The Book Lounge is fabulous! The crowd was spilling out into the street last night when I arrived for the launch of Street Blues (Zebra Press) , the latest release by award-winning novelist Andrew Brown. The entrance to the Book Lounge looked like a crime scene, barred off with yellow tape with uniformed police officers much in evidence. Fortunately they turned out to be invited guests.Street Blues is an account of Brown's years as a reservist with the Mowbray police and a festive crowd turned up to mark the occasion in this most congenial of venues. I spotted numerous well-known names on the Cape Town literary scene; Margie Orford; Lauren Beukes; Joanne Hichens; Sarah Lotz; Rob Turrell; Zapiro, looking very sporty in an orange shirt; and as always, Ben Williams circulating with his camera, ready to tell the world about local writing on www.book.co.za . ...
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The Book Lounge is fabulous! The crowd was spilling out into the street last night when I arrived for the launch of Street Blues (Zebra Press) , the latest release by award-winning novelist Andrew Brown. The entrance to the Book Lounge looked like a crime scene, barred off with yellow tape with uniformed police officers much in evidence. Fortunately they turned out to be invited guests.Street Blues is an account of Brown's years as a reservist with the Mowbray police and a festive crowd turned up to mark the occasion in this most congenial of venues. I spotted numerous well-known names on the Cape Town literary scene; Margie Orford; Lauren Beukes; Joanne Hichens; Sarah Lotz; Rob Turrell; Zapiro, looking very sporty in an orange shirt; and as always, Ben Williams circulating with his camera, ready to tell the world about local writing on www.book.co.za . ...