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South Africans Galore at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival
The 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival will feature no fewer than ten South Africans, including Lauren Beukes, Niq Mhlongo, Margie Orford, Mark Gevisser, Damon Galgut and Zakes Mda, as well as...
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Margaret von Klemperer Reviews The Three by Sarah Lotz
Verdict: carrot The novel is an object lesson in how to deal with a complicated literary format, involving so many different voices. Lotz pulls it off very cleverly, ratcheting up the tension, allowing...
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Sunday Read: An Excerpt from Paulo Coelho’s Latest Novel, Adultery (Plus:...
Paulo Coelho’s latest novel is set to be released in English and over the next to weeks, after having first been published in the Brazilian author’s native tongue in April this year. Adultery, a title...
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Hot Tips From a ‘Badass Bitch’: Pearl Boshomane Reviews #GIRLBOSS
By Pearl Boshomane for The Sunday Times #GIRLBOSS Sophia Amoruso (Penguin) **** When thought leaders speak of Millennials (or Generation Y), it’s usually in unflattering terms: they are lazy, they are...
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Pallo Jordan Resignation Round-up (Plus: Jordan’s Books)
ANC veteran and former Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan resigned from the party yesterday, following the Sunday Times report exposing his false academic qualifications. Jordan has gone by the...
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Natasha Joseph Reviews Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Verdict: carrot Broken Monsters joined a pile of holiday reading on my bedside table that consisted largely of literary “end-of-the-month Salticrax”– easy-to-read, no-fuss thrillers replete with...
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Sunday Read: An Extract from David Mitchell’s New Novel The Bone Clocks
Today’s Sunday Read is a must-read: Waterstones have shared an excerpt from David Mitchell’s new novel The Bone Clocks, which will be published on 2 September and has been longlisted for this years’s...
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Mahvesh Murad Reviews Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes
Verdict: carrot Beukes’ ability to be astutely, bang-on-target contemporary is astounding. Its not just that she points out that modern life is strange, with our dependencies on the internet for all...
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Book Bites: 17 August 2014
Sister Moon Kirsten Miller (Umuzi) **** Book fling Catherine lives in her past because her present is gloomily filled with taking care of her ailing father. She’s afraid her 10-year-old daughter will...
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Submissions Now Open for Issue 13 of Itch
Online creative journal Itch has put out a call for entries for its 13th issue, and has also announced the appointment of a new editor. London-based writer and filmmaker Elan Gamaker has taken over...
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Sweetness from the Swede: Michele Magwood Reviews The Girl Who Saved the King...
By Michele Magwood for the Sunday Times The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden Jonas Jonasson (Harper Collins) *** Jonas Jonasson was looking leached and faintly oyster-eyed in the fulgent Cape sun....
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Make the Best Comment and Choose a Book!
Inspired by a recent comment thread, we at Books LIVE have decided to start rewarding our readers – with books! Books LIVE community members and commenters are the heart and soul of the site, so from...
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Bulawayo, Oduor, Huchu, Kahora and Chela Tackle the Tricky Subject of African...
NoViolet Bulawayo, Okwiri Oduor, Tendai Huchu, Billy Kahora and Efemia Chela have all been in the news recently, contemplating the controversial topic of African writing. Zimbabwean Bulawayo, whose...
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John Sunyer Reviews All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu
Verdict: carrot All Our Names, his elegiac and beautifully written new novel, moves back and forth between two narratives, both based in the 1970s: one set in Uganda, at a time when colonialism has...
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Final Author List for 2014 Open Book Festival
The final list for the 2014 Open Book Festival has been released, with international authors Billy Kahora, Geoff Dyer, Mike Carey, Philip Hensher, Raymond E Fiest, Sefi Atta, Taiye Selasi, Tony...
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Sunday Read: Sophia Tolstoy, Against Leo’s “The Kreutzer Sonata”
Here’s a fascinating book: one that contains both Leo Tolstoy’s novella “The Kreutzer Sonata” (banned at one stage by Russian censors) and a collection of so-called “counterstories” written by Sophia...
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Book Bites: 24 August 2014
Midnight Crossroads Charlaine Harris (Orion) *** Book fling This is the first of a trilogy set in the dusty, one-traffic-light town of Midnight, Texas, where the residents are an eclectic, supernatural...
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2014 Open Book Festival Programme (17 – 21 September)
Alert! The programme for this year’s Open Book Festival has been revealed, with a number of exciting events on the agenda. The festival kicks off midweek, on Wednesday, 17 September, and runs until...
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Writers Boot Camp with Jeffery Renard Allen to Hit Cape Town in November 2014
A new, exciting project is set to hit Cape Town later this year: Writers Boot Camp, a week-long workshop organised by Writers’ Studio and facilitated by American writer Jeffery Renard Allen, is...
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South Africans at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival: Round-up
A number of South Africans, including Lauren Beukes, Niq Mhlongo, Margie Orford, Mark Gevisser, Damon Galgut, Zakes Mda and CA Davids, were guests at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival...
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