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1. Ben
   Member

   Alert! Cape Town's motorists whizzing down Main Road between Rondebosch and Newlands are catching a flash of colour out the corners of their eyes, where none was before.

   Ok, so in fact there always has been a flash of colour on that particular stretch opposite Groote Schuur - the presidential estate, not the hospital - but this is a particularly flashy flash, the flashiest, in fact, that we've seen down the years, as the shops have changed hands and the shopfronts sprouted new designs.

   In this case, the source of said flash is a freshly-painted shopfront done in high-gingerbread-house style, which, as it turns out, is a new independent bookstore called Folio Books / Folio Boeke.

   Mother City Living reports:

   I’m a big fan of independent bookstores (and independent shops in general). Generally, I find that the larger, more generic bookshops are rather impersonal, and though they have large quantities of books, I can rarely find the more interesting books that I’d like to buy. That, and their prices are so often rather high.

   I much prefer smaller, less-fully stocked bookshops that have an eclectic variety of books, some new, some second-hand – the kind of shops owned by people who love books, and have plenty of knowledge and enthusiasm to share.

   So, I’m rather excited to see that there’s a brand-spanking-new one that’s just opened up in my ‘hood, literally ten steps away from my favourite coffee haunt. What bliss!

   
   

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   Here's wishing Folio all necessary staying power! I look forward to popping in.

   Photo courtesy Mother City Living

   Posted: 7 months #
2. Helen
   Member

   Okay, Christmas has come early. An independent bookstore next door to Jacqui Daya's? Good coffee, baked goods for fainting and books all in one spot? Hope it does well. Will investigate and report back.

   Posted: 7 months #
3. liamkruger
   Member

   This is a fairly lovely place - they're sort of wedged between the variety of an independent book store and the dusty pleasantness of a second-hand store. Also, it's like two minutes from my chez.

   Posted: 7 months #
4. Colleen
   Member

   anyone have the email addie of Folio Books?

   Posted: 5 months #
5. Helen
   Member

   foliobooks@storm.co.za

   Plus they accept payments in talents!!!!!!!!! (at least at markets -- but worth asking about?)

   For the confused: see http://www.ces.org.za/

   Posted: 5 months #
6. Colleen
   Member

   Thanks Helen!

   Posted: 5 months #

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