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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

REVIEW | David Lambkin’s Whisper of Death is a complex, entertaining sprawl of a novel

REVIEW | David Lambkin’s Whisper of Death is a complex, entertaining sprawl of a novel

26 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | 'A distant threat': Jenny Hobbs on WW2, being a writer - and starting the Franschhoek fest

EXTRACT | 'A distant threat': Jenny Hobbs on WW2, being a writer - and starting the Franschhoek fest

26 Jul 2024

REVIEW | A tsunami of memory and feeling hits a family in Amy Heydenrych’s novel Bad Luck Penny

REVIEW | A tsunami of memory and feeling hits a family in Amy Heydenrych’s novel Bad Luck Penny

25 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | 'We're going to get hit again tonight': At war in Afghanistan – with dogs

EXTRACT | 'We're going to get hit again tonight': At war in Afghanistan – with dogs

24 Jul 2024

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's posthumous novella shows that love is his enduring subject

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's posthumous novella shows that love is his enduring subject

23 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | Amphibious Soul: Craig Foster's daring dive into the heart of Africa's waters

EXTRACT | Amphibious Soul: Craig Foster's daring dive into the heart of Africa's waters

19 Jul 2024

Q&A | Behind the canvas: Dave Mann reveals the genesis of his short fiction debut Once Removed

Q&A | Behind the canvas: Dave Mann reveals the genesis of his short fiction debut Once Removed

19 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Sizzlers: Nicole Engelbrecht finds the humanity in the story of a horrific massacre

REVIEW | Sizzlers: Nicole Engelbrecht finds the humanity in the story of a horrific massacre

18 Jul 2024

From Kyiv revolution to murder in Cape Town: These thrilling new reads will keep you captivated

From Kyiv revolution to murder in Cape Town: These thrilling new reads will keep you captivated

17 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | The imperialist and his money man: Exploring Rhodes and Michell's hidden legacy

EXTRACT | The imperialist and his money man: Exploring Rhodes and Michell's hidden legacy

16 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Mystery and betrayal: Two SA novels navigate chaos in homes and friendships

REVIEW | Mystery and betrayal: Two SA novels navigate chaos in homes and friendships

13 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Hash and High Times: The drug-fuelled adventures of SA's global smuggler Michael Medjuck

REVIEW | Hash and High Times: The drug-fuelled adventures of SA's global smuggler Michael Medjuck

12 Jul 2024

INTERVIEW | Mania and madness: Lionel Shriver's new novel takes a satirical jab at 'cancel culture'

INTERVIEW | Mania and madness: Lionel Shriver's new novel takes a satirical jab at 'cancel culture'

11 Jul 2024

Lens on Durban, past and present: HEAT fest's eBhish' exhibition captures the personal and political

Lens on Durban, past and present: HEAT fest's eBhish' exhibition captures the personal and political

10 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Moving On: Barbara Ludman's crisp short stories about overcoming trauma in Johannesburg

REVIEW | Moving On: Barbara Ludman's crisp short stories about overcoming trauma in Johannesburg

09 Jul 2024

WATCH | From Ponte Tower: Nickolaus Bauer discusses Great Johannesburg, News24's Book of the Month

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WATCH | From Ponte Tower: Nickolaus Bauer discusses Great Johannesburg, News24's Book of the Month

05 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Brothel to graveyard in Joburg: Niq Mhlongo's The City Is Mine explores deep urban struggles

REVIEW | Brothel to graveyard in Joburg: Niq Mhlongo's The City Is Mine explores deep urban struggles

05 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | George Stephanopoulos tells horrors of 2021's Capitol chaos from inside The Situation Room

EXTRACT | George Stephanopoulos tells horrors of 2021's Capitol chaos from inside The Situation Room

04 Jul 2024

REVIEW | Positively Me: Nozibele Mayaba details facing HIV head-on and redefining resilience

REVIEW | Positively Me: Nozibele Mayaba details facing HIV head-on and redefining resilience

03 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | Great Johannesburg, News24's Book of the Month: Examining crisis in the City of Gold

EXTRACT | Great Johannesburg, News24's Book of the Month: Examining crisis in the City of Gold

02 Jul 2024

EXTRACT | Introducing Hibirism authors decode Amapiano's social and economic pulse in SA

EXTRACT | Introducing Hibirism authors decode Amapiano's social and economic pulse in SA

28 Jun 2024

'Literary magic': An intimate dialogue with Sven Axelrad on his 'sad and beautiful' God's Pocket

Author Interviews

'Literary magic': An intimate dialogue with Sven Axelrad on his 'sad and beautiful' God's Pocket

28 Jun 2024

OPINION | Listen and learn: Audio storytelling as a catalyst for boosting literacy in SA

OPINION | Listen and learn: Audio storytelling as a catalyst for boosting literacy in SA

27 Jun 2024

EXTRACT | 'We are going to hang you': Marion Sparg’s story of MK, bombs and a 25-year jail sentence

EXTRACT | 'We are going to hang you': Marion Sparg’s story of MK, bombs and a 25-year jail sentence

26 Jun 2024

REVIEW | In her heart-breaking novel Home Scar, SE Bhamjee skilfully juxtaposes past and present

REVIEW | In her heart-breaking novel Home Scar, SE Bhamjee skilfully juxtaposes past and present

25 Jun 2024

REVIEW | Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings: A swift, genre-bending journey through a future Cape Town

REVIEW | Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings: A swift, genre-bending journey through a future Cape Town

22 Jun 2024

EXTRACT | One Hundred Years of Dispossession: Lebogang Seale probes SA's failing land reform policy

EXTRACT | One Hundred Years of Dispossession: Lebogang Seale probes SA's failing land reform policy

21 Jun 2024

REVIEW | Gugulethu Seven: Beverley Roos-Muller exposes the villains behind the murders and cover-up

REVIEW | Gugulethu Seven: Beverley Roos-Muller exposes the villains behind the murders and cover-up

20 Jun 2024

James-Brent Styan exposes billionaire blunders in The Dirty Secrets of the Rich and Powerful

James-Brent Styan exposes billionaire blunders in The Dirty Secrets of the Rich and Powerful

19 Jun 2024

No One Dies Yet by Ghana's Kobby Ben Ben is a wild ride of a novel unravelling cultural norms

No One Dies Yet by Ghana's Kobby Ben Ben is a wild ride of a novel unravelling cultural norms

14 Jun 2024

Franschhoek fest fuels SA book buzz: Top local bestsellers revealed

Franschhoek fest fuels SA book buzz: Top local bestsellers revealed

14 Jun 2024

REVIEW | Independence: Love, loss and liberation in 1946 India by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

REVIEW | Independence: Love, loss and liberation in 1946 India by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

13 Jun 2024

EXCERPT | Reuel Khoza: 'South Africa is becoming a submerging economy rather than an emerging one'

EXCERPT | Reuel Khoza: 'South Africa is becoming a submerging economy rather than an emerging one'

12 Jun 2024

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