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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 | A Remedy for Death: A 'monstrous figure' haunts this ambitious tale of strange science

REVIEW | A Remedy for Death: A 'monstrous figure' haunts this ambitious tale of strange science

27 Oct 2023

EXCERPT | Copycat murders and a stalker on the loose: Angela Makholwa is back with a gripping sequel

EXCERPT | Copycat murders and a stalker on the loose: Angela Makholwa is back with a gripping sequel

25 Oct 2023

‘I feel like writing’: SA Children’s Laureate Dianne Stewart on journalling towards a novel

‘I feel like writing’: SA Children’s Laureate Dianne Stewart on journalling towards a novel

25 Oct 2023

Top 5 SA books you need to know about this month and next

Top 5 SA books you need to know about this month and next

24 Oct 2023

EXCERPT | Book of the Month: Why the ANC supports Russia - 'the truth often hides in plain sight'

EXCERPT | Book of the Month: Why the ANC supports Russia - 'the truth often hides in plain sight'

23 Oct 2023

Spy writer John le Carré's 'vulnerable' final interview

Spy writer John le Carré's 'vulnerable' final interview

22 Oct 2023

EXCERPT | 'I am that woman': A mother’s battle for the rights of sex workers in Kenya

EXCERPT | 'I am that woman': A mother’s battle for the rights of sex workers in Kenya

21 Oct 2023

SA Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced, winners to follow on 7 November

SA Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced, winners to follow on 7 November

20 Oct 2023

Lavish coffee table book by Nelson Mandela's daughter celebrates his life with host of striking images

Lavish coffee table book by Nelson Mandela's daughter celebrates his life with host of striking images

18 Oct 2023

REVIEW | Unlabelled: Sthandiwe Langa’s debut novel is about a woman’s search for love, home

REVIEW | Unlabelled: Sthandiwe Langa’s debut novel is about a woman’s search for love, home

18 Oct 2023

Children’s book My First African Adventure overall winner of SA Book Awards 2023

Children’s book My First African Adventure overall winner of SA Book Awards 2023

17 Oct 2023

REVIEW | From Edinburgh and Oxford to Nigerian expats in steamy Singapore: 3 novel page-turners

REVIEW | From Edinburgh and Oxford to Nigerian expats in steamy Singapore: 3 novel page-turners

14 Oct 2023

Compassion and ferocity: Lauren Beukes answers questions about her new novel, Bridge

Compassion and ferocity: Lauren Beukes answers questions about her new novel, Bridge

12 Oct 2023

EXTRACT | How Thabo Bester murdered Nomfundo Tyhulu

EXTRACT | How Thabo Bester murdered Nomfundo Tyhulu

11 Oct 2023

EXCERPT | ‘I walked past that bomb several times’: Mark Shaw’s Breaking the Bombers shares explosive accounts about Pagad

EXCERPT | ‘I walked past that bomb several times’: Mark Shaw’s Breaking the Bombers shares explosive accounts about Pagad

11 Oct 2023

WATCH | Book of the Month: Herman Lategan on his remarkable memoir, Son of a Whore

WATCH | Book of the Month: Herman Lategan on his remarkable memoir, Son of a Whore

10 Oct 2023

REVIEW | What Remains: Dawn Garisch's stories about relationships can lull you to sleep – or leave you feeling uneasy

REVIEW | What Remains: Dawn Garisch's stories about relationships can lull you to sleep – or leave you feeling uneasy

06 Oct 2023

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: The writer of silence

Nobel winner Jon Fosse: The writer of silence

06 Oct 2023

REVIEW | All Rise by Roger Chennells: A legal page-turner with a Herman Charles Bosman charm

REVIEW | All Rise by Roger Chennells: A legal page-turner with a Herman Charles Bosman charm

05 Oct 2023

Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature

05 Oct 2023

Mom noir: 3 books that take a different view of motherhood, from the mundane to the macabre

Mom noir: 3 books that take a different view of motherhood, from the mundane to the macabre

04 Oct 2023

FIRST CHAPTER | Could the Crown Jewels be stolen? And can William Warwick stop it? Here’s Jeffrey Archer’s new thriller

FIRST CHAPTER | Could the Crown Jewels be stolen? And can William Warwick stop it? Here’s Jeffrey Archer’s new thriller

03 Oct 2023

EXCERPT | ‘We were the throwaway people’: Son of a Whore is News24’s Book of the Month for October

EXCERPT | ‘We were the throwaway people’: Son of a Whore is News24’s Book of the Month for October

30 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Lee Berger dodges controversy in an enthusiastic account of how he discovered Homo naledi

REVIEW | Lee Berger dodges controversy in an enthusiastic account of how he discovered Homo naledi

29 Sep 2023

LISTEN | News24 Book of the Month: Tessa Dooms and Linsey Ebony Chutel discuss their book Coloured: How Classification Became Culture

LISTEN | News24 Book of the Month: Tessa Dooms and Linsey Ebony Chutel discuss their book Coloured: How Classification Became Culture

28 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Neville Alexander’s consistent and comprehensive critique of racial capitalism in South Africa

REVIEW | Neville Alexander’s consistent and comprehensive critique of racial capitalism in South Africa

27 Sep 2023

EXCERPT | 'Dark folks arise': New book reveals why Cissie Gool was the 'Joan of Arc of District Six'

EXCERPT | 'Dark folks arise': New book reveals why Cissie Gool was the 'Joan of Arc of District Six'

27 Sep 2023

Sunday Times and Booker shortlists announced; Avbob Poetry Competition winners cheered at ceremony

Sunday Times and Booker shortlists announced; Avbob Poetry Competition winners cheered at ceremony

25 Sep 2023

‘He has a storm inside his head’: Biographer Walter Isaacson speaks about Elon Musk

‘He has a storm inside his head’: Biographer Walter Isaacson speaks about Elon Musk

24 Sep 2023

10 QUESTIONS | 'There is light even at the bottom of a dark well': Kim Samuel on loneliness and her book about belonging

10 QUESTIONS | 'There is light even at the bottom of a dark well': Kim Samuel on loneliness and her book about belonging

22 Sep 2023

‘Where the money comes, crime comes in’: Karin Smirnoff on The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

‘Where the money comes, crime comes in’: Karin Smirnoff on The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

21 Sep 2023

EXCERPT | The intersection between personal identity and the blockchain: Steven Boykey Sidley on ‘crypto’

EXCERPT | The intersection between personal identity and the blockchain: Steven Boykey Sidley on ‘crypto’

20 Sep 2023

WATCH | Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel's book launched for Coloured

WATCH | Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel's book launched for Coloured

19 Sep 2023

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