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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

When readers got their desserts for confessing their regrets

When readers got their desserts for confessing their regrets

17 Sep 2023

The Republic of Tote Bags: Notes from Cape Town’s Open Book 2023

The Republic of Tote Bags: Notes from Cape Town’s Open Book 2023

16 Sep 2023

News24's Book of the Month and the top non-fiction titles you have to get your hands on in September

News24's Book of the Month and the top non-fiction titles you have to get your hands on in September

15 Sep 2023

From CA Davids to Pulane Mlilo Mpondo: Top winners at the 2023 UJ Prize and other book awards news

From CA Davids to Pulane Mlilo Mpondo: Top winners at the 2023 UJ Prize and other book awards news

15 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Clinical psychologist Jane van der Riet makes her debut with the novel How to Hide Inside a Three

REVIEW | Clinical psychologist Jane van der Riet makes her debut with the novel How to Hide Inside a Three

14 Sep 2023

EXCERPT | Why South Africa hasn't been able to achieve economic liberation for the majority

EXCERPT | Why South Africa hasn't been able to achieve economic liberation for the majority

12 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Three thrillers: Danger in Ukraine, North Carolina, and… Sweden, not so much

REVIEW | Three thrillers: Danger in Ukraine, North Carolina, and… Sweden, not so much

09 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Rassie Erasmus chose to be more than just a boy from Desptach

REVIEW | Rassie Erasmus chose to be more than just a boy from Desptach

08 Sep 2023

‘Peep through keyhole of history’: Coloured by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel is News24’s Book of the Month

‘Peep through keyhole of history’: Coloured by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel is News24’s Book of the Month

08 Sep 2023

FIRST CHAPTER | The Ghost of Sam Wester by Craig Higginson: When the water whispers its coloured secrets

FIRST CHAPTER | The Ghost of Sam Wester by Craig Higginson: When the water whispers its coloured secrets

07 Sep 2023

REVIEW | Scandals and secrets: Fact meets fiction in Tan Twan Eng’s Booker-longlisted House of Doors

REVIEW | Scandals and secrets: Fact meets fiction in Tan Twan Eng’s Booker-longlisted House of Doors

06 Sep 2023

EXCERPT | Raised in the dusty streets: Bernard Parker tells story of going from shack to star footballer

EXCERPT | Raised in the dusty streets: Bernard Parker tells story of going from shack to star footballer

05 Sep 2023

Nielsen’s SA Book Awards shortlist, based on bestselling titles

Nielsen’s SA Book Awards shortlist, based on bestselling titles

04 Sep 2023

FIRST CHAPTER | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series continues with The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

FIRST CHAPTER | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series continues with The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

02 Sep 2023

‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’: Abraham Verghese on his The Covenant of Water

‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’: Abraham Verghese on his The Covenant of Water

01 Sep 2023

EXCERPT | Singing as the cops arrived: Union leader Leon Levy on the adoption of Freedom Charter in 1955

EXCERPT | Singing as the cops arrived: Union leader Leon Levy on the adoption of Freedom Charter in 1955

31 Aug 2023

LISTEN | Nick Mallett talks to Lloyd Burnard about the upcoming Rugby World Cup

LISTEN | Nick Mallett talks to Lloyd Burnard about the upcoming Rugby World Cup

29 Aug 2023

Bookworms devour more pages: Increase in SA’s second quarter book sales, thanks to De Ruyter and Pa Salt

Bookworms devour more pages: Increase in SA’s second quarter book sales, thanks to De Ruyter and Pa Salt

28 Aug 2023

REVIEW | Women and girls, vulnerable and powerful, at the centre of Booker-longlisted A Spell of Good Things

REVIEW | Women and girls, vulnerable and powerful, at the centre of Booker-longlisted A Spell of Good Things

26 Aug 2023

100 libraries by 2025: Imperial and Motus Community Trust on a mission to bolster literacy rates

100 libraries by 2025: Imperial and Motus Community Trust on a mission to bolster literacy rates

25 Aug 2023

FIRST CHAPTER | ‘They were here to kill us’: Christopher Mlalazi’s fantasy novel Langabi: Season of Beasts

FIRST CHAPTER | ‘They were here to kill us’: Christopher Mlalazi’s fantasy novel Langabi: Season of Beasts

24 Aug 2023

REVIEW | All too human: Four new South African novels have much to say about our lives today

REVIEW | All too human: Four new South African novels have much to say about our lives today

23 Aug 2023

REVIEW | The face and voice of SA's battle against Covid-19 tells his and fellow scientists' story

REVIEW | The face and voice of SA's battle against Covid-19 tells his and fellow scientists' story

22 Aug 2023

REVIEWS | A festering forest, guerrilla gardeners, and a housemaid’s secrets – 3 monster reads

REVIEWS | A festering forest, guerrilla gardeners, and a housemaid’s secrets – 3 monster reads

19 Aug 2023

INTERVIEW | Ann Patchett on ‘the different ways we can experience love at different times of our lives’

INTERVIEW | Ann Patchett on ‘the different ways we can experience love at different times of our lives’

18 Aug 2023

EXCERPT | Badass Trader on the stock market: Trading is the hardest way to make easy money

EXCERPT | Badass Trader on the stock market: Trading is the hardest way to make easy money

17 Aug 2023

REVIEW | Secrets, freedom and grind culture: Lucky Girl explores complex African mother-daughter relations

REVIEW | Secrets, freedom and grind culture: Lucky Girl explores complex African mother-daughter relations

16 Aug 2023

EXCERPT | 'She gave us dignity': How Winnie Serobe’s community work changed lives in Soweto

EXCERPT | 'She gave us dignity': How Winnie Serobe’s community work changed lives in Soweto

15 Aug 2023

INTERVIEW | Walking with Gorillas: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka talks wildlife conservation in Uganda … and coffee

INTERVIEW | Walking with Gorillas: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka talks wildlife conservation in Uganda … and coffee

12 Aug 2023

WATCH | News24 Book of the Month: Insights into the Rugby World Cup by Nick Mallett with Lloyd Burnard

WATCH | News24 Book of the Month: Insights into the Rugby World Cup by Nick Mallett with Lloyd Burnard

11 Aug 2023

Open Book Festival: Cape Town’s premier book fair announces 2023 programme and ticket sales

Open Book Festival: Cape Town’s premier book fair announces 2023 programme and ticket sales

11 Aug 2023

Six books, two prizes: See 2023 UJ Prize for South African Writing shortlist

Six books, two prizes: See 2023 UJ Prize for South African Writing shortlist

10 Aug 2023

REVIEW | Bestselling Kate Mosse pays tribute to women throughout history who helped change the world

REVIEW | Bestselling Kate Mosse pays tribute to women throughout history who helped change the world

09 Aug 2023

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