Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Reg Rumney reviews Beyond Touch

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I can think of no greater compliment to a poet than to say that you have read all the poems in a volume. Often, I dip into poetry books, re...

Quirky travelogue on life in an upside-down land

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In  Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse  travel writer Sihle Khumalo casts his gaze on our rainbow nation and it’s a zoom through our count...
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Journal of a Boer girl uncovers ghostly secrets

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Clare Houston’s debut novel peels back the onion skin of our complicated past.  The story of life in the British concentration camps wh...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Expertly exploring language and the scenes we create for ourselves

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Local author and playwright Craig Higginson moves seamlessly between writing theatre and fiction. He also, at times, borrows from playwri...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Twisted realities and difficult childhood tales

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Kobus Moolman, known for his award-winning poetry, has released his debut volume of short fiction, The Swimming Lesson And Other Stories , a...

Nthikeng Mohlele’s sixth novel takes a musical turn

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Music is at the heart of Nthikeng Mohlele’s latest novel, his sixth, called  Illumination .  It focuses on a jazz musician and com...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

"Their kiss tasted like sadness”

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The General’s Women:  a novel by Susan Wittig Albert "She would forever remember that moment as the point at which her old li...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

The Last Train to Zona Verde by Paul Theroux

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Paul Theroux, starting in Cape Town and only taking land transport, makes his way through Namibia and into Angola, a place not known for it...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

How to Write a Book in 30 Days

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Arja Salafranca talks about writing on SABC's breakfast show Expresso on Tuesday, 20 October 2015.