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Gestation of an Unloved Woman: Jennifer Malec Talks to Petina Gappah About...
By Jennifer Malec for the Sunday Times The Book of Memory Petina Gappah (Faber & Faber) **** What happens when your book is sold before it is finished, and you then begin to detest your main...
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Anjali Enjeti Reviews Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
Verdict: carrot In Chinelo Okparanta’s new novel Under the Udala Trees, a chance meeting between Ijeoma, a Christian Igbo, and Amina, a Muslim Hausa, begins a friendship that turns quickly to passion....
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Have Words, Will Travel: A Round-up of South African Authors in Translation
To celebrate International Translation Day today, Books LIVE has compiled a list of some of the most recent South African novels that have been translated into other languages. International...
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Thomas Piketty Visit to SA Back on Schedule, After Passport Hold-up,...
Thomas Piketty, the “rockstar” French economist whose Capital in the Twenty First Century became a global bestseller last year, despite being very difficult and 700 pages long, apparently got on an...
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Sunday Read: 100 Years of Arthur Miller (Video)
If I have to be alone I want to be by myself. The month of October marks the 100-year anniversary of the birth of the renowned American playwright, essayist and husband of Marilyn Monroe – Arthur...
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5 Sunday Reads, Including Shakespeare in Translation and a (True?) Ghost...
1. A Facelift for Shakespeare From the Wall Street Journal: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will announce next week that it has commissioned translations of all 39 of the Bard’s plays into modern...
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Sue Blaine Reviews Icarus by Deon Meyer
Verdict: carrot THERE is still room for optimism in SA, says crime writer Deon Meyer. Meyer, who has just released his 11th novel, Icarus, is one of SA’s most successful authors. His books have been...
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Sunday Read: An Excerpt from Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich,...
Svetlana Alexievich is the most recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first non-fiction writer to win the accolade in 50 years. Svetlana Alexievich Wins the 2015 Nobel Prize in...
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6 Sunday Reads, Including a Sample Chapter from Robert Galbraith (JK...
1. A review of Making a Point by David Crystal: From The Guardian: Is a full stop really worth four commas? And should everybody avoid the semi-colon? This book from the popular linguist David Crystal...
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Samantha Gibb Reviews Under Ground by SL Grey
Verdict: carrot SL Grey superbly illustrate that often, fear is more than an unknown external threat – in fact, as the characters demonstrate, the notion of fear in Under Ground is more a warning of...
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Book Bites: 11 October 2015
Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson (Little, Brown) ***** Book fiend “Science” and “fiction” are stretched to their limits in this huge novel of ideas, interstellar outreach and human relations. The first half...
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Don’t Miss Bloody Parchment, a Horrorfest Literary Event with SA Partidge and...
Horrorfest would like to invite you to a this year’s Bloody Parchment, South Africa’s favourite Halloween literary event. SA Partridge has taken over Bloody Parchment this year, and will chair the...
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Achille Mbembe Wins the 2015 Geschwister Scholl-Preis for the German...
Achille Mbembe has won the prestigious Geschwister Scholl-Preis for the German edition of his latest book, Critique de la raison nègre. The prize is awarded by the Association of German Publishers...
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Holding Thumbs for Chigozie Obioma: 2015 Man Booker Prize to Be Announced...
The winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize will be announced at the Guildhall in London, UK, tonight. Here is all you need to know ahead of the ceremony. This year’s prestigious prize will be chosen...
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Marlon James Wins the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven...
Alert! Marlon James has won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his book, A Brief History of Seven Killings. The 2015 winner was announced by chair of judges Michael Wood in London’s Guildhall at a...
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Read 2015 Man Booker Winner Marlon James’ Denunciation of Adverbs in Fiction
Marlon James, the Jamaican author who was announced as the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize last night, took the opportunity to denounce the use of adverbs in fiction. The 44-year-old won the...
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James Kidd Reviews Golden Lion by Wilbur Smith
Verdict: stick In Golden Lion, one of Smith’s rampaging historical novels starring Hal Courtney, Barrett has to take on a disfigured baddie (who sent Hal’s father to his death), shipwrecks off...
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Annzra Naidoo Reviews The Lodger by Louisa Treger
Verdict: carrot For her debut novel, Louisa Treger decides to explore the life of author, Dorothy Richardson, who was instrumental in the emergence of modernist fiction – and it’s a 100 times better...
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Piet Grobler, Niki Daly, Beverley Naidoo and Bibilionef SA Nominated for 2016...
Alert! The nominees for the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award have been revealed, including four names from South Africa. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is the world’s largest...
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Fiction Friday: “A Visit to the Palace”– A Short Story by Obinna Ozoigbo,...
It’s Fiction Friday! This week, we have a short story by Obinna Ozoigbo, author of The Dust Must Settle. In this story, entitled “A Visit to the Palace”, the protagonist embarks on a journey by...
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