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News24’s free audiobook for subscribers this month is Wisani and the Bafokeng Brothers by Thandi Moagi.

29 Aug

The love-hate debate: Paige Nick and Charlotte Bauer square up for a read-off

02 Aug

Book of the Month | ‘Worth the Fight’ by Jonathan Jansen: Teaching hope on the Cape Flats

31 Jul

WELLNESS | Allan Weppenaar Pedersen redefines the pursuit of success and fulfilment in his book, Flow

WELLNESS | Allan Weppenaar Pedersen redefines the pursuit of success and fulfilment in his book, Flow

02 Apr 2025

EXTRACT | Careless People, the book Facebook tried to block

EXTRACT | Careless People, the book Facebook tried to block

31 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | Sol Kerzner's 'friend and adversary' on the chaos, temper and humour of his ex-boss

EXTRACT | Sol Kerzner's 'friend and adversary' on the chaos, temper and humour of his ex-boss

29 Mar 2025

Global icons meet local legends: Franschhoek Literary Festival announces 2025 line-up

Global icons meet local legends: Franschhoek Literary Festival announces 2025 line-up

28 Mar 2025

INTERVIEW | Stephen Cranston tracks how SA's 'maverick' fund managers outpaced the competition

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Stephen Cranston tracks how SA's 'maverick' fund managers outpaced the competition

27 Mar 2025

WELLNESS | 7 new books offer deep dives into the wellbeing of the body and the psyche

WELLNESS | 7 new books offer deep dives into the wellbeing of the body and the psyche

26 Mar 2025

Laughter, empathy and team work: Diary of a Wimpy Kid hits the stage at Theatre on the Square

Laughter, empathy and team work: Diary of a Wimpy Kid hits the stage at Theatre on the Square

25 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | A wind from a faraway place: Following the footsteps of the Bushman storytellers

EXTRACT | A wind from a faraway place: Following the footsteps of the Bushman storytellers

24 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | 'I wanted to be who I felt I was': Milton Schorr's brutal tale of addiction and recovery

EXTRACT | 'I wanted to be who I felt I was': Milton Schorr's brutal tale of addiction and recovery

22 Mar 2025

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book Dream Count explores love in all its complicated messiness

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book Dream Count explores love in all its complicated messiness

20 Mar 2025

WELLNESS | 'Our first assignment is ourselves': Best-selling Brianna Wiest on 'callings of purpose'

WELLNESS | 'Our first assignment is ourselves': Best-selling Brianna Wiest on 'callings of purpose'

19 Mar 2025

A'Eysha Kassiem and David Ralph Viviers named joint winners of Olive Schreiner Prize

A'Eysha Kassiem and David Ralph Viviers named joint winners of Olive Schreiner Prize

18 Mar 2025

REVIEW | Small by Small: Ike Anya's story of being a doctor in Nigeria will stay with you

REVIEW | Small by Small: Ike Anya's story of being a doctor in Nigeria will stay with you

18 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | Jason Goldberg on how to blaze your trail to become a 'purple cow' in The Art of Scale

EXTRACT | Jason Goldberg on how to blaze your trail to become a 'purple cow' in The Art of Scale

17 Mar 2025

REVIEW | Compelling picture puzzles and missing people: 3 entrancing crime novels to thrill you

REVIEW | Compelling picture puzzles and missing people: 3 entrancing crime novels to thrill you

15 Mar 2025

REVIEW | Sir Herbert Baker, British Empire's key architect, gets a full biography by John Stewart

REVIEW | Sir Herbert Baker, British Empire's key architect, gets a full biography by John Stewart

13 Mar 2025

WELLNESS | Naomi Watts and Brooke Shields flip the script on menopause and ageing in Hollywood

WELLNESS | Naomi Watts and Brooke Shields flip the script on menopause and ageing in Hollywood

12 Mar 2025

Franschhoek Literary Festival 2025 announces 'stellar lineup of writers' and upcoming dates

Franschhoek Literary Festival 2025 announces 'stellar lineup of writers' and upcoming dates

11 Mar 2025

Lisa Fugard | 'He gave everything': Athol Fugard through his daughter's eyes

Lisa Fugard | 'He gave everything': Athol Fugard through his daughter's eyes

11 Mar 2025

WATCH | A powerful journey: How the iconic Athol Fugard exposed the personal horrors of apartheid

WATCH | A powerful journey: How the iconic Athol Fugard exposed the personal horrors of apartheid

11 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | 'This is about the human being’: The poignant story of Mandela’s Robben Island nurse

EXTRACT | 'This is about the human being’: The poignant story of Mandela’s Robben Island nurse

10 Mar 2025

REVIEW | Abuse, invasion and a vanishing wife: Charlotte Bauer on 3 must-read novels out now

REVIEW | Abuse, invasion and a vanishing wife: Charlotte Bauer on 3 must-read novels out now

08 Mar 2025

INTERVIEW | Gavin Evans unpacks the 'bad ideas' underpinning White Supremacy

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Gavin Evans unpacks the 'bad ideas' underpinning White Supremacy

07 Mar 2025

A book lover's paradise: Unmissable literary festivals from Simon's Town to Durban and Johannesburg

A book lover's paradise: Unmissable literary festivals from Simon's Town to Durban and Johannesburg

05 Mar 2025

'You are your own person': Nokulinda Mkhize dishes out life lessons of ancestors in Kitchen Wisdom

Author Interviews

'You are your own person': Nokulinda Mkhize dishes out life lessons of ancestors in Kitchen Wisdom

05 Mar 2025

REVIEW | Unleashed: Boris Johnson's memoir is filled with vim, vigour and false modesty

REVIEW | Unleashed: Boris Johnson's memoir is filled with vim, vigour and false modesty

04 Mar 2025

EXTRACT | White Supremacy by Gavin Evans: US right loves the SA myth of 'white genocide'

EXTRACT | White Supremacy by Gavin Evans: US right loves the SA myth of 'white genocide'

03 Mar 2025

INTERVIEW | Don Ross on how humans (and elephants) manage risk

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Don Ross on how humans (and elephants) manage risk

28 Feb 2025

REVIEW | 'Death was afraid': Booker Prize-shortlisted Mabanckou delivers a fever dream of a novel

REVIEW | 'Death was afraid': Booker Prize-shortlisted Mabanckou delivers a fever dream of a novel

27 Feb 2025

WELLNESS | Have faith in your abilities, writes Barney Beukes in If I Can U Can

WELLNESS | Have faith in your abilities, writes Barney Beukes in If I Can U Can

26 Feb 2025

Author Interviews

PROFILE | BookTok bestseller Samantha Shannon on rewrites, world-building and her new novel

25 Feb 2025

REVIEW | Can we really know exactly what happened when Jeanette and Katryn Schoon were murdered?

REVIEW | Can we really know exactly what happened when Jeanette and Katryn Schoon were murdered?

24 Feb 2025

INTERVIEW | Marikana, the Rainbow and cricket bats: Niren Tolsi and Writing Around the Wicket

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Marikana, the Rainbow and cricket bats: Niren Tolsi and Writing Around the Wicket

21 Feb 2025

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