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Bridges and Pathways: Programme for the 2014 Ake Arts and Book Festival (18 –...
The second annual Ake Arts and Book Festival – held in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State in southwest Nigeria – starts today, featuring esteemed international authors and artists and showcasing...
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Ronald Adamolekun Reviews Foreign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe
Verdict: carrot ‘Foreign Gods, Inc.’ is an overwhelming triumph, a bold testament to the invincible power of imagination and also to the ruinous obsession of its protagonist, Ike with life on high...
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It’s Universal Children’s Day: What are the Benefits of Reading to Children?
This Universal Children’s Day, Thursday, November 20, psychologist Peter Gray explores the power of stories to help children navigate a complex world. What makes stories so universally attractive?...
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Win One of Four Books LIVE/Exclusive Books Christmas Hampers!
Ho ho ho! Books LIVE and Exclusive Books are giving away some fantastic hampers of books, just in time for Christmas! The books have all been carefully selected from the Exclusive Books 2014 Christmas...
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Sunday Read: Two Excerpts from Richard Ford’s Latest Novel Let Me Be Frank...
This Sunday we delve into the inspiration behind Richard Ford’s Let Me Be Frank With You – published this month, just in time for Christmas – and share two excerpts. Let Me Be Frank With You, a...
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2015 IMPAC Dublin Award Longlist Announced: Six Africans Named, Including JM...
Alert! Six African writers have been named on the longlist for the 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in...
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Wee Skeletons on the Road to Success: Bron Sibree Chats to Val McDermid about...
By Bron Sibree for the Sunday Times The Skeleton Road Val McDermid (Little Brown) **** It’s an audacious novelist who can sheet home the horrors of the Balkan War within the guise of a Scottish crime...
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Farewell to PD James, Bestselling and Critically Acclaimed Crime Fiction Author
PD James, best-selling British crime fiction author, passed away on Thursday morning. She was 94, and has more than 20 novels to her name. James wrote meticulously researched and critically acclaimed...
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Sunday Read: A 1980s Vision of Cyberpunk in William Gibson’s Latest Novel,...
From the pen of prolific science fiction author William Gibson comes a novel set in not one, but two futures. In one of the futures in The Peripheral, gamer Flynne Fisher and her ex-Marine Corps...
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Excerpts: SJ Naude and Mark Gevisser Featured in the Latest Issue of Granta
The latest issue of Granta includes work by Mark Gevisser and, for the first time, SJ Naudé. The issue, Granta 129: Fate, features a piece by Gevisser entitled “Self-Made Man”, about a young...
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Book Bites: 30 November 2014
The Ties that Bind Praba Moodley (Kwela Books) *** Book fling Gaya is a 40-year-old single mother of three boys. Her life revolves around her family and friends, and a bitter divorce she’s trying very...
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The Sunday Times Bestseller List for November 2014
South African non-fiction stands firm on the Sunday Times South African bestseller list for November 2014, however on the fiction side Wilbur Smith is the only local representative. Smith’s latest...
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Join Jenny & Co, Marlene van der Westhuizen, Marguerite Poland, Gia...
Jenny & Co would like to invite you to their annual Big Book Brunch in a celebration of another year filled of excellent books. Join Marlene van der Westhuizen, Vernon RL Head, Nechama Brodie,...
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Sunday Read: A Review of and an Excerpt from Philip Larkin: Life, Art and...
This week’s Sunday read is Michael Dirda’s review of Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth for The Washington Post, as well as an excerpt from the book. Larkin has been called the...
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2014′s Best Reads: Sunday Times Book Reviewers Pick Their Highlights of the Year
Published in the Sunday Times The Sunday Times reviewers have picked their 2014 books of the year. What do you think of their choices? Let us know on Facebook or Twitter, or in the comments below. Ben...
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Book Bites: 7 December 2014
Published in the Sunday Times Not That Kind of Girl Lena Dunham (HarperCollins) *** Book fling If you don’t like the TV series Girls or its creator and star Lena Dunham, you will hate this book. But I...
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Confirmed List of Local and International Authors for 2015 Franschhoek...
Alert! Books LIVE can reveal the list of international and local authors confirmed to attend next year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival. Although a number of authors have committed to the festival, the...
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Jenny Crwys-Williams Chooses Her Fiction, Non-fiction and Cookbook of the...
Jenny Crwys-Williams has chosen her books of the year for 2014, in the categories fiction, non-fiction and cookbook. The winners this year are An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids, A Man of Good Hope...
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Words Worth Packing: What Notable South Africans are Reading on Holiday
Published in the Sunday Times The Sunday Times books team asked an array of notable South Africans which books they will be taking with them on holiday. THE COLUMNIST – Darrel Bristow-Bovey I’ll be...
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Book Bites: 14 December 2014
When the Lions Came To Town Luke Alfred (Zebra Press) **** Book buff It’s easy to forget how momentous a rugby Test tour once was, back in the days before the game’s money mania inspired it to...
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