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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 | Layers of love and marriage: Shubnum Khan's Onion Tears republished 13 years after debut

REVIEW | Layers of love and marriage: Shubnum Khan's Onion Tears republished 13 years after debut

03 May 2024

From lies to policy to mob justice: Key SA non-fiction works in the bookshops now

From lies to policy to mob justice: Key SA non-fiction works in the bookshops now

03 May 2024

Paul Auster: Celebrated narrator of noirish New York and literary icon has died

Paul Auster: Celebrated narrator of noirish New York and literary icon has died

02 May 2024

'People were hungry for change': Saving South Africa is News24's Book of the Month for May

'People were hungry for change': Saving South Africa is News24's Book of the Month for May

01 May 2024

EXCERPT | How to Fix a Country: South Africa can achieve a 'just transition' in the realm of energy

EXCERPT | How to Fix a Country: South Africa can achieve a 'just transition' in the realm of energy

30 Apr 2024

EXCERPT | Can we build a 'new patriotism' in SA? Oyama Mabandla on education for the future

EXCERPT | Can we build a 'new patriotism' in SA? Oyama Mabandla on education for the future

26 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Womb City: A speculative fiction and horror novel of anxiety, trauma, and hope

REVIEW | Womb City: A speculative fiction and horror novel of anxiety, trauma, and hope

25 Apr 2024

A literary feast: More than 150 authors in 80 sessions await at annual Kingsmead Book Fair

A literary feast: More than 150 authors in 80 sessions await at annual Kingsmead Book Fair

24 Apr 2024

'Look a little bit further': Ivan Vladislavic on Jo'burg life and his new book, The Near North

'Look a little bit further': Ivan Vladislavic on Jo'burg life and his new book, The Near North

23 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Under the Tamarind Tree: Partition, mass migration and a haunting secret

REVIEW | Under the Tamarind Tree: Partition, mass migration and a haunting secret

19 Apr 2024

EXCERPT | 'To end her young life': What really happened between AKA and Anele?

EXCERPT | 'To end her young life': What really happened between AKA and Anele?

19 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Isobel Dixon's poems in A Whistling of Birds form a rich and extensive tapestry

REVIEW | Isobel Dixon's poems in A Whistling of Birds form a rich and extensive tapestry

18 Apr 2024

Three cooks who are brilliant at cooking the books

Three cooks who are brilliant at cooking the books

16 Apr 2024

A Tale of Survival: Salman Rushdie reflects on his journey of resilience in upcoming 'Knife' memoir

A Tale of Survival: Salman Rushdie reflects on his journey of resilience in upcoming 'Knife' memoir

15 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Dark thriller Everybody Knows explores the underworld of power in a secret-ridden LA

REVIEW | Dark thriller Everybody Knows explores the underworld of power in a secret-ridden LA

12 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Maria's Keepers: The difficulties of living in a high-control religious community – and getting out

REVIEW | Maria's Keepers: The difficulties of living in a high-control religious community – and getting out

10 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Revolutionaries' House: A tale of the rot of corruption and 'seducing and being seduced'

REVIEW | Revolutionaries' House: A tale of the rot of corruption and 'seducing and being seduced'

09 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Mystery novels: Murder in a Nigerian megachurch and disappearances in San Francisco

REVIEW | Mystery novels: Murder in a Nigerian megachurch and disappearances in San Francisco

05 Apr 2024

EXCERPT | 'My elusive and shifting identity': Lucky Bastard, Anthony Akerman's story of adoption

EXCERPT | 'My elusive and shifting identity': Lucky Bastard, Anthony Akerman's story of adoption

05 Apr 2024

Vernon Head, Mandla Radebe among winners at Cultural and Creative Industry Awards

Vernon Head, Mandla Radebe among winners at Cultural and Creative Industry Awards

04 Apr 2024

REVIEW | Part war reportage, part bio: The Showman tracks Zelensky's course from jester to leader

REVIEW | Part war reportage, part bio: The Showman tracks Zelensky's course from jester to leader

04 Apr 2024

LISTEN | Read my load-shedding lips: News24's Book of the Month for April is Bullsh!t by Jonathan Ancer

LISTEN | Read my load-shedding lips: News24's Book of the Month for April is Bullsh!t by Jonathan Ancer

02 Apr 2024

REVIEW | 3 big fiction works: Women in Vietnam, a Korean bookshop and Marie Curie

REVIEW | 3 big fiction works: Women in Vietnam, a Korean bookshop and Marie Curie

30 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | Lisa Lazarus's aching Flight of the Dancer is a poignant coming-of-age portrait

EXCERPT | Lisa Lazarus's aching Flight of the Dancer is a poignant coming-of-age portrait

29 Mar 2024

Jonny Steinberg's Winnie & Nelson wins best biography at US National Book Critics Circle Awards

Jonny Steinberg's Winnie & Nelson wins best biography at US National Book Critics Circle Awards

28 Mar 2024

REVIEW | Book of the Month: Pontsho Pilane shows power and faith are a godless combination

REVIEW | Book of the Month: Pontsho Pilane shows power and faith are a godless combination

27 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | Maria's Keepers by Sam Human chronicles a woman's escape from a religious cult

EXCERPT | Maria's Keepers by Sam Human chronicles a woman's escape from a religious cult

26 Mar 2024

Rise of the Maassassins: What is driving the Sarah J Maas 'romantasy' phenomenon?

Rise of the Maassassins: What is driving the Sarah J Maas 'romantasy' phenomenon?

22 Mar 2024

Writer Zukiswa Wanner returns Goethe Medal due to Germany's support for Israel

Writer Zukiswa Wanner returns Goethe Medal due to Germany's support for Israel

22 Mar 2024

REVIEW | Why Jonathan Escoffery's novel, If I Survive You, deserves all the high praise it received

REVIEW | Why Jonathan Escoffery's novel, If I Survive You, deserves all the high praise it received

21 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | 'All the deaths on both sides': When Russia and Israel teamed up to decimate Syria

EXCERPT | 'All the deaths on both sides': When Russia and Israel teamed up to decimate Syria

20 Mar 2024

Books on the Bay 2024: Literary legends to make waves in Simon's Town at upcoming festival

Books on the Bay 2024: Literary legends to make waves in Simon's Town at upcoming festival

19 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | When Ace was left out in the cold: Is the Party Over? by Oscar van Heerden

EXCERPT | When Ace was left out in the cold: Is the Party Over? by Oscar van Heerden

15 Mar 2024

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