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Which turn will the 21st century take? Michele Magwood talks to historian and...
Published in the Sunday Times 21 Lessons for the 21st Century ***** Yuval Noah Harari, Jonathan Cape, R320 “In a world deluged by irrelevant...
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La Bastarda: the Equatorial Guinean novel that defied the censor’s order to...
Published in the Sunday Times By Tiah Beautement Trifonia Melibea Obono’s La Bastarda has won universal acclaim for its commentary on the harmful nature of genderised societal norms. La Bastarda ****...
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Anna Burns awarded Man Booker Prize for Milkman
Anna Burns has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her fourth novel, Milkman! Booker chair of judges, Kwame Anthony Appiah, described Burns’ winning title as “incredibly...
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Some people take Susan Lewis’s novels with them to the grave, writes Jennifer...
Published in the Sunday Times The Secret Keeper is veteran author Susan Lewis’s 43rd novel. The Secret Keeper *** Susan Lewis, Century, R215 There are people who love Susan Lewis’s novels so much...
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PEN SA to present the 2018 Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November
PEN South Africa, in collaboration with the Institute for Creative Arts, will present the 2018 Day of the Imprisoned Writer on Thursday, 15 November (5:30 PM) at Hiddingh Hall, Hiddingh Campus,...
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Holly Ringland’s debut novel is a carefully woven coming-of-age story, writes...
Holly Ringland, whose debut novel is a carefully woven coming-of-age story. Picture: Supplied The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart ***** Holly Ringland, Pan Books, R175 “In the weatherboard house at the...
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“Fame went to my balls.” Eric Idle’s ‘sortabiography’ is funny, clever and...
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life **** Eric Idle, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, R330 “I honestly think there are more hours of documentary about Python than there are hours of Python,” writes Eric...
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Rooney captures exactly what it’s like to be young and clever and just a...
Published in the Sunday Times Sally Rooney’s Normal People is a book for anyone who has ever looked at their family or their life or their relationship and gone “Is this how normal people behave?”...
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Barbara Kingsolver evokes the anxiety of living through social turmoil,...
Unsheltered **** Barbara Kingsolver, Faber & Faber, R295 Barbara Kingsolver rages against tyranny while writing about ordinary life. Picture: David Wood There is a marvellous tableau early on in...
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A whodunnit with a thousand suspects – Sue de Groot reviews Camilla...
Published in the Sunday Times The Girl in the Woods ***** Camilla Lackberg, HarperCollins, R285 Camilla Lackberg has amassed millions of devoted followers with her series of crime novels set in the...
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