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Our bookshop is not only a business but an adventure,” says Beth Hunt, who together with husband Noel, has been the owner of Hemingway’s Bookshop in Hermanus for nearly 20 years. One suspects that Ernest Hemingway would have approved of this uniquely charming shop which is often compared to the legendary bookshop, Shakespeare & Company, located on the Left Bank in Paris and often frequented by the groundbreaking American author himself. Just like the title of his famous 1936 memoir about his years in Paris, Hemingway’s too is a “moveable feast” of nostalgic treasures and memories. It all started in 1995 with a small bric-abrac shop in Harbour Road known as the Mad Hatter, but that all changed after a friend deposited a trailer load of books he no longer wanted with book-lover Beth. Her bookshop gradually grew from these humble beginnings and today it has become a landmark in Hermanus and an internationally recognized source of rare, unobtainable and selected out-of-print books. The shop also stocks an eclectic mix of bric-a-brac, ephemera and a comprehensive range of Africana, antiquarian and collectable books in all genres.
ART THIRST
contemporary art gallery leon müller
Hemingway's of Hermanus, Warrington Place, Harbour Road. Tel: 028 312 2739
The charm that is Hemingway’s of Hermanus has traveled as far afield as the New York Times, The Lonely Planet Guide and La Guide Routard. Last year the famous brand name, Luis Vuitton, chose Hemingway’s Bookshop to be featured in their stylish 2014 Cape Town Guide. No one is immune to its seductive
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2 Harbour Rd. (The Courtyard) Hermanus ● 028 313 29 35 ● info@abalonegallery.co.za ● www.abalonegallery.co.za
moved
Our new home is at
17 Long Street
WORKS ON PAPER – A group exhibition of drawings, graphic art and photography by Lien Botha, John Clarke, Nils Burwitz, Joan Fontcuberta, Judith Mason, Diane Victor, Jeannette Unite and Louis van Heerden.
“Living on an increasingly busy planet of IT innovation and disruption, Hemingway’s is a gentle reminder of that magic moment, a special treat returning to a world of books where authors have stood the test of time,” says Beth. “You can be assured that at Hemingway’s of Hermanus we are ernest about good books!”
The owners are as original and quirky as their creation. Noel, who is also a skilled artist and confirmed bibliophile, joined Beth full time at the shop in 2004. It comes as no surprise that Beth is also an accomplished writer - her coffee table book ‘Hermanus’ was published in 2008, and she was placed second by Nobel Laureate J M Coetzee in the Pen Studzinski Literary Awards. She was also a finalist in the Short Sharp Stories Award in collaboration with the annual Grahamstown National Arts Festival.
17 High Street, Hermanus 072 682 6590 1 www.artthirst.com
John Clarke, Untitled, pastel on paper
charm, and the Visitor’s Book kept over the years bears witness to the many interesting people who have come from all over the globe to visit the shop. Beth regularly reports on these encounters in her blog which can be found at hemingwaysofhermanus.wordpress.com.
Rare collectables, Africana, antiquarian and out-of-print books in all genres
EXHIBITION / UITSTALLING Daily 10:00-16:00 Daagliks Sunday 10:00-14:00 Claudie 079 411 0784 cclemoine@gmail.com We have moved from Village Square to Long Street (just behind Pick n Pay)
Noel & Beth Hunt Warrington Place, Harbour Road, Hermanus Tel: 028 312 2739