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IN SEARCH OF AFRICA’S GREAT TUSKERS LAUNCH INVITATION

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Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World’s No. 1 Storyteller. And 2010 will be no different! There are events happening all over South Africa during the month of September where you can join in on the fun.

And if there’s nothing happening where you live, then why not organise your own event at school or at home? Just don’t forget to invite loads of friends! If you need party ideas, we’ve got plenty of tips for you.

What’s On

Looking for a Roald Dahl Day event? These are the events happening all over South Africa where you can join in on the fun.
Venue: Exclusive Books Westville
Date: Saturday 11 September
Time: 10h00
RSVP details: Phone 031 265 0454 or E-mail westville@exclusivebooks.co.za
 
 
Venue: Exclusive Books Constantia
Date: Saturday 18 September
Time: 10h00
RSVP details: Phone 021 794 7800 or E-mail constantia@exclusivebooks.co.za
 
 
Venue: Exclusive Books Morningside
Date: Saturday 18 September
Time: 11h00
RSVP Details: Phone 011 798 0210/1/2/3/6 or  E-mail morningside@exclusivebooks.co.za
 
 
Venue: Exclusive Books Melrose Arch
Date: Sunday 26 September
Time: 10h00
RSVP details: Phone 011 684 1260 or E-mail melrosearch@exclusivebooks.co.za

For more Marvellous fun visit www.roalddahlday.co.za

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Dear Janine
Warm regards

Thank you so much for the wonderful opportunity of meeting and listening to Li Cunxin last night – a very moving experience indeed. Penguin and the Raymond Ackerman Foundation are to congratulated for enriching our lives this way. I teach High School History and the Chinese Communist Revolution and it is this sort of real life experience through books and film that deeply touches the lives of students.

Marj Brown

 

Dear Janine,

May I thank you, and everyone at Penguin and Exclusive Books for offering us such a  magnificent evening.

I am so grateful to have been a winner of 2 movie tickets, and despite a raapidly-worsening cold, hung on to see that absolutely stunning reunion with his parents on-stage  in Washington DC

What an utterly remarkable human Li Cunxin is ! He is a Ballet Dancer without peer, and possibly also in stock-broking!  But, above all, he is one of the greatest dancers in life.

Thanks again,

Sylvia Magid.

P.S. I never expected such a fabulous guy!! SM

 

Dear Janine

Thank you and Penguin Books SA, for your involvement with Li Cunxin.

Thanks for bringing this amazing man with his amazing story to us in South Africa! His book, and now his movie, will bring hope to millions, and inspire us all to be better human beings!

Thanks again
Janet

 
Thanks again, to you and Penguin Books
What a humbling experience that was

Best regards

Marion

 

 

Dear Janine and all the penguins, I can’t thank you enough for last night’s experience.

It was such a rich experience to meet Li Cunxin, hear his story and then see it in the film.  He touches and inspires with the gentleness of a dancer and the same power.

 Thank you thank you thank you

 
I would like to thank you for the amazing experience last night.

To have Li sigh my book was the highlight of the evening for me.

The movie blew me away, I am going to watch it again when it is launched in SA.

 

Thanks and regards

Bhina

 

Hi Janine,

 
We attended the film premier of “Mao’s last dancer” last night at the NuMetro Hyde Park!

My wife and I would just like to say “THANK YOU VERY MUCH” – it was a very special evening, with Li there to add context to the film!  I had read the book a few years ago, but my wife had no expectations – but she ended up sobbing!

Once again – please pass on our wishes and thanks to Li Cunxin and the Ackerman Foundation.

 
Regards

Oweson Flynn

 
Thank you so much for the great evening. We so enjoyed the film and hearing Li Cunxin talk. 

Best wishes Anne-Marie Moore

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Penguin books will also be launching Cooked in Africa tomorrow the 22nd October at Exclusive Books Morningside at 6pm!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 “Kathryn Stockett’s ‘The Help’ has significant resonance for those brought up in SA, often spending a great deal of time being brought up by black ‘nannies’ or ‘help’. The complex and complicated relationships between these women, their employers and their charges are skilfully drawn and the many issues that emerge are dealt with courageously” - Fiona Ramsay

 

“Many uncomfortable echoes for white South African readers and presumably many black domestics also. My only criticism of the book is, would the first domestic – her name has gone right out of my head and I don’t have the book with me at the moment – have actually cooperated? I thought she probably wouldn’t have. Or maybe just I wouldn’t have. But a great book, probably going to be my number one: unputdownable. Great characters.” – Vivien Horler, Cape Argus

 

“It’s a love-it-or-hate-it novel, isn’t it? I think I’d have loved it if I were a woman… but I’m not, so I didn’t. Not entirely. It’s a brave novel, make no mistake. But if you’re going to set yourself up before a critical firing squad (which Stockett has done here) then you need to wear a bulletproof vest. It’s the sort of book that invites – no, demands – a critical read. By not being entirely flawless, I fear it will be remembered as being a touch too flawed. That’s a shame.”.- Mark van Dijk, Men’s Health

 

“The Help features a moving examination of themes most South Africans are only too familiar with.” - Bruce Dennill, The Citizen

 

“Such a well written book, the Help touched me deeply with its universal themes and brilliant characterization.” – Melinda Ferguson, True Love

 

“Number one in my recommendations to academic friends.” – Mary Jordan, Business Day

 

“This was extremely well-written: restrained and well-crafted, and I found the characters were well-developed and credible. It was risky for the author to write in the voice of black women, but judging by other books which have been written by black women, I think she did it very well. I thought the story unfolded slowly and believably, as did the characters. A really excellent book.” -Suzy Brokensha, Fairlady

“In a country like South Africa where there are domestic workers in most (white) homes, The Help is a must-read to help us women realise ‘we are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I’d thought.’” – Adele Dempers, Volksblad

 

“The book ranges between the funny and the horrific, and the fact that Skeeter is the heroine and obviously the one least at risk because she can get away if she has to, is partly compensated for by the ironic tone Stockett uses. It is a very accomplished first novel, and in an afterword, Stockett admits that as a white woman, writing in a black voice is a risky thing to do, something that had nagged at me as I was reading. Although dealing in a field that is rife with stereotyping, by and large Stockett succeeds: maybe my niggling doubts come from living in a country where the same wounds are more raw than in America. Read it yourself and decide.” - Margaret von Klemperer, The Witness

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