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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

EXTRACT | Dayspring: CJ Driver’s memoir, from pastor’s son to ‘revolutionary’ and exile

EXTRACT | Dayspring: CJ Driver’s memoir, from pastor’s son to ‘revolutionary’ and exile

13 Jan 2025

Q&A | Mpoomy Ledwaba: 'There is so much more about wellness that I would love to explore'

Author Interviews

Q&A | Mpoomy Ledwaba: 'There is so much more about wellness that I would love to explore'

10 Jan 2025

REVIEW | Lives are shaken up by kidnapping in Olivia M. Coetzee's novel In the Shadows

REVIEW | Lives are shaken up by kidnapping in Olivia M. Coetzee's novel In the Shadows

08 Jan 2025

EXTRACT | Oliver Schmitz explains how he and Thomas Mogotlane made classic SA movie Mapantsula

EXTRACT | Oliver Schmitz explains how he and Thomas Mogotlane made classic SA movie Mapantsula

07 Jan 2025

PODCAST | The best of 2024: News24's in-house experts share their top picks of the year

PODCAST | The best of 2024: News24's in-house experts share their top picks of the year

27 Dec 2024

Siphokazi Jonas on the festive season: Nostalgia is 'kindling to ignite new traditions'

Siphokazi Jonas on the festive season: Nostalgia is 'kindling to ignite new traditions'

23 Dec 2024

INTERVIEW | Weeping Becomes a River: Siphokazi Jonas on colonisation, identity and spirituality

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Weeping Becomes a River: Siphokazi Jonas on colonisation, identity and spirituality

20 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | 7 (more) novels for the holidays and after by international big-hitters

FESTIVE READING | 7 (more) novels for the holidays and after by international big-hitters

19 Dec 2024

WELLNESS | 'The outspoken, curious child': No 1 bestseller Rorisang Thandekiso on learning from family

WELLNESS | 'The outspoken, curious child': No 1 bestseller Rorisang Thandekiso on learning from family

18 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | Deon Meyer's Leo leads the pack of thrillers for holiday enjoyment

FESTIVE READING | Deon Meyer's Leo leads the pack of thrillers for holiday enjoyment

17 Dec 2024

EXTRACT | Matriarchs, Meze and the Evil Eye: Culinary conflicts in a Greek immigrant family

EXTRACT | Matriarchs, Meze and the Evil Eye: Culinary conflicts in a Greek immigrant family

16 Dec 2024

INTERVIEW | TikTok fan fave Laurie Gilmore balances the sweet and steamy in The Pumpkin Spice Café

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | TikTok fan fave Laurie Gilmore balances the sweet and steamy in The Pumpkin Spice Café

13 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | SA authors tell us about their favourite reads of the year

FESTIVE READING | SA authors tell us about their favourite reads of the year

12 Dec 2024

WELLNESS | Smashing the Patriarchy: Lethabo Maleka urges women to rise up against GBV

WELLNESS | Smashing the Patriarchy: Lethabo Maleka urges women to rise up against GBV

11 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | 9 enticing non-fiction picks for current affairs buffs and biography fans

FESTIVE READING | 9 enticing non-fiction picks for current affairs buffs and biography fans

10 Dec 2024

EXTRACT | Kinnear killing: Cops and criminals intersect in Caryn Dolley's new Man Alone

EXTRACT | Kinnear killing: Cops and criminals intersect in Caryn Dolley's new Man Alone

09 Dec 2024

INTERVIEW | Condiments of the season: Claire Dinhut wants you to stop eating boring dinners

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Condiments of the season: Claire Dinhut wants you to stop eating boring dinners

06 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | Escaping the silos: Great history books to take you through the millennia

FESTIVE READING | Escaping the silos: Great history books to take you through the millennia

05 Dec 2024

WELLNESS | Journey to healing: Lebo Pule's lessons from living alone and regaining a sense of self

WELLNESS | Journey to healing: Lebo Pule's lessons from living alone and regaining a sense of self

04 Dec 2024

WATCH | Breyten Breytenbach's funeral service held in Paris

WATCH | Breyten Breytenbach's funeral service held in Paris

03 Dec 2024

FESTIVE READING | How do you like your historical novels? A PM's affair vs a female Shakespeare

FESTIVE READING | How do you like your historical novels? A PM's affair vs a female Shakespeare

03 Dec 2024

EXTRACT | 'Systematic erasure of Sobukwe’s voice': Darkest Before Dawn honours a forgotten leader

EXTRACT | 'Systematic erasure of Sobukwe’s voice': Darkest Before Dawn honours a forgotten leader

02 Dec 2024

'These absences resonate': Bestselling Koleka Putuma's poetic tribute to CT's Labour Corps Memorial

'These absences resonate': Bestselling Koleka Putuma's poetic tribute to CT's Labour Corps Memorial

29 Nov 2024

FESTIVE READING | Spud's spotlight: Social media has John van de Ruit facing fan questions head-on

FESTIVE READING | Spud's spotlight: Social media has John van de Ruit facing fan questions head-on

28 Nov 2024

WELLNESS | 'Become the winner you were born to be': Euphodia Tsatsi on success in family and career

WELLNESS | 'Become the winner you were born to be': Euphodia Tsatsi on success in family and career

27 Nov 2024

FESTIVE READING | Our reviewers recommend these 5 must-read international novels

FESTIVE READING | Our reviewers recommend these 5 must-read international novels

26 Nov 2024

'He leaves a huge void': Tributes pour for Breyten Breytenbach from loved ones to Ramaphosa, Macron

'He leaves a huge void': Tributes pour for Breyten Breytenbach from loved ones to Ramaphosa, Macron

25 Nov 2024

OBITUARY | Breyten Breytenbach: The rebel poet who redefined the Afrikaans literary landscape

OBITUARY | Breyten Breytenbach: The rebel poet who redefined the Afrikaans literary landscape

25 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | 'Hope in My Heart': Obie Oberholzer's photographic match of Dutch and SA towns

EXTRACT | 'Hope in My Heart': Obie Oberholzer's photographic match of Dutch and SA towns

25 Nov 2024

Writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, 85, has died

Writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, 85, has died

24 Nov 2024

LISTEN | Bestseller Deon Meyer chats 'Leo' with crime expert Nicole Engelbrecht in thrilling reveal

LISTEN | Bestseller Deon Meyer chats 'Leo' with crime expert Nicole Engelbrecht in thrilling reveal

23 Nov 2024

INTERVIEW | Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya: From vulnerability to entrepreneurship – in poetic form

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya: From vulnerability to entrepreneurship – in poetic form

22 Nov 2024

FESTIVE READING | The dark history of forensic autopsies: John Grisham on startling case in Framed

FESTIVE READING | The dark history of forensic autopsies: John Grisham on startling case in Framed

21 Nov 2024

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