News & Reviews

12 May 2015

Ek het oom Danie Smuts as uitsaaikollega goed geken. Toe sy Boererate in 1989 die eerste keer verskyn het, was ek een van die boekwurms wat dit dadelik met groot geesdrif opgeraap en verslind het. Ek is verheug dat dié stukkie kosbare kultuurgoed nou heruitgegee word, want dit is van belang vir die versamelaars van Africana wat...

New Release: Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard

15 October 2014

‘A slow-burner that gets hotter and hotter as the pages turn. Crime fiction doesn’t get any better.’ – Mike Nicol Penguin Books is thrilled to announce the release of Weeping Waters by Karin Brynard this month. Weeping Waters is Maya Fowler and Isobel Dixon’s translation of the Afrikaans...

Review: Justin Bonello's Cooked in the Karoo

09 October 2014

I’ve worked on a number of books this year, but one of my favourite favourites has to be Justin Bonello’s Cooked in the Karoo. This is the second Justin Bonello book I’ve edited for Penguin and when the raw text arrived via email in April, I couldn’t wait to tuck in. I love working on Justin Bonello cookbooks –...

Melissa Siebert discusses her debut novel, Garden of Dreams, with Jonathan Amid

08 September 2014

Siebert discusses her debut novel, Garden of Dreams, with Jonathan Amid Melissa, let’s get the most obvious question about Garden of Dreams out of the way first: Why, as an American journalist living in Noordhoek in the Cape, did you decide to write about India, more specifically about the global scourge of child trafficking? What was most...

Cooked in the Karoo by Justin Bonello and Helena Lombard

06 September 2014

Cooked in the Karoo By Justin Bonello and Helena Lombard ISBN: 9780143538189 Format: Hardback Recommended Price: R340.00 Published: August 2014 About the book: In this latest culinary adventure, Justin Bonello and his crew go on a two-year...

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