice, from Kippers to the King, Miriam’s determined to make Britain great again.

📙 Partita by Barbara Kingsolver
As per our previous post, this one’s top of our TBRs. (Plus its gilded cover is just a beautiful thing)

📙 The Future Starts With Us by Gordon Brown
‘Brown’s most urgent insight is that the future will not be decided by the declarations of presidents.. but by citizens becoming actively engaged in their communities and by what we choose to do together.’

📙 Royal Witch by Philippa Gregory
‘Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Working in the household of a Countess who commands her own army, Eleanor begins to see what a woman is capable of… Ambition. Sorcery. Treason.’
We can’t wait 👑

Now at The Book Cottage

23/10/2026

October’s new arrivals:
Barbara Kingsolver, Elif Shafak, John Green and Lisa See.

Honestly, where to begin? It’s a conundrum ☺️

In store at The Book Cottage 📕

09/10/2026

The latest books from our TBR list:

🇿🇦 Treasured Islands by the renowned takes us on a journey around Africa’s most beguiling islands.
Via dhow, helicopter, catamaran and even a schooner, Fox immerses us in the wonders and history of islands like Mnemba, São Tomé, Réunion and Ilha de Moçambique.

📖 A Fatal Love by reimagines the life of Ruth Ellis, a woman who received the death penalty in 1955 after shooting her abusive partner.
Ellis was granted a conditional pardon earlier this year, helping to spotlight just how terribly the justice system, and parts of postwar society, had let her down.

📖 Life of M by Rachel Cusk looks at the relationship between a biographer and a celebrity, allegedly modelled on actress Natalie Portman.
The reviews have been mixed, and to be honest we can’t quite get a ‘read’ on what’s to come. All the more reason to get started!
We’d love to know if you’ve read any of these, and of course all are available at The Book Cottage 📚

01/10/2026

The newly released African Classics series begins with three timeless stories.
First published between 1883 and 1930, they’re now being rediscovered by a whole new generation of readers.
The covers are spectacular too! 🤩

📖 Mhudi by Sol T. Plaatje
📖 The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner
📖 Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick

Published by Jonathan Ball Publishers Local
Available from The Book Cottage

25/09/2026

With simplicity in mind, we’ve got four covetable cookbooks filled with the delicious and the attainable:

🇿🇦 The South African Cookbook - Authentic flavour-packed recipes from Cape Town to Durban
Chef Nokx Majozi of the legendary burger pie (and countless beautiful dishes) wows with her personal take on much-loved classics - from boerewors rolls and Cape Malay chicken curry to lamb bunny chow and milk tart.

🇿🇦 Simple Suppers
Sarah Graham’s seventh cookbook is filled with fuss-free recipes that will transform pantry staples into hero meals.

📖 Simple Dinners Every Day by Australian Nicole Maguire delivers over 80 low-cost dinner ideas. Take her One-pan cheesy black bean enchiladas: ‘This lazy enchilada bake skips the drama and brings all the comfort.’

And as Yotam Ottolenghi puts it in Simple Too: ‘It’s a noisy world out there, and simple cooking is our solution.’

Now in store. Happy weekend 🍽️🍹

11/09/2026

September’s new arrivals: Dave Eggers, John Boyne, Valérie Perrin and Emily St John Mandel.

Perfect weekend company. And causing havoc with our TBR pile ☺️

In store at The Book Cottage 📙

03/09/2026

September is a big month for new releases. After reading Paradiso 17 by Hannah Lillith Assadi, John’s next TBRs feature Sebastian Faulks and Kate Atkinson.

Faulks’ Farewell to Eden is set in the same time-frame as Assadi’s protagonist’s Palestine, moving between that country and post-war Britain.
Covering a similar era, Atkinson’s Our Noble Selves takes place in London in 1951 during the Festival of Britain.

The fine threads of place and time that connect one book to another.
Which books are on your list this September?

27/08/2026

What a privilege to have legendary SA photographers and Hermanus locals Roger de la Harpe and Pat de la Harpe in the shop.

Their new book The African Lion is a quietly magnificent tribute to Panthera leo; a must for anyone who’s ever felt a connection to southern African wildlife.

Published by Flyleaf Publishing & Distribution expect outstanding imagery and remarkable insights into this apex predator, currently listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

With linen quarter-binding and gilt accents, this beautiful book is a heart-singing thing. Above all though, it’s about why lion conservation matters.

Find your copy at The Book Cottage 🦁

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