“I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.” - Thabo Mbeki
Our African collection features new and used books by Ingrid Arlington, Lauren Beukes, Pamela Power, SJ Naude and Zakes Mda.
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid from 9AM till midnight on Friday, 24 September 2021.
You also get a FREE Wooden Book Page Thumb Holder by Ultra-Mehl's Customs and Pure Kenya Tea foil-enveloped teabags by Kericho Gold with every order online!
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Order 3 books and only pay for 2 with today's special deal!
Buy 2 books from Crime, Fiction and Mystery and get 1 book free!
You can order books by Deon Meyer, Peter James, Khaled Hosseini, Jojo Moyes, Michael Connelly and Paulo Coelho, amongst other great authors.
Add any books from the 3 collections to Your Cart online and the third book will be marked as free automatically at Checkout.
Today's deal is valid from 8AM till midnight on Thursday, 23 September 2021.
You also get a FREE Wooden Book Page Thumb Holder by Ultra-Mehl's Customs and Pure Kenya Tea foil-enveloped teabags by Kericho Gold with every order online!
]]>Celebrate Wednesday with a special deal off TWO collections on Lotus Bookstore.
You get 20% off all Women Authors and Young Adult books books today!
Add any books from our Women Author or Young Adult collections to Your Cart and the deal will apply automatically at Checkout
Today's deal is valid till midnight on Wednesday, 22 September 2021.
Remember, you get a FREE Wooden Book Page Thumb Holder by Ultra-Mehl's Customs with every order online in September!
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It's the Last Day of our Charity Sale for September for Help2Read South Africa!
You can get 25% off all Fiction books today including general Fiction, Crime, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance and Young Adult!
Add Fiction books to Your Cart and support Help2Read South Africa with their reading programmes for underprivileged communities:
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till midnight on Sunday, 19 September 2021.
It's Day 2 of our Charity Sale for September for Help2Read South Africa.
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid for 18 September 2021 only.
Order your bookish mugs and support Help2Read South Africa with their reading programmes for underprivileged communities:
See some of the bookish mugs available online below:
It's the First Day of our Charity Sale for September!
We are donating 50% of all proceeds of our sales from this month's Charity Sale to Help2Read South Africa on GivenGain.
You can get 20% off all Non-Fiction books today including general Non-Fiction, Personal Development, Business, Biography, Cooking and Sport!
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid for 17 September 2021 only.
Check out what Non-Fiction is available and support Help2Read South Africa with their reading programmes for underprivileged communities:
Paxi is now available as a Shipping Method on Lotus Bookstore!
It's convenient, affordable and a trusted way to ship orders across South Africa.
You can now select Paxi as an additional shipping method at Checkout and pay for Normal Delivery (7-9 business days) or Express Delivery (3-5 business days) for small and big orders.
The Shipping Fee for Small Orders of 1 to 8 items is R60.00 for Normal Delivery and R100.00 for Express Delivery. The Shipping Fee for Big Orders of 8-16 items is R90.00 for Normal Delivery and R120.00 for Express Delivery.
To use Paxi as a Shipping Method online, simply add items to your cart and enter your nearest Paxi Point in the Delivery Notes and pay for your order at Checkout.
If you'd like to read more about how to use Paxi and collect your order at a Paxi Point, read our Shipping Policy here:
Coast through the day with this special deal on all Coasters today only.
You get 20% off all Wooden Coasters by Ultra-Mehl's Customs available online.
Today's deal includes the plain and branded pine, yellowwood and pepperwood coasters and comes in sets of 4 each.
They're available online from R79.00 to R169.00 per set. You can also get custom pine coasters with your own phrase, name or branded logo on them for R249.00!
The 20% off deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid for Wednesday, 15 September 2021 only.
If you order a set of coasters today you'll get a free wooden book page thumb holder with every set:
Help2Read South Africa needs our help!
They are running an online campaign this week from 13-17 September 2021 called the Little By Little Campaign. The campaign has the potential to raise vital funds for them to implement school programmes in under-resourced schools.
GlobalGiving is matching all donations made to Help2Read under $50 up until Friday, 17 September.
We're happy to spread awareness for this campaign and Lotus Bookstore will donate 50% of all orders placed today, Tuesday 14 September 2021 towards Help2Read's campaign!
View our collections online and shop today to help support Help2Read:
It's Monday and what better way to start the week than with a deal online!
You get 15% off all Twisted Tales Headbands by The Bookshelf Experience available online.
Today's deal includes over 10 different designs including Cursed Barbara Ann, Sassy Rosaleen, Scrappy Monica, Ditzy Penny and Lady Feyre!
Each Twisted Tale Headband comes with care instructions too and contact details for The Bookshelf Experience.
Deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid for Monday, 13 September 2021.
Add a Headband to Your Cart and get a free wooden book page thumb holder:
Get a special deal off tote bags today!
You get 10% off all our tote bags available online.
The Survivor of Maas Destruction tote bag is available for R99 and comfortably fits 4-6 books.
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid for Sunday, 12 September 2021.
Get your free wooden book page thumb holder when you add a tote bag to Your Cart:
Want some insight into the different bookish merchandise available online?
Check out parts 1 and 2 of a Behind The Scenes IGTV video on Instagram with our Founder here.
To thank you for your support, we've added another free gift to your orders: Wooden Book Page Thumb Holders!
They are great when reading and help you hold your book with one hand.
They're made from sustainable wood by Ultra-Mehl's Customs in Grassy Park, Cape Town!
Simply add a book or bookish merchandise item to Your Cart to get your free wooden book page thumb holder:
"Books may well be the only true magic." - Alice Hoffman
Today is International Literacy Day!
It's a day proclaimed by UNESCO to remember the importance of literacy as a human right and human dignity. Today is meant to further the literacy levels of our societies and supported by the South African Government too.
To celebrate International Literacy Day, Buy any 2 Books and get 1 Free today only.
Simply add any 2 books to Your Cart and the third book will be free!
Deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till 23:59, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 or while stock lasts.
See what books are available online:
Get FREE SHIPPING anywhere in South Africa today!
Enter code "FREESHIPPING" at Checkout for the deal to apply to your whole order!
Today's deal applies to all books and bookish merchandise available online.
Deal valid till 23:59, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 or while stock lasts.
Check out what books and bookish merchandise are available online:
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." - C.S. Lewis
Monday, 6 September 2021 is Read a Book Day!
Celebrate the love of books by getting 20% off all books available online!
Deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till 23:59, 6 September 2021 or while stock lasts.
Check out what books are available online:
J.D. Kizza's debut novel The Journals of He: The Beginning is an amazing novel as part 1 of a promising trilogy.
The Journals of He: The Beginning is story of Dilia, a self-professed introvert who meets a handsome stranger after a freak accident in a campus library during a college tour in the city. Read the full synopsis here.
J.D. Kizza is a local author based in Johannesburg and wrote The Journals of He while studying at the University of the Witswaterand and drew inspiration for the book from her experiences there. She loves reading and writing, and her favourite genres are poetry, crime and romantic fiction.
It's the last day of Women's Month and Day 2 of our August Month-End Sale!
Stand a chance to win a copy of Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun and a R200.00 Lotus Bookstore Gift Card with our Instagram Giveaway!
To enter, simply subscribe via email and tag 2 friends in the comments on Instagram. You're already subscribed via email so go tag 2 friends on Instagram. Giveaway ends tonight at 21:00, 31 August 2021...Enter now!
It's Day 1 of our August Month-End Sale exclusive to all email subscribers!
You can get 30% off all items available online today including books and bookish merchandise.
Deal includes popular book collections like Fiction, Non-Fiction and Young Adult and our popular bookish merchandise collections like Book Sleeves, Bookish Mugs and Coasters!
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till 23:59, 30 August 2021.
Check out what's available in our Collections online:
“Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t pretend that you do and, and some point, you will.” - Venus Williams
Celebrate Sport Saturdays with our special deal on all Sports books today!
Buy any 2 Sports books and get 1 free book with your order!
Today's deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till 23:59, 28 August 2021.
Check out what's available in our Sports Collections online:
Spoil yourself today with our special deal online!
Get 30% off All Books on Day 1 of our PayDay Sale.
You can shop from over 30 different collections available online to use today's deal, including African, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult and more!
Deal applies automatically at Checkout and valid till 23:59, 25 August 2021.
Check out what books are available:
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We've uploaded new Coasters by Ultra-Mehl's Customs on Lotus Bookstore!
Our Pine Coasters are now branded with our logos and available in 2 different sizes. We've also restocked our Yellowwood coasters that sold out on launch day! Both coasters are available in sets of 4 for R149.00 per set.
You can also find new branded coasters in Pepperwood for R169.00 for a set of 4.
Remember, they're locally-produced from sustainable wood in Cape Town, South Africa.
Check out the different coasters available online:
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