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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 | Guides to a better life: 5 books on enhanced wellbeing that make perfect festive gifts

WELLNESS | Guides to a better life: 5 books on enhanced wellbeing that make perfect festive gifts

20 Nov 2024

FESTIVE READING | Crime, horror and a printer: Unusual novels to puzzle, scare and entertain you

FESTIVE READING | Crime, horror and a printer: Unusual novels to puzzle, scare and entertain you

19 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | The 'great disruptor': Jacob Zuma's MK Party and the 2024 election shake-up

EXTRACT | The 'great disruptor': Jacob Zuma's MK Party and the 2024 election shake-up

18 Nov 2024

WATCH | Book of the Month: Unmissable moments from Karyn Maughan's I Will Not Be Silenced launch

WATCH | Book of the Month: Unmissable moments from Karyn Maughan's I Will Not Be Silenced launch

15 Nov 2024

Karyn Maughan launch

Karyn Maughan launch

14 Nov 2024

FESTIVE READING | Enchanting new kids' books for year-end: Perfect gifts to spark imagination

FESTIVE READING | Enchanting new kids' books for year-end: Perfect gifts to spark imagination

14 Nov 2024

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey's Orbital soars with astronauts' earth reflections

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey's Orbital soars with astronauts' earth reflections

13 Nov 2024

INTERVIEW | 'Rock star without an instrument': Booker-winner Shehan Karunatilaka talks Seven Moons

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | 'Rock star without an instrument': Booker-winner Shehan Karunatilaka talks Seven Moons

13 Nov 2024

REVIEW | Top thriller writers: Lee Child, Ann Cleeves and Richard Osman deliver must-read mysteries

REVIEW | Top thriller writers: Lee Child, Ann Cleeves and Richard Osman deliver must-read mysteries

12 Nov 2024

Host of authors and translators honoured at 19th South African Literary Awards

Host of authors and translators honoured at 19th South African Literary Awards

11 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | 'Yho madoda!': Twice the Glory tells why the rugby flame never dies in SA hearts

EXTRACT | 'Yho madoda!': Twice the Glory tells why the rugby flame never dies in SA hearts

11 Nov 2024

Q&A | Spud's 10-year reunion: John van de Ruit talks grand finale and new beginning in latest book

Author Interviews

Q&A | Spud's 10-year reunion: John van de Ruit talks grand finale and new beginning in latest book

08 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | A Wound Unhealed: Nicholas Kerr Brabazon explores Christian Zionism and Gaza's strife

EXTRACT | A Wound Unhealed: Nicholas Kerr Brabazon explores Christian Zionism and Gaza's strife

07 Nov 2024

OBITUARY | A life of impact: Trailblazing psychologist and author Chabani Manganyi remembered

OBITUARY | A life of impact: Trailblazing psychologist and author Chabani Manganyi remembered

06 Nov 2024

WELLNESS | Run. Risk. Reward: Endurance champ Ryan Sandes details health battle and epic comeback

WELLNESS | Run. Risk. Reward: Endurance champ Ryan Sandes details health battle and epic comeback

06 Nov 2024

INTERVIEW | TJ Strydom chronicles Capitec's rise and banking revolution in Stalking Giants

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | TJ Strydom chronicles Capitec's rise and banking revolution in Stalking Giants

05 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | Book of the Month, I Will Not Be Silenced: The day Zuma sued Journalist Karyn Maughan

EXTRACT | Book of the Month, I Will Not Be Silenced: The day Zuma sued Journalist Karyn Maughan

04 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | 'We buried the ANC at Polokwane': Mathews Phosa’s new book details the fall of Mbeki

EXTRACT | 'We buried the ANC at Polokwane': Mathews Phosa’s new book details the fall of Mbeki

03 Nov 2024

Olives and Icons: Andrew Brown and Jonny Steinberg win big at Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024

Olives and Icons: Andrew Brown and Jonny Steinberg win big at Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024

01 Nov 2024

OBITUARY | Rayda Jacobs: Celebrating the memory of Cape Town's unapologetic storyteller

OBITUARY | Rayda Jacobs: Celebrating the memory of Cape Town's unapologetic storyteller

01 Nov 2024

EXTRACT | The Human Bridge: Ian Fuhr tackles South Africa's deep-rooted issues

EXTRACT | The Human Bridge: Ian Fuhr tackles South Africa's deep-rooted issues

31 Oct 2024

WELLNESS | How Did We Get Here?: Mpoomy Ledwaba is all about growing and healing

WELLNESS | How Did We Get Here?: Mpoomy Ledwaba is all about growing and healing

30 Oct 2024

REVIEW | Rubies & Rain: Busisekile Khumalo's tale of power and betrayal in Zimbabwe's elite circles

REVIEW | Rubies & Rain: Busisekile Khumalo's tale of power and betrayal in Zimbabwe's elite circles

29 Oct 2024

EXTRACT | Revenge of the Tipping Point: Malcolm Gladwell's fresh take on social engineering

EXTRACT | Revenge of the Tipping Point: Malcolm Gladwell's fresh take on social engineering

28 Oct 2024

Q&A | 'I often escaped into my imagination': Trevor Noah reveals inspiration behind No.1 bestseller

Author Interviews

Q&A | 'I often escaped into my imagination': Trevor Noah reveals inspiration behind No.1 bestseller

26 Oct 2024

INTERVIEW | Siya Khumalo goes back to the future with groundbreaking The Queer Book of Revelation

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Siya Khumalo goes back to the future with groundbreaking The Queer Book of Revelation

25 Oct 2024

REVIEW | Shanghailanders and Darling Girls: Two novels unravel family secrets across time and trauma

REVIEW | Shanghailanders and Darling Girls: Two novels unravel family secrets across time and trauma

24 Oct 2024

WELLNESS | Divorce can be shattering – but you can collect your ‘broken pieces’

WELLNESS | Divorce can be shattering – but you can collect your ‘broken pieces’

23 Oct 2024

REVIEW | Intimate lives of transnational black women at issue in tale of child internet star

REVIEW | Intimate lives of transnational black women at issue in tale of child internet star

22 Oct 2024

EXTRACT | 'Big importance of small acts': Zelda La Grange reveals Mandela's take on Hansie Cronjé

EXTRACT | 'Big importance of small acts': Zelda La Grange reveals Mandela's take on Hansie Cronjé

21 Oct 2024

WATCH | Behind-the-scenes magic: Ian Roberts' fascinating Nomad Heart life stories

WATCH | Behind-the-scenes magic: Ian Roberts' fascinating Nomad Heart life stories

19 Oct 2024

'I had to experience it': Jeremy Vearey's deep dive into 'harbingers of history' for Crimson Sands

Author Interviews

'I had to experience it': Jeremy Vearey's deep dive into 'harbingers of history' for Crimson Sands

18 Oct 2024

REVIEW | The Corporate Revolutionary: Inside the career of the man who shaped SA business ethics

REVIEW | The Corporate Revolutionary: Inside the career of the man who shaped SA business ethics

17 Oct 2024

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