News & Reviews
Introducing Gareth Crocker's Journey from Darkness
28 September 2012
Escaping an England crippled by the Great War, twin brothers Edward and Derek Hughes head to South Africa where, soon after their arrival, they discover a rare Desert Elephant – an animal believed by many to be a myth. Following an ancient ghost trail to Bechuanaland they find that the enormous matriarch is not alone...
Introducing Mamphela Ramphele's Conversations with My Sons and Daughters
28 September 2012
In these conversations with people of a younger generation Mamphela Ramphele responds to the growing despair among young South Africans about the cracks that are appearing in our system of governance and threatening the idealism of the country that reinvented itself with the dawn of democracy in 1994.
She shows incisively how...
The Garden of Evening Mists
19 September 2012
Tan Twan Eng's The Garden of Evening Mists has been shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2012. The judges commended Tan Twan Eng, comparing the novel's beauty to that of slowly clashing icebergs and saying, 'The gardener is one of the most memorable characters in all the 30,000 pages we read this year.'
But what do other...
Job Opportunity: Commissioning Editor
12 September 2012
Key responsibilities
help build a strong non-fiction and fiction list
initiate and commission non-fiction books in a range of genres
edit and proofread manuscripts to the highest standards
build strong relations with authors
steer editorial processes within schedule and budget
commission freelancers and uphold...
Die Wonderwerker: Chris Barnard se Nuutste Filmdraaiboek
07 September 2012
Toe Eugène Marais deurtrek van malaria en morfien by ’n vreemde plaashuis in die Waterberg ingeneem word, verander daardie huishouding heeltemal. Twee vroue ding mee om sy aandag – Maria, die huisvrou, en Jane, ’n jong meisie onder die gesin se sorg. En op hulle beurt is daar twee jaloerse mans – Gys, die eggenoot,...
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