Nelson Mandela Bay’s long-serving book business starts new chapter | Weekend Post - HeraldLIVE

New-look Fogarty’s will continue to share memories with PE community, inform Zamandulo Malonde, general news reporter for The Herald and Weekend Post.

FRESH CHAPTER: Fogarty's owner Teresa Fogarty checks stock at the bookshop’s new premises in Main Road, Walmer

Photo: FREDLIN ADRIAAN

One of South Africa’s oldest independent book stores, Fogarty’s Bookshop, has turned over a new leaf in its 74-yea journey of serving Nelson Mandela Bay’s bookworms.

Earlier this month the book store moved to new premises after 25 years in the Walmer Park shopping centre. Forgarty’s is now at 212 Main Road, Walmer.

The family business was founded by Basil Fogarty in 1946 in a basement shop at 59 Main Street [now Govan Mbeki Avenue], making it one of the oldest independent bookshops in SA...Fogarty’s bookshop has hosted launches of many political books on its premises and at the GFI Art Gallery in Park Drive... 

Reflecting on the bookshop’s years of establishing and maintaining relationships with the PE community, Teresa recounts the launch of Crispian Olver’s controversial book, How to Steal a City, in 2017 as one of the most interesting events...

From next week the bookshop will operate from 8am to 5.30pm on weekdays, 9am to 2pm on Saturdays and 9am to 1pm on Sundays.

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Source: HeraldLIVE