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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

REVIEW | Thrillers: A chemist who kills, a rogue septuagenarian widow and skeletal mysteries

REVIEW | Thrillers: A chemist who kills, a rogue septuagenarian widow and skeletal mysteries

15 Jan

BUSINESS | Mushambi Mutuma: At a time of rapid change, leaders need adaptability

BUSINESS | Mushambi Mutuma: At a time of rapid change, leaders need adaptability

14 Jan

REVIEW | Cecil Rhodes biography The Colonialist gives more detail on the ‘disassembler’

REVIEW | Cecil Rhodes biography The Colonialist gives more detail on the ‘disassembler’

13 Jan

EXTRACT | Boss Your Money: Nokuhle Kumalo provides a ‘no-fluff guide’ to building wealth

EXTRACT | Boss Your Money: Nokuhle Kumalo provides a ‘no-fluff guide’ to building wealth

12 Jan

Q&A | Why Am I Like This? author Qaanitah Hunter: ‘Love is a function of self-discovery’

Author Interviews

Q&A | Why Am I Like This? author Qaanitah Hunter: ‘Love is a function of self-discovery’

09 Jan

REVIEW | From Jane Alexander to Reshada Crouse, 5 art books to please the eye and mind

REVIEW | From Jane Alexander to Reshada Crouse, 5 art books to please the eye and mind

08 Jan

‘The Sky Shack’: How a Tembisa upbringing inspired a children’s book

‘The Sky Shack’: How a Tembisa upbringing inspired a children’s book

08 Jan

WELLNESS | Mandy Meyer shares her story and tips to lose weight without much pain

WELLNESS | Mandy Meyer shares her story and tips to lose weight without much pain

07 Jan

REVIEW | UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s vital work on Palestine is now in a book

REVIEW | UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s vital work on Palestine is now in a book

06 Jan

EXTRACT | Raising the Bar: Jeremy Pickering’s entertaining tale of life as a judge

EXTRACT | Raising the Bar: Jeremy Pickering’s entertaining tale of life as a judge

05 Jan

WATCH | Charlotte Bauer’s Book Club: Hits, misses, and everything in between

Author Interviews

WATCH | Charlotte Bauer’s Book Club: Hits, misses, and everything in between

30 Dec 2025

EXTRACT | What leaders can learn from the honey badger, the octopus... and the cockroach

EXTRACT | What leaders can learn from the honey badger, the octopus... and the cockroach

29 Dec 2025

Karen Jennings: Using AI to write could mean the extinction of poetry

Karen Jennings: Using AI to write could mean the extinction of poetry

24 Dec 2025

INTERVIEW | Dion Chang’s A Pawfect Life: How he went from trend analyst to pet adviser

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Dion Chang’s A Pawfect Life: How he went from trend analyst to pet adviser

19 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | 10 (more) gripping thrillers to end the year with a bang

FESTIVE READING | 10 (more) gripping thrillers to end the year with a bang

18 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | 6 children’s books to inspire young minds and showcase SA’s cultural magic

FESTIVE READING | 6 children’s books to inspire young minds and showcase SA’s cultural magic

17 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | Charlotte Bauer’s 2025 novel picks: Magic reads to end the year on a high

FESTIVE READING | Charlotte Bauer’s 2025 novel picks: Magic reads to end the year on a high

16 Dec 2025

EXTRACT | Bonang Mohale’s personal story: Learning the basics of business in Grade 8

EXTRACT | Bonang Mohale’s personal story: Learning the basics of business in Grade 8

15 Dec 2025

INTERVIEW | Bestselling author Refiloe Moahloli on how gratitude inspired her latest book

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Bestselling author Refiloe Moahloli on how gratitude inspired her latest book

12 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | Malema to Mashatile: Shocking books on corruption in SA’s shadow state

FESTIVE READING | Malema to Mashatile: Shocking books on corruption in SA’s shadow state

11 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | SA authors pick their favourite books of 2025

FESTIVE READING | SA authors pick their favourite books of 2025

10 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | Yousafzai, Mohale, Lucey, Hopkins, Giuffre... 5 memoirs to enthral you

FESTIVE READING | Yousafzai, Mohale, Lucey, Hopkins, Giuffre... 5 memoirs to enthral you

09 Dec 2025

EXTRACT | Tim Hamilton Russell and his vineyard: Making wine where it wants to be made

EXTRACT | Tim Hamilton Russell and his vineyard: Making wine where it wants to be made

08 Dec 2025

Women writers shine: Khumisho Moguerane and Shubnum Khan win big at Sunday Times Awards

Women writers shine: Khumisho Moguerane and Shubnum Khan win big at Sunday Times Awards

05 Dec 2025

REVIEWS | Murder and mystery to whisk you from a pub quiz to the Vatican’s byways

REVIEWS | Murder and mystery to whisk you from a pub quiz to the Vatican’s byways

04 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | From Alcaraz to Etzebeth: Sports books to cheer for this year-end

FESTIVE READING | From Alcaraz to Etzebeth: Sports books to cheer for this year-end

03 Dec 2025

FESTIVE READING | Hot but light: 5 enticing romance novels to add sparkle to your holidays

FESTIVE READING | Hot but light: 5 enticing romance novels to add sparkle to your holidays

02 Dec 2025

EXTRACT | ‘Hoping to be struck by lightning’: Johnny Clegg’s musical take on migrant labour

EXTRACT | ‘Hoping to be struck by lightning’: Johnny Clegg’s musical take on migrant labour

01 Dec 2025

INTERVIEW | Imperfect Harmony: Maestro Kutlwano Masote’s belief in telling our stories

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Imperfect Harmony: Maestro Kutlwano Masote’s belief in telling our stories

28 Nov 2025

FESTIVE READING | 4 beautiful coffee-table books for a good-looking year-end

FESTIVE READING | 4 beautiful coffee-table books for a good-looking year-end

27 Nov 2025

WELLNESS | Craig Wilkinson aims to change the meaning of masculinity

WELLNESS | Craig Wilkinson aims to change the meaning of masculinity

26 Nov 2025

Sport to spirituality: Paige Nick’s sarcastically useful gift guide (with a literary twist)

Sport to spirituality: Paige Nick’s sarcastically useful gift guide (with a literary twist)

25 Nov 2025

EXTRACT | Hope Arising: How SA’s Joule pioneered electric vehicles… until it was shut down

EXTRACT | Hope Arising: How SA’s Joule pioneered electric vehicles… until it was shut down

24 Nov 2025

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