Launch: Plus One by Vanessa Raphaely (29 November)
‘Outside, in the road, behind what looks like some hastily erected barricades, I see a crowd.’ Television cameras. Lights. Paparazzi. Press photographers. They’ve materialised out of nowhere. What...
View ArticleListen: Vanessa Raphaely discusses Plus One on SmileFM’s Tea Time with Bailey
‘Outside, in the road, behind what looks like some hastily erected barricades, I see a crowd.’ Television cameras. Lights. Paparazzi. Press photographers. They’ve materialised out of nowhere. What...
View ArticleVerandah lunch with Vanessa Raphaely, author of Plus One (29 November)
The Book Revue invites you to lunch on the verandah with Vanessa Raphaely, author of Plus One. Raphaely’s long career in women’s media included years in London, where she launched and edited a major...
View ArticleDetonating IEDs, the war on poaching, messy relationships – Tony Park’s new...
Afghanistan veteran Sean Bourke’s world explodes when an IED detonates in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve. On a routine anti-poaching patrol, Sean and his tracker dog Benny watch in horror as...
View ArticleListen: Mohale Mashigo discusses Intruders with Africa Melane
Intruders Synonyms: trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman...
View ArticleWhat is your greatest regret? “Not taking better care of myself as a younger...
By Mila de Villiers A sepia snapshot of the scribe, provided by the author himself. The sound of the ringing doorbell of acclaimed novelist and playwright Craig Higginson’s home in Johannesburg’s...
View ArticleLaunch: Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation by Rekgotsofetse Chikane (30...
Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation is a first-hand account of the university protests that gripped South Africa between 2015 and 2017, widely better known as the #FeesMustFall. Chikane outlines the...
View ArticleLaunch: The White Room by Craig Higginson (18 October)
South African playwright Hannah Meade arrives in London for the opening night of her new play. She has arranged to meet Pierre, the student she was in love with when she taught English in Paris....
View ArticleLaunch: Plus One by Vanessa Raphaely (17 October)
‘Outside, in the road, behind what looks like some hastily erected barricades, I see a crowd. Television cameras. Lights. Paparazzi. Press photographers. They’ve materialised out of nowhere. What...
View ArticleRekgotsofetse Chikane’s Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation explores the...
Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation is a first-hand account of the university protests that gripped South Africa between 2015 and 2017, widely better known as the #FeesMustFall. Chikane outlines the...
View ArticleLaunch: These Things Really Do Happen to Me by Khaya Dlanga (11 October)
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. That certainly is the case when considering the things that happen to Khaya Dlanga in the course of his everyday life. Khaya often shares these stories in...
View ArticleBook Circle Capital chat: Intruders by Mohale Mashigo (29 September)
Intruders Synonyms: trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman...
View ArticleBridge Books discussion: Intruders by Mohale Mashigo (29 September)
Intruders Synonyms: trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman...
View ArticleLaunch: Intruders by Mohale Mashigo (27 September)
Intruders Synonyms: trespassers, interlopers, invaders, prowlers, infiltrators, encroachers, violators Orphan sisters chase monsters of urban legend in Bloemfontein. At a busy taxi rank, a woman...
View ArticleLaunch: Self-Helpless by Rebecca Davis (26 September)
Everywhere she looked, the world was in poor shape. And because she’d quit drinking, she no longer had the comfort blanket of alcohol to tamp down her anxiety. How did sober people stay sane? In...
View ArticleListen: Rebecca Davis discusses Self-Helpless with Eusebius McKaiser
Hypnotherapy. Magic mushrooms. Sangomas. Even *shudder* the gym – when Rebecca Davis quit drinking she attempted to retain her sanity via various, ahem, holistic methods. Here she discusses the written...
View ArticlePan Macmillan SA to publish Stormy Daniels’ memoir
(New York, NY – September 12, 2018) It was announced today that Stormy Daniels will publish a memoir entitled Full Disclosure with St. Martin’s Press on October 2, 2018. World publishing rights were...
View ArticleBeauty’s Gift is Sindiwe Magona at her very best – writing about social...
‘Just when I thought I have read all there is to read about HIV and AIDS, here comes a book that takes an absolutely different [approach] to the subject. It does not end there, it goes on to challenge...
View ArticleLaunch: Self-Helpless by Rebecca Davis (19 September)
Everywhere she looked, the world was in poor shape. And because she’d quit drinking, she no longer had the comfort blanket of alcohol to tamp down her anxiety. How did sober people stay sane? In...
View ArticleLaunch: An Elephant In My Kitchen by Françoise Malby-Anthony & Katja...
A blonde, chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But when she fell in love with renowned conservationist Lawrence Anthony her life took an...
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