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Dun boek, digte argumente: Edward-John Bottomley gesels oor Armblankes (Plus:...
Edward-John Bottomley se opspraakwekkende boek, Armblankes, het pas verskyn. In dié boek ondersoek Bottomley die wyse waarop Afrikaner-ideologie deel gehad het aan die skep van die...
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Leon Rousseau gesels oor Storieman en “vandag se kinders” (Plus: Uittreksel...
Leon Rousseau, samesteller van die Storieman-versameling van die 1980′s, wat pas weer as Storieman Omnibus 1 en Storieman Omnibus 2 uitgegee is, het met LitNet se Naomi Meyer gesels oor dié gewilde...
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PW Botha’s Secret Stroke? Extract from The Last Afrikaner Leaders and Max du...
In the following extract from Hermann Giliomee’s The Last Afrikaner Leaders, he posits that PW Botha had suffered a first stroke, which was kept a secret, about six months before his infamous...
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Excerpt from Mangaung: Kings and Kingmakers by Mandy Rossouw
In light of the ANC electoral conference to be held next month at Mangaung, Mandy Rossouw has written a book, Mangaung: Kings and Kingmakers, that explains the importance of this event and who the role...
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Twee onderhoude met Hermann Giliomee oor Die laaste Afrikanerleiers (Plus:...
In sy nuwe boek, Die laaste Afrikanerleiers, bestudeer bekende Afrikaanse historikus Hermann Giliomee vyf van die mees invloedryke Afrikanerleiers uit die geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika, naamlik Hendrik...
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Bed-bygelowe: Uittreksel uit Anton Prinsloo se Bygelowe en waar hulle vandaan...
Anton F Prinsloo se Bygelowe en waar hulle vandaan kom is die eerste van sy soort in Afrikaans. Bygelowe van regoor die wêreld word in dié boek byeengebring. Maroela Media het ’n uittreksel oor...
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Lees ’n uittreksel uit Deon Meyer se komende spanningsroman, Kobra
Terwyl die vertaling van 7 Dae die internasionale lesersmark stormloop, is Deon Meyer reeds besig met sy volgende misdaadroman. Hy het sy aanhangers op Facebook onlangs bederf met ’n kort voorsmakie...
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Extract from Eben Venter’s New Novel, Wolf, Wolf
In acclaimed writer Eben Venter’s latest novel, Wolf, Wolf, he examines the relationship between a dying father and his gay son. Read an extract from the book, made available by NB Publishers, in which...
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Excerpt from Sister-Sister by Rachel Zadok
An excerpt from Rachel Zadok‘s second novel, Sister-Sister, has been shared by bookoxygen. Set to be published in April, the book “introduces Thuli and Sindi, inseparable in childhood, pinkie-linked by...
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Excerpt from SA Partridge’s Forthcoming Novel, Sharp Edges (Plus: Q&A)
In SA Partridge’s forthcoming new young adult novel, Sharp Edges, to be published in August, six friends attend a music festival in the Cederberg, but only five return. Partridge revealed in an...
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Liam Tomlin Discusses His Upcoming Projects (Plus: Excerpt and Recipe)
Liam Tomlim was interviewed by Crush Magazine about his plans for this year, which include work on a new cookbook which teaches the basics of Asian cooking. When asked about what advice he would have...
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Boris Gorelik Discusses His Search for Tretchikoff’s Models (Plus: Preview of...
Lindi Brownell Meiring from House and Leisure interviewed Boris Gorelik about his recently published book, Incredible Tretchikoff. Gorelik spoke about how he has spent years trying to find the women...
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Excerpt from The Verwoerd Who Toyi-toyied on Nelson Mandela’s Irish Security...
Broadsheet has shared an extract from Melanie Verwoerd’s biography The Verwoerd Who Toyi-Toyied in which she writes about a curious incident that occurred when Nelson Mandela visited Ireland to attend...
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Excerpt: Thanduxolo Jika Talks to the Marikana Mineworkers in We Are Going To...
“There have been moments in history where men have united to fight for a common purpose, and turned on those who would not join them at the same time” writes Thanduxolo Jika in Chapter Five of We Are...
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Deon Meyer en Adriaan Oosthuizen oor hul liefde vir motorfietsry (Plus: Video...
Deon Meyer en Adriaan Oosthuizen het vroeër hierdie maand hul motorfietsrygids, Ridders van die grondpad, in Kaapstad bekend gestel en Die Burger se joernalis Eben Human het ook na dié twee in gesprek...
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Excerpt: Linda Friedland Shares Advice From Whatever, Mom! Body Piercings and...
Linda Friedland published her teenager parenting guide earlier this year and shared an excerpt from Whatever, Mom!: Body Piercings and Other Power Struggles with City Press. In the excerpt Friendland...
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Excerpt from Killing Sahara by Mukoma wa Ngugi (Plus: Podcast Interview)
As Mukoma wa Ngugi is one of the international authors who will be attending the Open Book festival in Cape Town from 7 – 11 September. Wa Ngugi grew up in Kenya, the son of writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o,...
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Excerpt: Read “Waiting” from Novuyo Tshuma’s Shadows
In “Waiting”, one of the short stories in Novuyo Tshuma’s collection Shadows, a pregnant girl and her father queue at the bank. They arrive at 06:43 and already there is a long line of people. She...
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Excerpt from The Sculptors of Mapungubwe by Zakes Mda
GroundUp has shared an excerpt from The Sculptors of Mapungubwe by Zakes Mda, calling the story “pertinent and yet timeless”. Mda’s novel “is a tale of the rivalry between the two artistically gifted...
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“The Gunman is Coming”: Excerpt from Sister-Sister by Rachel Zadok
Aerodrome has shared an excerpt from Rachel Zadok’s most recent novel, Sister-Sister, about twins Thuli and Sindi. Thuli sits with her hand on her sister’s back, taking in her surroundings: “The smell...
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