Extracts
Extract: The Second Verse by Onke Mazibuko
27 May 2022
Bokang Damane is a dreamer and an outsider with mad problems. Things only get worse when everyone thinks he wants to off himself just because he wrote an essay on suicide. Really? Talk about d.r.a.m.a. Life at the moment is just a sorry son-of-a-checklist of insolvable problems...
“Within the hour, I’m done...
Extract: The People on Platform 5 by Clare Pooley
24 May 2022
The brand-new feel-good novel from the bestselling author of The Authenticity Project.
Iona
08:05 Hampton Court to Waterloo
“Until the point when a man started dying right in front of her on the 08:05, Iona’s day had been just like any other.
She always left the house at half past seven. It took her an...
Extract: Breathless by Amy McCulloch
24 May 2022
When you're this high up, no one can hear you scream: an ice-cold thriller from an expert mountaineer turned bestselling author.
Prologue
Summit day
Breathe, Cecily.
Cold air filled her lungs. It was strange. When she’d pictured breathing up here, she’d assumed it would feel like suffocating. Choking....
Extract: Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
23 May 2022
Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly.
Independence
RALLY
“When at last the Father of the Nation arrived for the Independence Day celebrations, no...
Uittreksel: Tenk deur Pieter Stoffberg
05 May 2022
1987. ’n Konvooi vegvoertuie is op pad na Angola om oorlog te maak. Vir die eerste keer is Suid-Afrikaanse tenks deel van die opmars om die Rooi Gevaar te stuit. Kommandant Leon Marais dra nie net die las as bevelvoerder nie, maar bots ook met sy direkte hoof. Dit is van die grootste veldslae met Suid-Afrikaanse tenks in Angola. Daar is...
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