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September’s new arrivals: Dave Eggers, John Boyne, Valérie Perrin and Emily St John Mandel. Perfect weekend company. And...
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?





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




21/08/2026

What draws us back to a favourite book? Sometimes it’s the entire story, sometimes a few tender lines that resonate and linger.

by features some fabulous titles, including Fay Weldon’s Down Among the Women.

Their Contemporary Classics series includes Joyce Cary’s trilogy written in the 1940s.
Cary was a contemporary of Graham Greene, and together with Weldon, is one of several authors that John returns to.

Which are the books that you’ve read more than once?
Find us on High Street Hermanus, we’re sure to have your favourites. If not, we’ll find them for you 📚






What a treat to have Tony Park in the shop for a book signing. King of Beasts is Tony’s 24th novel - a high-octane thril...
14/08/2026

What a treat to have Tony Park in the shop for a book signing.
King of Beasts is Tony’s 24th novel - a high-octane thriller set between the Ukraine and the wilds of SA, featuring the infamous former mercenary Sonja Kurtz..

Tony’s national book tour has seen him criss-crossing South Africa in his trusty Landy, via KZN snowfalls all the way to Hermanus. We wish him all the very best with the rest of his travels 🇿🇦📚

Pan Macmillan South Africa



In celebration of Women’s Day on 9 August, and in acknowledgment of Women’s Month in SA, we’d love to share some of the ...
07/08/2026

In celebration of Women’s Day on 9 August, and in acknowledgment of Women’s Month in SA, we’d love to share some of the outstanding books on our shelves.
From literary fiction to memoir, poetry to humour, thrillers to South African space exploration, it’s a remarkable showcase.
Let us know what you’re reading!

Ps if you’re in Hermanus this long weekend, please pop in and say hello 🇿🇦
We’re open til 2pm on Monday




24/07/2026

We love a light-hearted prediction, and in anticipation of the Booker Prize longlist here’s our dozen.
It’s based on valuable customer feedback, a book-seller’s intuition, and many blissful lost hours of reading (we’re perhaps a third of the way through).
Let us know which ones you fell for 📚☺️




We’ve added some cosy seating to our wonderful collection of children’s books. Whether you’re after a special gift or th...
21/07/2026

We’ve added some cosy seating to our wonderful collection of children’s books.
Whether you’re after a special gift or the latest in YA fiction, come in for an unhurried browse.
The Book Cottage. You’ll find us on High Street📚



17/07/2026

We love it when our customers request a retro read. This week it was The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough’s global bestseller published in 1977 and adapted into a mini-series in 1983.

On the classics side, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is enjoying a revival - a book John’s read more than once since it was gifted to him in the 90s.
The BBC’s 2004 adaptation can be viewed in SA on trusty DVD.. 🥳

Let us know what’s on your list of hits, we’d love to track them down 📚




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