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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

'Event of the year': Franschhoek Literary Festival announces highly-anticipated programme

'Event of the year': Franschhoek Literary Festival announces highly-anticipated programme

15 Mar 2024

WATCH | Book of the Month: Power and Faith author Pontsho Pilane on repressive religion

WATCH | Book of the Month: Power and Faith author Pontsho Pilane on repressive religion

14 Mar 2024

Literary legacies, gender issues: Here's what to expect from this year's Time of the Writer festival

Literary legacies, gender issues: Here's what to expect from this year's Time of the Writer festival

13 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | Why We Kill: Mob violence, vigilantism and a strange case of 'the John Wick of Mamelodi'

EXCERPT | Why We Kill: Mob violence, vigilantism and a strange case of 'the John Wick of Mamelodi'

12 Mar 2024

Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024: Everything you need to know about ticket sales, membership perks

Franschhoek Literary Festival 2024: Everything you need to know about ticket sales, membership perks

11 Mar 2024

REVIEW | Adriaan Basson and Qaanitah Hunter probe political landscape in Who Will Rule South Africa?

REVIEW | Adriaan Basson and Qaanitah Hunter probe political landscape in Who Will Rule South Africa?

09 Mar 2024

OBITUARY | Eddie Webster: Mourning the immeasurable legacy of a teacher and influential sociologist

OBITUARY | Eddie Webster: Mourning the immeasurable legacy of a teacher and influential sociologist

08 Mar 2024

INTERVIEW | A dizzying acrobatic imagination: Fiona Snyckers talks gut-lurching thriller The Hidden

INTERVIEW | A dizzying acrobatic imagination: Fiona Snyckers talks gut-lurching thriller The Hidden

08 Mar 2024

REVIEW | Gregory Maqoma tells the life stories that made him one of SA's greatest dancers

REVIEW | Gregory Maqoma tells the life stories that made him one of SA's greatest dancers

07 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | Life made visible: The Near North, Ivan Vladislavic's new work about Joburg – and walking

EXCERPT | Life made visible: The Near North, Ivan Vladislavic's new work about Joburg – and walking

06 Mar 2024

A literary festival where words emerged from the earth: The Adam Small Fees in the Cape Winelands

A literary festival where words emerged from the earth: The Adam Small Fees in the Cape Winelands

04 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | Pontsho Pilane's Power and Faith: News24's Book of the Month unpacks religion and politics

EXCERPT | Pontsho Pilane's Power and Faith: News24's Book of the Month unpacks religion and politics

01 Mar 2024

AUDIOBOOK | Listen to Whitey by Niel Joubert, about Whitey Basson, the Shoprite King

AUDIOBOOK | Listen to Whitey by Niel Joubert, about Whitey Basson, the Shoprite King

01 Mar 2024

REVIEW | Love at First Flight is a romance layered with the complexities of the autistic spectrum

REVIEW | Love at First Flight is a romance layered with the complexities of the autistic spectrum

01 Mar 2024

EXCERPT | The Problem with Black People by Angelo C Louw: Mainstreaming voices from the margins

EXCERPT | The Problem with Black People by Angelo C Louw: Mainstreaming voices from the margins

29 Feb 2024

REVIEW | The End of Eden: Adam Welz's elegy for a disappearing, dying natural world

REVIEW | The End of Eden: Adam Welz's elegy for a disappearing, dying natural world

28 Feb 2024

3 thrillers: Stolen nuclear material, GPS for Chinese missiles, and how to shave a goat

3 thrillers: Stolen nuclear material, GPS for Chinese missiles, and how to shave a goat

27 Feb 2024

EXCERPT | Catch Me a Killer by Micki Pistorius sports new chapter in wake of book-to-tv adaptation

EXCERPT | Catch Me a Killer by Micki Pistorius sports new chapter in wake of book-to-tv adaptation

23 Feb 2024

LISTEN | Scholar Siphiwo Mahala talks to Shaun de Waal about the evocative William Modisane

LISTEN | Scholar Siphiwo Mahala talks to Shaun de Waal about the evocative William Modisane

23 Feb 2024

REVIEW | The comrade who became king: Khulu Radebe's story of imprisonment, exile, jazz, leadership

REVIEW | The comrade who became king: Khulu Radebe's story of imprisonment, exile, jazz, leadership

22 Feb 2024

EXCERPT | Breadth and depth: Dr Mokoena explains why you need 'vertical' and 'horizontal' strengths

EXCERPT | Breadth and depth: Dr Mokoena explains why you need 'vertical' and 'horizontal' strengths

21 Feb 2024

REVIEW | Future Imperfect: Babette Gallard takes readers on a pilgrimage through ecological disaster

REVIEW | Future Imperfect: Babette Gallard takes readers on a pilgrimage through ecological disaster

20 Feb 2024

INTERVIEW | Arthur Goldstuck reflects on the euphoria and fear of AI and the 'dangerous' Elon Musk

INTERVIEW | Arthur Goldstuck reflects on the euphoria and fear of AI and the 'dangerous' Elon Musk

16 Feb 2024

Good Things Guy: Why I put together a book of 100 feel-good SA stories

Good Things Guy: Why I put together a book of 100 feel-good SA stories

16 Feb 2024

POETRY | 'Miracles never happened for us': Slave by Teamhw SbonguJesu confronts life for black youth

POETRY | 'Miracles never happened for us': Slave by Teamhw SbonguJesu confronts life for black youth

15 Feb 2024

Book of the Month: Why it's worth reading Blame Me on History 60 years later

Book of the Month: Why it's worth reading Blame Me on History 60 years later

14 Feb 2024

FIRST CHAPTER | Nthikeng Mohlele's Revolutionaries' House is a haunting novel of love and betrayal

FIRST CHAPTER | Nthikeng Mohlele's Revolutionaries' House is a haunting novel of love and betrayal

13 Feb 2024

Bestselling children's author David Walliams to attend Franschhoek Literary Festival in May

Bestselling children's author David Walliams to attend Franschhoek Literary Festival in May

12 Feb 2024

REVIEW | Perfect February Read: Shafinaaz Hassim tackles heated topics in spicy Darlings of Durban

REVIEW | Perfect February Read: Shafinaaz Hassim tackles heated topics in spicy Darlings of Durban

09 Feb 2024

EXCERPT | How lower birth rates and ageing populations could ultimately cripple the developed world

EXCERPT | How lower birth rates and ageing populations could ultimately cripple the developed world

09 Feb 2024

OPINION | It's a brave new (digital) world — but don’t throw out books yet!

OPINION | It's a brave new (digital) world — but don’t throw out books yet!

08 Feb 2024

REVIEW | Wayfinding offers intriguing perspectives on getting lost – and finding our way again

REVIEW | Wayfinding offers intriguing perspectives on getting lost – and finding our way again

07 Feb 2024

Literary festivals: Time of the Writer and Books on the Bay reveal their line-ups for 2024

Literary festivals: Time of the Writer and Books on the Bay reveal their line-ups for 2024

06 Feb 2024

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