News & Reviews
A bookseller reviews 8115: A Prisoner's Home by Alf Kumalo and Zukiswa Wanner
15 August 2013
Mandela describes 8115 Vilakazi Street as “identical to hundreds of others, it had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet at the back”.
When Mandela moved there in 1946, little did he know how vital that cramped two room house would be in forever changing the course of history in south...
Win a hamper of Women's Day books
09 August 2013
Each hamper includes a copy of:
Conversations with My Sons and Daughters by Mamphela Ramphele,
For the Mercy of Water by Karen Jayes,
In Love's Place by Etienne van Heerden,
Jackie Cameron Cooks at Home by Jackie Cameron,
Making Finn by Susan Newham-Blake,
NW by Zadie Smith,
Thinking Up a Hurricane by...
A bookseller's review of The Man from Berlin
07 August 2013
The Captain embarks wholeheartedly on the path to discover the motive behind the murder - and the actual murderer - as a way to escape the unhappiness and despair he feels in his own life. He is haunted by his dreams - of his actions performed while doing his duty; torn between being proud to be German and a love of his country, with the utter...
Introducing In Love’s Place by internationally acclaimed author Etienne Van Heerden
05 August 2013
In Love’s Place, the English translation of Etienne’s Afrikaans novel In stede van die liefde has been translated by Leon de Kock and is a tour de force that promises to intrigue and enchant readers.
About the book
After his heart bypass operation, former champion-athlete Christian Lemmer needs to take stock. When a Cape...
We’re delighted! Four of our authors have made the Man Booker Prize longlist.
23 July 2013
We’re delighted to announce that four of our authors have made the Man Booker Prize longlist:
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín (Viking)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Canongate)
Unexploded by Alison MacLeod (Hamish Hamilton) - due for release in October 2013 in South Africa...
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