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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

Circle of Days: Ken Follett on his new thriller and love story about building of Stonehenge

Author Interviews

Circle of Days: Ken Follett on his new thriller and love story about building of Stonehenge

22 Nov 2025

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Loneliness, profound quirkiness, and the enticements of Flesh

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Loneliness, profound quirkiness, and the enticements of Flesh

21 Nov 2025

FESTIVE READING | 4 big, thinky books for your intellectual stimulation

FESTIVE READING | 4 big, thinky books for your intellectual stimulation

20 Nov 2025

FESTIVE READING | 3 new wellness works to see you through year-end and into 2026

FESTIVE READING | 3 new wellness works to see you through year-end and into 2026

19 Nov 2025

FESTIVE READING | 5 thrilling bestsellers to take with you on holiday

FESTIVE READING | 5 thrilling bestsellers to take with you on holiday

18 Nov 2025

EXTRACT | Bongani Ngqulunga: Why Jan Smuts didn’t want black people to have rights

EXTRACT | Bongani Ngqulunga: Why Jan Smuts didn’t want black people to have rights

17 Nov 2025

INTERVIEW | ‘Our mothers didn’t have the tools’: Moshitadi Lehlomela talks about healing the mother wound

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | ‘Our mothers didn’t have the tools’: Moshitadi Lehlomela talks about healing the mother wound

14 Nov 2025

WATCH | Deborah Posel launches ‘deeply researched and moving’ book, Darker Shade of Pale

WATCH | Deborah Posel launches ‘deeply researched and moving’ book, Darker Shade of Pale

13 Nov 2025

WELLNESS | Character over skill: Myan Subrayan’s guide to raising young champions

WELLNESS | Character over skill: Myan Subrayan’s guide to raising young champions

12 Nov 2025

REVIEW | Fabrics of Love: Lebo Mazibuko crafts a vivid tapestry of family and survival

REVIEW | Fabrics of Love: Lebo Mazibuko crafts a vivid tapestry of family and survival

11 Nov 2025

Hungarian immigrant tale ‘Flesh’ wins Booker Prize as Szalay stuns literary world again

Hungarian immigrant tale ‘Flesh’ wins Booker Prize as Szalay stuns literary world again

11 Nov 2025

EXTRACT | Belonging: The history of Indian South Africans’ 20th century wrapped in a sari

EXTRACT | Belonging: The history of Indian South Africans’ 20th century wrapped in a sari

10 Nov 2025

Fehmz launches Damn Good Food, all about cooking with soul, heart and joy

Fehmz launches Damn Good Food, all about cooking with soul, heart and joy

07 Nov 2025

FLF announces first international guest for next year’s fest: The Silk Roads’ Peter Frankopan

Author Interviews

FLF announces first international guest for next year’s fest: The Silk Roads’ Peter Frankopan

06 Nov 2025

BUSINESS | Adrian Saville and Bruce Whitfield on TymeBank’s near collapse and epic recovery story

BUSINESS | Adrian Saville and Bruce Whitfield on TymeBank’s near collapse and epic recovery story

06 Nov 2025

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu wins Best International Fiction prize at 44th Sharjah International Book Fair

Author Interviews

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu wins Best International Fiction prize at 44th Sharjah International Book Fair

05 Nov 2025

WELLNESS | ‘I’ve come a long way’: Inside ProVerb’s journey to emotional health

WELLNESS | ‘I’ve come a long way’: Inside ProVerb’s journey to emotional health

05 Nov 2025

REVIEW | The Silence of the Choir: Prize-winner Mbougar Sarr’s vivid portrait of refugees

REVIEW | The Silence of the Choir: Prize-winner Mbougar Sarr’s vivid portrait of refugees

04 Nov 2025

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Darker Shade of Pale: A tale of memory, identity, and Jewish migration

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Darker Shade of Pale: A tale of memory, identity, and Jewish migration

03 Nov 2025

INTERVIEW | ‘Something different’: Chloe Michelle Howarth on new novel, Heap Earth Upon It

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | ‘Something different’: Chloe Michelle Howarth on new novel, Heap Earth Upon It

31 Oct 2025

REVIEW | ‘Disrupting darkness’ with these historic photos of black people in SA and Britain

REVIEW | ‘Disrupting darkness’ with these historic photos of black people in SA and Britain

30 Oct 2025

WELLNESS | ‘Threads in harmony’: Delicious Jane Griffiths on creating a balanced garden

WELLNESS | ‘Threads in harmony’: Delicious Jane Griffiths on creating a balanced garden

29 Oct 2025

WATCH | Pieter du Toit launches his biography of ‘The Dark Prince’, Paul Mashatile

Author Interviews

WATCH | Pieter du Toit launches his biography of ‘The Dark Prince’, Paul Mashatile

28 Oct 2025

EXTRACT | The Essence of Success: Pragmatism in governance is the key to Singapore’s economic triumph

EXTRACT | The Essence of Success: Pragmatism in governance is the key to Singapore’s economic triumph

27 Oct 2025

INTERVIEW | Mpho Boshego’s Diplomatic Ties: Glittering success while cracking inside

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | Mpho Boshego’s Diplomatic Ties: Glittering success while cracking inside

24 Oct 2025

Five disturbing revelations on Prince Andrew and Epstein from Virginia Giuffre’s memoir

Five disturbing revelations on Prince Andrew and Epstein from Virginia Giuffre’s memoir

23 Oct 2025

Tooning the odds: Carlos Amato picks 5 best cartoons from his This Is Wild collection

Tooning the odds: Carlos Amato picks 5 best cartoons from his This Is Wild collection

23 Oct 2025

WELLNESS | Shift Happens: What I learned from Taylor Swift about ‘changing the channel’

WELLNESS | Shift Happens: What I learned from Taylor Swift about ‘changing the channel’

22 Oct 2025

BUSINESS | Slaying the Standard is the playbook for bosses who’ve lost their momentum

BUSINESS | Slaying the Standard is the playbook for bosses who’ve lost their momentum

21 Oct 2025

EXTRACT | Curry and Bread: Pravasan Pillay’s ‘veritable biryani’ of memory and identity

EXTRACT | Curry and Bread: Pravasan Pillay’s ‘veritable biryani’ of memory and identity

20 Oct 2025

‘Click Here’: From paper planes to Meta CMO, Alex Schultz shares digital marketing tips

Author Interviews

‘Click Here’: From paper planes to Meta CMO, Alex Schultz shares digital marketing tips

18 Oct 2025

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Messy intimacy and historical fun in these riveting novels

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: Messy intimacy and historical fun in these riveting novels

17 Oct 2025

SA Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer featured in Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron Library

SA Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer featured in Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron Library

16 Oct 2025

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