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“I wanted to create a love story that was real, true to life, flawed and...
Published in the Sunday Times Anna: One Love Two Stories Amanda Prowse, Head of Zeus, R255 I loved writing the book Anna, I found her a likable, relatable character and it felt like a joy to spend each...
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Book Bites: 20 May
Published in the Sunday Times The Hum of the Sun ***** Kirsten Miller, Kwela R285 Zuko is eight and his thoughts get stuck in his mouth. He enjoys Cheerios, nature, rhythms, patterns, and the light....
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“Barbetje had helped me with the first two births – the unsuccessful births....
Published in the Sunday Times Barbetje cleared her throat again. “Just say what you want to say,” I told her, addressing her in English this time. My English was better than hers by then. Barbetje...
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Open Book Festival announces first group of authors
Via Open Book Festival Throwback to a panel discussion at Open Book Fest 2016. ©Retha Ferguson The first group of authors has been announced for the eighth Open Book Festival taking place from 5 to 9...
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“I wanted more scope for her … more focus on her virtues and flaws.” Madeline...
Published in the Sunday Times Circe ***** Madeline Miller Bloomsbury, R295 Men are pigs. Ask Homer, who wrote in the eighth century BCE about heroic Odysseus...
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Emerging translator? Then this contest is for you!
Asymptote Journal has announced the fourth edition of their international translation contest, Close Approximations! Click here for the submissions guidelines.
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Author Q&A: Chris Carter
Published in the Sunday Times Chris Carter, author of Gallery of the Dead. If you could require our world leaders to read one book, what would it be? Any book that could teach them to be humble,...
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RIP David Goldblatt (29 November 1930 – 25 June 2018)
David Goldblatt, captured by Francois Guillot / AFP. Prolific South African photographer, David Goldblatt, has passed away aged 87. Goldblatt gained recognition for his photos documenting...
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Book Bites: 1 July
Published in the Sunday Times When She Was Gone *** SA Dunphy, Hachette, R285 David Dunnigan is in turmoil when a shoe belonging to his niece, Beth, is delivered to his doorstep. Thing is, she was...
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An imagined extension of a real past makes for a riveting novel, writes...
Published in the Sunday Times The Sons ***** Anton Svensson (Sphere, R295) Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg, authors of The Sons. Picture: Supplied. This powerful epic of a Swedish family whose...
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Author interview: Peter Swanson
Published in the Sunday Times Peter Swanson, author of All The Beautiful Lies. (Author photo: unknown.) What’s the one book our world leaders should read? I’d have them read The Road by Cormac...
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Crime and derangement: William Saunderson-Meyer reviews Dirk Kurbjuweit’s Fear
Published in the Sunday Times Fear **** Dirk Kurbjuweit, Orion, R275 The theme is as old as the psychological thriller. An ordinary man commits what he persuades himself to be a rational, morally...
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Glen David Gold’s mother has overtaken the field in the Mad Maternal Stakes,...
Published in the Sunday Times Glen David Gold became a successful writer despite his pitiable, maddening mother. Pic: supplied. I Will Be Complete **** Glen David Gold, Sceptre, R300 In the Flaky...
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A boy finds redemption with a disgraced priest in a magnificent new novel by...
Published in the Sunday Times Tim Winton. Picture: © Lynn Webb. The Shepherd’s Hut ***** Tim Winton, Picador, R290 In Tim Winton’s 2017 memoir, The Boy Behind the Curtain, he describes his upbringing...
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“The MeToo movement has allowed people to speak in a heightened, sharpened...
Published in the Sunday Times Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion. Illustration by Kate Gavino. The Female Persuasion ***** Meg Wolitzer, Chatto & Windus, R290 Meg Wolitzer is finally...
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RIP V.S. Naipaul (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018)
Via Times Select By Andrew Donaldson There has been a flood of tributes and career appraisals following the death at the weekend of VS Naipaul, arguably the greatest and most infuriating figure in...
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An African refugee finds her struggle is not over once she makes it to the...
Published in the Sunday Times Clemantine Wamariya says being reunited with her parents on TV, with no warning, made her feel like the subject of an experiment. Picture: Julia Zave. The Girl Who...
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In an exclusive interview, Kate Atkinson talks to Michele Magwood about...
Published in the Sunday Times Transcription **** Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, R290 Kate Atkinson was immersed in the National Archives in London when a set of documents caught her eye. Part of one of...
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The 2018 Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced!
The six authors shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize have been announced! First awarded in 1969, the Man Booker Prize is recognised as the leading prize for high quality literary fiction...
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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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