‘Flesh’ by David Szalay wins the Booker Prize 2025
Previously shortlisted for the Booker in 2016, Szalay's winning title is a spare but propulsive novel
By Mila de Villiers
A deep dive conversation with Veruska De Vita
In this episode of Pagecast, Tessa Barlin interviews Veruska De Vita about her book, 'Deep Blue'.
By Jonathan Ball Publishers
Dr Kopano Matlwa writes, rewrites and reclaims womanhood
The inimitable author returns to fiction with ‘Bosadi’, a haunting novel that examines love, identity and the cost of being seen
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Beverley Roos-Muller talks ‘Hunting the Seven’
Q&A with author of ‘Hunting the Seven: How The Gugulethu Seven Assassins Were Exposed’ which is shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary non-fiction award.
By Mila de Villiers
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu on ‘The Creation of Half-Broken People’
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu discusses the genesis of her novel 'The Creation of Half-Broken People'
By TimesLIVE
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Shubnum Khan on her novel ‘The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil’
Author struggled for 12 years before she felt satisfied with her book
By TimesLIVE
TIM BERNERS-LEE | The man who invented the world wide web
This is an edited extract from the prologue of 'This is for Everyone' by Tim Berners-Lee
By Tim Berners-Lee
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Q&A with Khumisho Moguerane on ‘Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s and 1950s’
We ask the author a few questions on her shortlisted book.
By TimesLIVE
EXTRACT |‘The Art of Spending Money’ by Morgan Housel
Can money buy happiness? Yes. Can spending money make you happier? Yes. But it’s more complicated than many people think.
By Pan Macmillan
‘Careless People’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams reviewed | Facebook/Meta is certainly not a benign and idealistic organisation
SARAH Wynn-Williams’ account of the years she spent working for Facebook (now Meta) has caused something of a stir.
By Margaret von Klemperer
‘One Call Away’ is a meditation on life, death and the question of existence
Thia is Anne Biccard’s third book about her life as a doctor, working in the emergency department of a Johannesburg hospital where she faces a daily struggle against the Grim Reaper.
By Margaret von Klemperer
SALA announces the 2025 shortlisted nominees
The South African Literary Awards (SALA) has announced its 2025 shortlisted nominees, marking 20 years of celebrating South Africa’s finest literary voices.
By Sinhle Hlatshwayo
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist - Karen Jennings on her novel ‘Crooked Seeds’
Karen Jennings on the genesis of her novel ‘Crooked Seeds’
Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist: Jonathan Jansen on his memoir ‘Breaking Bread’
We ask Jonathan Jansen a few questions on his shortlisted memoir Breaking Bread
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Shhhhh ... the rise of the Silent Book Club
How a ‘happy hour for introverts’ became the world’s quietest social movement — now booming in South Africa
By Gill Gifford
