News & Reviews
5 Things You Never Knew About Apple's Jony Ive
08 January 2014
1. Jony is Dyslexic
Even so, he got three straight As at A-Level, good enough to get him into Oxford or Cambridge. Instead he went to Newcastle Polytechnic, one of the best places to study industrial design in the world. Later, he’d team up with another famous dyslexic: Steve Jobs.
2. His first car was an orange fiat...
A bookseller's review of James Oswald's Natural Causes
12 December 2013
Secreted in the basement of a crumbling Edinburgh mansion, sealed in a bricked-up chamber, a girl’s body is discovered nailed to the floor in what appears to be a sadistic, ritualistic killing.
Mutilated, defiled, her corpse bears the hallmarks of a sacrificial offering, her death protracted, tortured. Yet while an intricate...
Sweetie, darling...it's arrived!
20 November 2013
Jennifer Saunders’ memoir has finally arrived in South Africa, how absolutely fabulous!
'As the steady march of time takes its toll on my memory and the vultures circle, I thought I should have a stab at recollecting how it all happened ...'
Jennifer Saunders' brilliant comic creations have brought joy to millions for three...
Are you a moody foodie?
12 November 2013
Are you a moody foodie?
Create a food mood board on Pinterest using the hashtag #AlidaRyder, showing us what food you cook from the heart, for a chance to win a R2000 Le Creuset voucher!
How to play:
1. Follow Penguin Books South Africa on Pinterest.
2. Create a Pinboard using...
Coming home, the Ultimate Braai Master blog tour
08 November 2013
The final stop on the blog tour for the new Ultimate Braai Master cookbook, Roads Less Travelled in which Justin, Bertus and Marthinus share their top braai tips.
Justin Bonello on the braai:
1. Only braai with wood! Personally, I never use briquettes. The smoke from the wood will only add awesomeness to...
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