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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

The Rift by photographer Shem Compion beautifully pictures the ‘scar’ on Africa’s body

Author Interviews

The Rift by photographer Shem Compion beautifully pictures the ‘scar’ on Africa’s body

27 Feb

REVIEW | Natsuo Kirino’s Swallows: Trauma and bodily transaction in contemporary Japan

REVIEW | Natsuo Kirino’s Swallows: Trauma and bodily transaction in contemporary Japan

26 Feb

BUSINESS | KasiNomics Unleashed: GG Alcock celebrates SA’s entrepreneurial spirit

BUSINESS | KasiNomics Unleashed: GG Alcock celebrates SA’s entrepreneurial spirit

25 Feb

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Theo’s not so Golden, but Bosadi rocks

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Theo’s not so Golden, but Bosadi rocks

24 Feb

EXTRACT | Imraan Buccus argues the postcolony must ‘confront empire... lay siege to it’

EXTRACT | Imraan Buccus argues the postcolony must ‘confront empire... lay siege to it’

23 Feb

‘I just needed to be older to write it’: Nadia Davids’ new novel was 17 years in the making

Author Interviews

‘I just needed to be older to write it’: Nadia Davids’ new novel was 17 years in the making

21 Feb

REVIEW | The Steps She Takes: A moving novella about finding a place in the world – on crutches

REVIEW | The Steps She Takes: A moving novella about finding a place in the world – on crutches

20 Feb

BUSINESS | Yusuf Bodiat: What if SA was run like a company in crisis?

BUSINESS | Yusuf Bodiat: What if SA was run like a company in crisis?

19 Feb

WELLNESS | Father of Man: Dr Njabulo James Nkosi on living with integrity

WELLNESS | Father of Man: Dr Njabulo James Nkosi on living with integrity

18 Feb

REVIEW | Valerie Tagwira’s Trapped captures the spirit of Zimbabwe’s Gen Z

REVIEW | Valerie Tagwira’s Trapped captures the spirit of Zimbabwe’s Gen Z

17 Feb

EXTRACT | Benni McCarthy: Either you disappoint the nation, or you upset the club

EXTRACT | Benni McCarthy: Either you disappoint the nation, or you upset the club

16 Feb

7 enticing books for Valentine’s Day (and you can win a romance novel!)

7 enticing books for Valentine’s Day (and you can win a romance novel!)

13 Feb

FIRST CHAPTER | Shameez Patel’s new romcom could be your Valentine’s Day read

FIRST CHAPTER | Shameez Patel’s new romcom could be your Valentine’s Day read

12 Feb

REVIEW | Dry read about Smuts’s ‘famously cold heart’ and views on black South Africans

REVIEW | Dry read about Smuts’s ‘famously cold heart’ and views on black South Africans

11 Feb

FIRST CHAPTER | Nadia Davids’ Cape Fever is a tale of ghosts and psychological suspense

FIRST CHAPTER | Nadia Davids’ Cape Fever is a tale of ghosts and psychological suspense

10 Feb

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Jade Davenport’s updated Digging Deep delves into SA’s mining history

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Jade Davenport’s updated Digging Deep delves into SA’s mining history

09 Feb

Q&A | Haram author Zubayr Charles on identity and addiction in the Muslim community

Author Interviews

Q&A | Haram author Zubayr Charles on identity and addiction in the Muslim community

06 Feb

Flotilla, Zukiswa Wanner’s powerful story of sailing to break the Gaza blockade, launched

Flotilla, Zukiswa Wanner’s powerful story of sailing to break the Gaza blockade, launched

05 Feb

WELLNESS | What Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has to teach us about trust

WELLNESS | What Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has to teach us about trust

04 Feb

REVIEW | Carnivore satirises billionaire consumption and the morality of meat

REVIEW | Carnivore satirises billionaire consumption and the morality of meat

03 Feb

EXTRACT | Peter Hain: How liberation movements, once in power, fall into corruption

EXTRACT | Peter Hain: How liberation movements, once in power, fall into corruption

02 Feb

Joe Hill’s ‘King Sorrow’ brings perilous fantasy (and a dragon) to modern America

Author Interviews

Joe Hill’s ‘King Sorrow’ brings perilous fantasy (and a dragon) to modern America

31 Jan

REVIEW | Roger Lucey, rebel folk-rocker who built his own house in the mountains

REVIEW | Roger Lucey, rebel folk-rocker who built his own house in the mountains

30 Jan

FIRST CHAPTER | Boxes full of guns: Read the opening of Mike Nicol’s riveting new thriller

FIRST CHAPTER | Boxes full of guns: Read the opening of Mike Nicol’s riveting new thriller

29 Jan

WELLNESS | Hypervigilant? Perfectionist? Fawning blocks a true relationship with self

WELLNESS | Hypervigilant? Perfectionist? Fawning blocks a true relationship with self

28 Jan

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: The compelling festive season gems I’m still trying to finish

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: The compelling festive season gems I’m still trying to finish

27 Jan

EXTRACT | A Clergyman’s Daughter: An intimate memoir of apartheid, church and a pastor dad

EXTRACT | A Clergyman’s Daughter: An intimate memoir of apartheid, church and a pastor dad

26 Jan

Q&A | Wesley Roodt’s All the Saints exorcises demons of a queer lad’s high school years

Author Interviews

Q&A | Wesley Roodt’s All the Saints exorcises demons of a queer lad’s high school years

23 Jan

REVIEW | The Customs Man is the detailed story of an officer on the anti-smuggling frontline

REVIEW | The Customs Man is the detailed story of an officer on the anti-smuggling frontline

22 Jan

WELLNESS | Ryan Holiday draws on stoic philosophy to inspire the pursuit of wisdom

WELLNESS | Ryan Holiday draws on stoic philosophy to inspire the pursuit of wisdom

21 Jan

EXTRACT | No airbags, just daggers: Solutions for SA’s economic woes

EXTRACT | No airbags, just daggers: Solutions for SA’s economic woes

20 Jan

EXTRACT | Mahmood Mamdani: Amin, Museveni, and the ‘slow poison’ in Uganda’s blood

EXTRACT | Mahmood Mamdani: Amin, Museveni, and the ‘slow poison’ in Uganda’s blood

19 Jan

6h00 Somewhere... Barbara Adair’s ‘book of questions’ takes you on a postmodern road trip

Author Interviews

6h00 Somewhere... Barbara Adair’s ‘book of questions’ takes you on a postmodern road trip

17 Jan

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