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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

Reasons for your tears: Hope, love and emotion at Open Book 2025

Reasons for your tears: Hope, love and emotion at Open Book 2025

12 Sep 2025

REVIEW | The Immortalites: Claire Robertson’s enjoyable, scary dive into SA’s rich history

REVIEW | The Immortalites: Claire Robertson’s enjoyable, scary dive into SA’s rich history

11 Sep 2025

WELLNESS | ‘Plalking’ for prevention: Author on picking up litter and coping with suicide

WELLNESS | ‘Plalking’ for prevention: Author on picking up litter and coping with suicide

10 Sep 2025

BUSINESS | Stokvel Guru Busi Skenjana shares lessons from a lifetime in savings clubs

BUSINESS | Stokvel Guru Busi Skenjana shares lessons from a lifetime in savings clubs

09 Sep 2025

EXTRACT | Marita van der Vyver: A year on the road with one of SA’s most beloved writers

EXTRACT | Marita van der Vyver: A year on the road with one of SA’s most beloved writers

08 Sep 2025

WATCH | Shaun de Waal talks to Judge Edwin Cameron about the scary state of SA’s prisons

Author Interviews

WATCH | Shaun de Waal talks to Judge Edwin Cameron about the scary state of SA’s prisons

05 Sep 2025

Open Book goes ahead with a flourish, while Poetry Africa announces this year’s programme

Open Book goes ahead with a flourish, while Poetry Africa announces this year’s programme

04 Sep 2025

WELLNESS | Dr Bella DePaulo reveals how embracing single life can lead to true happiness

WELLNESS | Dr Bella DePaulo reveals how embracing single life can lead to true happiness

03 Sep 2025

EXTRACT | The Devil Made Me Do It: How SA’s Satanic panic cast events as ‘occult crime’

EXTRACT | The Devil Made Me Do It: How SA’s Satanic panic cast events as ‘occult crime’

02 Sep 2025

What do (wo)men want? Reading and writing between the identity lines

What do (wo)men want? Reading and writing between the identity lines

30 Aug 2025

WATCH | Jeff Wicks launches book exposing corruption behind Babita Deokaran’s death

WATCH | Jeff Wicks launches book exposing corruption behind Babita Deokaran’s death

29 Aug 2025

INTERVIEW | The acclaimed Zibu Sithole discusses culture, identity, and ‘loving generously’

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | The acclaimed Zibu Sithole discusses culture, identity, and ‘loving generously’

29 Aug 2025

Honour Deokaran by continuing her work against corruption, says Shadow State author Jeff Wicks

Honour Deokaran by continuing her work against corruption, says Shadow State author Jeff Wicks

28 Aug 2025

Boswell and Seale take top honours at NACAs, and UJ Prize shortlist is announced

Boswell and Seale take top honours at NACAs, and UJ Prize shortlist is announced

28 Aug 2025

REVIEW | Nnedi Okorafor offers a meditation on identity and technology in her latest novel

REVIEW | Nnedi Okorafor offers a meditation on identity and technology in her latest novel

26 Aug 2025

EXTRACT | Survive the AI Apocalypse: ‘Let’s stare the future down’ as AI reshapes our jobs

EXTRACT | Survive the AI Apocalypse: ‘Let’s stare the future down’ as AI reshapes our jobs

25 Aug 2025

REVIEW | Book of the Month: Jeff Wicks’ gripping exposé of Babita Deokaran’s tragic murder

REVIEW | Book of the Month: Jeff Wicks’ gripping exposé of Babita Deokaran’s tragic murder

22 Aug 2025

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Jeff Wicks’ extraordinary search for the truth about Deokaran murder

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Jeff Wicks’ extraordinary search for the truth about Deokaran murder

21 Aug 2025

WELLNESS | Midlife in Bloom: Salochanee Reddy’s novel explores motherhood and inner clarity

WELLNESS | Midlife in Bloom: Salochanee Reddy’s novel explores motherhood and inner clarity

20 Aug 2025

REVIEW | In the Late of Night: Women deal with the tension between aspiration and reality

REVIEW | In the Late of Night: Women deal with the tension between aspiration and reality

19 Aug 2025

EXTRACT | Confessor Cop: How Captain Morris cracked the Taliep Petersen murder case

EXTRACT | Confessor Cop: How Captain Morris cracked the Taliep Petersen murder case

18 Aug 2025

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: A lost daughter, a meandering river and a bad mom – top reads

The Charlotte Bauer Book Club: A lost daughter, a meandering river and a bad mom – top reads

15 Aug 2025

OBITUARY | John Laband, pioneering historian of Zulu history and colonial wars, dies at 78

OBITUARY | John Laband, pioneering historian of Zulu history and colonial wars, dies at 78

14 Aug 2025

WELLNESS | Undone: Michelle Roniak’s harrowing account of cosmetic surgery gone wrong

WELLNESS | Undone: Michelle Roniak’s harrowing account of cosmetic surgery gone wrong

13 Aug 2025

REVIEW | Motherland: Luke Pepera delves deeply into African history and culture

REVIEW | Motherland: Luke Pepera delves deeply into African history and culture

12 Aug 2025

EXTRACT | Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: When MK’s Special Ops blew up Sasol

EXTRACT | Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: When MK’s Special Ops blew up Sasol

11 Aug 2025

REVIEW | Want: Gillian Anderson transforms taboos into thrilling explorations of desire

REVIEW | Want: Gillian Anderson transforms taboos into thrilling explorations of desire

09 Aug 2025

INTERVIEW | ‘A big and painful history’: Philippe Sands unpacks law and global justice

Author Interviews

INTERVIEW | ‘A big and painful history’: Philippe Sands unpacks law and global justice

08 Aug 2025

African queens, life transitions, and billionaire families: Seven books for Women’s Month

African queens, life transitions, and billionaire families: Seven books for Women’s Month

07 Aug 2025

WELLNESS | After the Fires author Nozipho Tshabalala talks about passing as coloured when she was a child

WELLNESS | After the Fires author Nozipho Tshabalala talks about passing as coloured when she was a child

06 Aug 2025

REVIEW | Nadia Cassim’s standout debut explores womanhood, tradition, and finding autonomy

REVIEW | Nadia Cassim’s standout debut explores womanhood, tradition, and finding autonomy

05 Aug 2025

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Human, beware? Arthur Goldstuck delves into the rise of AI

BOOK OF THE MONTH | Human, beware? Arthur Goldstuck delves into the rise of AI

04 Aug 2025

REVIEW | The Interpreters gives us a great deal of rich, factual storytelling

REVIEW | The Interpreters gives us a great deal of rich, factual storytelling

31 Jul 2025

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