Love Books

Love Books Independent bookstore for book enthusiasts located in Melville, JHB Love Books is an out-of-the-way escape for book lovers.
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Filled with a varied range of titles, for adults and children, its edited collection makes finding the right book easier. It’s a place to spend time browsing or curl up in a chair with coffee and a pile of books. At Love Books we do book launches, host book clubs and offer story time every Saturday at 10am for children. You can also select from a limited range of beautiful journals, handmade cards

, international magazines and Joostenberg's delicious wines from the old family farm in Stellenbosch. When you visit don’t forget to use your Love Books Literary Punch Card – 10 punches = 10% discount. You get a punch for every R300 you spend, for being at a launch, for buying the book we’re launching, and for coming to storytime.

23/08/2026

Speaking up and breaking out.

This week, spoken word artist Thando Fuze | Close-Range Poetry sat down with Vangile Gantsho for an intimate discussion about her debut poetry collection Fluent in the Language of Burial. The hard-earned voice of Fluent in the Language of Burial performs an act of exhumation: the poems open, unearth and name, giving breath to what had been sealed away.

It is a collection that is bold, vulnerable and necessary, an unapologetic intervention that transforms burial into revelation, and survival into imaginative testimony.

Get your signed copy today at Love Books.

22/08/2026

“There’s rot in the trunk” of the family tree.

Silence and Gender Based Violence: How do we contend with them?

Thando Fuze | Close-Range Poetry spoke to Vangile Gantsho for the launch ofher new poetry collection, Fluent in the Language of Burial. ‘Burial’ is understood not only as an act of mourning, but as a language of concealment, survival, inheritance, grief and longing. Fuze’s languaging traces the many forms of this vocabulary, in which silence becomes both wound and strategy. These poems navigate the pressure and the particular violence of self-silencing.

Get your signed copy of the book today at Love Books.

21/08/2026

Attempting to halt inter-generational ‘fungus’

Last night we hosted spoken word artist and poet, Thando Fuze | Close-Range Poetry. It was an intimate affair discussing her debut book, Fluent in the Language of Burial. Fluent in the Language of Burial is a fiercely intimate poetry collection that asks what it means to survive within systems that demand silence, even erasure.

‘Burial’ is understood not only as an act of mourning, but as a language of concealment, survival, inheritance, grief and longing.

Get a signed copy today at Love Books.

The Ego Trip has a shout from none other than Patrick Radden Keefe, who says ‘Written with humour and flair … a major ta...
20/08/2026

The Ego Trip has a shout from none other than Patrick Radden Keefe, who says ‘Written with humour and flair … a major talent’. 😳
So we very excited to be launching this fascinating work of investigative journalism from Kimon de Greef on Thursday 29 August.
It’s a gripping, mad, fascinating story of a self-made messianic figure, and a story which probes our relentless search for cosmic understanding. Not to be missed.

RSVPs essential to [email protected] or via our website www.lovebooks.co.za

Coming up on Thursday 20 August, two magnificent poets discuss Thando Fuze’s new collection from Dryad Press, ‘Fluent in...
18/08/2026

Coming up on Thursday 20 August, two magnificent poets discuss Thando Fuze’s new collection from Dryad Press, ‘Fluent in the Language of Burial’.

RSVP to [email protected]

EVENT CANCELLED. We are so sorry to announce that tonight’s event has been cancelled. We have been without power in Mel...
11/08/2026

EVENT CANCELLED.

We are so sorry to announce that tonight’s event has been cancelled. We have been without power in Melville since last night. That, combined with the extremely cold weather, has made it impossible to host this event.

Our sincere apologies to all concerned, especially Karina at Karavan Press, Janine van Wyk, Firdose Moonda and Leigh-Anne Paulick.

We will advise of an alternative event should it happen.

01/08/2026

Doodling on dictionaries

This week we hosted renowned artist, William Kentridge. In conversation with Terry Kurgan, he spoke about two new books, A Natural History of the Studio, and Doctrines of Affection, both of which offer a unique insight into the mind of this singular artist.

You can watch the full discussion on the Love Books YouTube channel.

31/07/2026

William Kentridge’s fascination with absurdity

This week we had the pleasure of hosting William Kentridge at Love Books for the launch of A Natural History of the Studio and Doctrines of Affection.

One of the leading artists of our time, in his two latest books, Kentridge offers a personal account of his childhood, creative practice and the studio spaces - understood both as physical places and a way of thinking - that have shaped his life and work. A Natural History of the Studio, and Doctrines of Affection, both of which offer a unique insight into the mind of this singular artist.

Get them today at Love Books.

30/07/2026

How William Kentridge’s parents’ legal careers influenced his work

At the launch of two of his latest books at Love Books last night, William Kentridge reflected on how his parents’ careers in law shaped his thinking and influenced his approach to his work.

The books, A Natural History of the Studio and Doctrines of Affection, offer fascinating insights into Kentridge’s creative practice. A Natural History of the Studio is both an essential read for admirers of his work and a vibrant, personal and philosophical exploration of the creative process, the world and the human condition.

You can get a copy of both titles at Love Books.

25/07/2026

Trying to understand a place like the Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg.

Set against a social and political urban landscape of segregation and forced removals, Postmodernism and Architecture at the End of Apartheid, by Hilton Judin, unpacks postmodernism in the 1970s and 1980s as it unfolds in South Africa during the final brutal decade of apartheid.

During the launch of the book this week at Love Books, Hilton Judin and Melinda Silverman discussed various peculiar Jo’burg buildings, including the likes of the Oriental Plaza and Monte Casino.

You can watch the full discussion on our YouTube channel.

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Bamboo Centre, 53 Rustenburg Road, JHB, S 26º 10’ 27, 64” E 28º 0’ 49, 66”
Melville
2092

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 16:00

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