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5 Sunday Reads, Including 10 Books that Changed the World, Garlic in Fiction...
1. Garlic in Fiction From The New Yorker: “Far and away the greatest menace to the writer – any writer, beginning or otherwise – is the reader. The reader is, after all, a kind of silent partner in...
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Sunday Read: John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”– An Essay so Powerful Albert Einstein...
One of the most extraordinary works of journalism ever published, John Hersey’s essay “Hiroshima”, which took up almost the entire August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker, was republished this week...
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Wading in Words: Percy Zvomuya Reviews 2015 Man Booker Longlistee The...
By Percy Zvomuya for the Sunday Times The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma (Faber Factory Plus) *** Herman Charles Bosman might be a neglected writer these days, but his advice for storytellers is timeless...
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She Would Burn Her Bra, But It’s Prada: Pearl Boshomane Reviews Polly...
By Pearl Boshomane for the Sunday Times Hot Feminist Polly Vernon (Hodder & Stoughton) ** Ladies, are you ready to free yourselves from the heavy, unglamorous shackles of feminism? Do you look...
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How to Get Published – Mark Winkler and Louise Grantham Share Tricks of the...
The 2015 South African Book Fair kicked off with a discussion that’s often on the lips of aspiring writers, not to mention the social media pages of publishers: how to get your book published. Mark...
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Book Bites: 9 August 2015
The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo (HarperCollins) *** Book thrill Redondo does a good job of feeding the reader just enough snippets to keep things interesting. Inspector Amaia Salazar returns to...
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All-African Shortlist Announced for the Inaugural FT/OppenheimerFunds...
Alert! The shortlists for the 2015 FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards have been announced. The three finalists for the Fiction Prize are: Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor for Dust, Scholastique...
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She Would Burn Her Bra, But It’s Prada: Pearl Boshomane Reviews Polly...
By Pearl Boshomane for the Sunday Times Hot Feminist Polly Vernon (Hodder & Stoughton) ** Ladies, are you ready to free yourselves from the heavy, unglamorous shackles of feminism? Do you look...
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Chris Dunton Reviews Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan...
Verdict: carrot Chantal Zabus begins her book where such a book must inevitably begin, by recording how widespread is the notion that same-sex sexuality is alien to Africa, a notion backed up by no...
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Alex van Tonder Chats about the Storytellers that Inspire Her, the Song Stuck...
Books LIVE’s Erin Devenish recently met with Alex van Tonder to speak about her debut novel This One Time, which deals with the way stories and social media impact reality. Read the interview: ***** I...
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5 Sunday Reads, Including the Mischief of Harper Lee and Truman Capote and...
1. How The Girl on the Train Became a Runaway Success From Good Reads: “If there’s one word that sums up the publishing success story of this year’s ‘it’ book, The Girl on the Train, it is ‘speed.’...
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Sunday Read: A Sample of Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome by Robby...
Robby Novak is just like any other child – quirky, optimistic and excited about life. He also happens to be a YouTube sensation who goes by Kid President with a newly published book. The idea for...
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Author Q and A: 10 Questions for Eshkol Nevo
Published in the Sunday Times Which book changed your life? Actually, it was a movie. Dead Poets Society, starring Robin Williams. I saw this movie again and again when I was 16-18, and I think it...
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How to Write a Bestseller – 9 Tips from the Late, Great Bryce Courtenay
Start the week with some writing advice: Read nine tips from Bryce Courtenay on how to write a bestseller. Courtenay, the bestselling author of The Power of One, was born in Johannesburg in 1933,...
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Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Meet and Greet Beastkeeper Author Cat Hellisen...
Exclusive Books takes great pleasure in inviting you to a book signing with Cat Hellisen, author of Beastkeeper and When The Sea Is Rising Red. The fantasy author will be at Exclusive Books...
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One Book, 17 Covers: See the Many Editions of Tan Twan Eng’s Garden of...
Cape Town-based Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng’s The Garden of Evening Mists has been translated into 16 languages – and counting – and the covers for the various editions provide some fascinating...
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Patricia Rooney Reviews Icarus by Deon Meyer
Verdict: carrot Deon Meyer is South Africa’s preeminent mystery/thriller writer and something of a wonder. His books have a richness and specificity that bring South Africa (and crimes committed there)...
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Join the Launch of Exclusive Books Dainfern, and Stand a Chance to Win a...
Exclusive Books would like to invite you to join the launch of their new store in Dainfern. At the launch Michael Fridjhon will be pairing great wines with mouth-watering food. The event will be on...
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Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Meet and Greet Beastkeeper Author Cat Hellisen...
Exclusive Books takes great pleasure in inviting you to a book signing with Cat Hellisen, author of Beastkeeper and When The Sea Is Rising Red. The fantasy author will be at Exclusive Books...
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Zaynab Quadri Reviews Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
Verdict: critical carrot ‘Ghana Must Go’ is an immigrant story that follows a fragmented family from the shores of Nigeria, to America and Ghana. The impact of death, lies and secrets unveil the...
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