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Magrudy's Opening at Dubai Festival City !

We would be honoured if you could attend our grand opening at Magrudy's Dubai Festival City on Saturday, 15th March at 5pm.

We have a host of wonderful activities and hope you will join us to celebrate.

Win Free Vouchers, Shirts, and other freebies. Win Bikes, Toys and other surprises in our lucky draw ! Also, you stand a chance to Win 6 months supply of books, or 1 year supply of books ! (* conditions apply). To cap that, we are also offering 50% discount on selected items !

Instant Vouchers for Loyalty Card Holders !

Starting March 3rd 2008, our shops will issue your vouchers on the spot ! Once you have earnt 1000 points, you are eligible for one AED 25 voucher for every 250 points on your card.

You can also check your loyalty account online ! If you have reached 1000 points, please visit any of our branches and ask for your vouchers.

This scheme will be effective from March 3rd 2008.

Photographs of the Harry Potter Launch - 21st July 2007

Photographs of the Harry Potter Launch at Magrudy's shops, in Ibn Battuta, City Centre, Al Wahda Mall (Abu Dhabi) and Jumeirah, are now available in the Gallery.

We are now open in the country's capital!

Dubai's premier bookshop is now in Abu Dhabi!

Dubai's premier bookshop is now open in Abu Dhabi at Al Wahda Mall. Come and visit us on weekdays from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm and weekends from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm, for a quality range of books, toys, greeting cards, stationery and fantastic gift items !

Tel 02-443-7172
Fax 02-443-7062

Email us at: shopaw@magrudy.com

See you there !!!

Dubai, May 9, 2007: Award-winning children’s illustrator Korky Paul will be returning to Dubai after the success of his first visit in 2005. He will be signing books at Magrudy’s as well as giving illustration workshops at various schools.

Korky Paul is known and loved by millions of children for his wacky drawings of monsters, dinosaurs, dragons, mad professors and pugnacious pirates.

He is best known for his Winnie the Witch illustrations, which won the children’s book award. Originally from Zimbabwe, he studied at Durban Art School, South Africa and animation at Cal Arts, USA

Korky will be delighting children at Magrudy’s on Saturday 12th May at the Jumeirah Beach Road branch from 3:30pm, and again at the Ibn Battuta Mall branch on Thursday 17th May from 4:00pm. He has illustrated over thirty well-known children’s titles and the full selection will be on display.

Korky will also visit Dubai English Speaking School, Dubai British School, Jumeirah Primary School, and Horizon School during the week, to give workshops and sign copies of his books.

Dubai-based author, Greg Hunt, launches inaugural book

Dubai’s literary crowd join Hunt at Magrudy’s Jumeirah for inaugural book signing

"Hunt bucks trend with a book that crosses the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction with grace"

His first book recounts Hunt’s mind-bending, heart-rending battle with his dying father’s last request, during a journey on the long road from Abu Dhabi to London in a Nissan Pathfinder.

Dubai, April 22 2007: One of the UAE’s leading media personalities, Greg Hunt, has published his first book with UAE-based publishing house, Jerboa Books.

The premier of They Saddle Dogs, (Jerboa Books, Dhs 56), at Magrudy’s Jumeirah (April 17 2007) attracted Dubai’s literary community, and many Hunt ‘supporters’.

This inaugural stab at ‘big book writing’ by Hunt recounts his sometimes mind-bending and at other times heart-rending battle with his dying father’s last request to help assist his death.

The story unfolds during a road journey from Abu Dhabi to London, in Hunt’s trusty Nissan Pathfinder, leading They Saddle Dogs to be described as a quirky hybrid between a novel, a snapshot biography, a travelogue. It is also a factual, sometimes humorous, delve into the intricacies of euthanasia and parent-sibling communication.

Hunt is the founding publisher of the region’s inaugural finance magazine, MoneyWorks, weekly columnist for 7 Days and host of Travel Eye, the first weekly travel magazine programme in the region on Dubai Eye 103.8FM.

To view photos of the event, proceed to the Gallery

Event: Deana Martin Booksigning

The signing of Deana Martin's remarkable book Memories are made of this: Dean Martin Through His Daughter's Eyes will take place at: Magrudy's Jumeirah on:

Friday, April 20th 2007 at 2:30pm

Local personality, Greg Hunt, turns author

Hunt bucks trend with pioneering novel that crosses the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction with grace.

First book recounts Hunt’s mind-bending, heart-rending battle with his dying father’s last request, during a journey on the long road from Abu Dhabi to London in a Nissan Pathfinder

April 2007 - One of the UAE’s leading media personalities, Greg Hunt, is set to make his name as an author.

Hunt’s first book, They Saddle Dogs, is on countdown to hit the region’s bookshelves (this month; Dubai, April 17 2007, Jerboa-Magrudy’s, Dhs 49). It is thought to be the first-of-its-kind to be published in the UAE by a region-based English-language author.

This inaugural stab at ‘big book writing’ by Hunt recounts his sometimes mind-bending and at other times heart-rending battle with his dying father’s last request to help assist his death.

The story unfolds during a vibrantly described, experience-filled road journey from Abu Dhabi to London, in Hunt’s trusty Nissan Pathfinder, leading They Saddle Dogs to be described as a quirky hybrid between a novel, a snapshot biography, a travelogue. It is also a factual, sometimes humorous, delve into the intricacies of euthanasia and parent-sibling communication.

According to Edmund O’Sullivan, editorial director of MEED, one of a handful of ‘local personality critics’ selected to preview the work, They Saddle Dogs is ‘a compelling read’.

“They Saddle Dogs is a moving account of a journey of discovery set in the Middle East and how the author’s quest for help for his dying father led to a new understanding of what binds and divides,” said O’Sullivan.

Hunt has already carved a name for himself as seasoned journalist and more recently as a radio presenter. He is the founding publisher of the region’s inaugural finance magazine, MoneyWorks, weekly columnist for 7 Days and host of Travel Eye, the first weekly travel magazine programme in the region on Dubai Eye 103.8FM.

DIARY DATE Book Launch and Signing : They Saddle Dogs, by Greg Hunt

at Magrudy’s Jumeirah, Tuesday April 17 2007, 7-9pm