Pulitzer prize for fiction goes to 'The Goldfinch'
Alison FloodDonna Tartt's huge book, 11 years in the writing, wins the honour for "beautifully written ... novel with exquisitely drawn characters".
African writing blurs into 'world' literature
Dan Ojwang, Michael TitlestadInitiatives such as the Kwani Trust and Femrite are helping to keep a beleaguered readership alive.
Cinderella becomes the wicked stepmother
Alex ClarkHelen Oyeyemi has a determination to explore what happens when we have to operate without a stable sense of ourselves or those around us.
'Gone With the Wind' prequel to tell Mammy's story
Alison FloodAuthor Donald McCaig's upcoming novel - billed as a prequel to "Gone With the Wind" - is set to tell the untold story of devoted house slave Mammy.
Download the M&G's 'Nkandla: The Great Unravelling' e-book
Phillip de Wet's e-book "Nkandla: The Great Unravelling" tracks key events and major themes surrounding President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead.
Well boiled: Philip Marlowe's long hello again
Mark LawsonThe 23rd novel by the Irish writer John Banville feels like the literary equivalent of Winston Churchill's description of Russia.
This broken land has many faces: A review of four books
Jane RosenthalJane Rosenthal assesses four novels that cast the country in very different lights.
Greatness rooted in feeling
Muxe NkondoMuxe Nkondo celebrates the life of a writer who tried to make sense of life from people’s experiences.
African writing: Fact, fiction, or faction?
Siyanda MohutsiwaAuthors are activists of the pen – visionaries whose purpose it is to show us the real world, and the world that we should want to have.
Slovo, First biography - Bedfellows of a different feather
Gavin EvansAlan Wieder's biography on Joe Slovo and Ruth First focuses on the couple's relationship, their different personalities and opposing views.
End of the M-Net affair
Jane RosenthalThe only book prize that celebrates works of ?fiction written in all of our official languages has been suspended.
Stephen King plans pair of aces for 2014
Guardian Books staffRenowned author Stephen King has annouced the release of his second detective novel, Revival.
Springsteen: A lesson in myth-making
Lloyd GedyeYou get a glimpse of the man behind the myth in Peter Ames Carlin's biography, "Bruce", chronicling the life of rock 'n roller Bruce Springsteen.
A peek through the world of science fiction
Gwen AnsellBook reviews: Gwen Ansell takes us through four interesting novels.
Detective fiction stories tramp a new beat
Gwen AnsellBook reviews: Fresh contexts for a veteran and a novice result in two very compelling and readable crime thrillers.
'Wallander' author Mankell to document cancer battle
Guardian ReporterCrime write Henning Mankell has revealed that he has cancer in an advanced stage. He intends to write a newspaper column about fighting it.
Untitled: Prey to ?his decay
Jane RosenthalIn "Untitled", Kgebetli Moele brings home the travesty of the "respectable" men who destroy women's dreams.
Selective memory keeps Carrim in the local loop
Verashni PillayBeing SA's communications minister takes up a lot of Yunus Carrim's time. But this is what he reads when he can.
Murderer's crime novel wins literary award
Alison Flood"Cuts Through Bone", the book by convicted murderer Alaric Hunt who has been jailed since the 1980s, has won a $10 000 prize and a publishing deal.
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Sue Townsend, creator of Adrian Mole, dies aged 68
Sue Townsend, who achieved worldwide success with publication of her best-known work, "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 ¾", has died.
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