Man Booker prize longlist announced
Mark BrownDespite a change in rules that sparked fears Americans would dominate the prize, the final Man Booker longlist reflects a 'vintage year' of fiction.
Canvas of the dark side
Jane RosenthalArt provides a rich background against which troubled familial relationships are explored in Ingrid Winterbach's novel "The Road of Excess".
Wronged writers grind their axes
Alison Flood"Amazon has done more to liberate readers and writers than any other entity since Gutenberg," states a petition in the war on book selling.
Oh, for more meat on these bones
Robyn SassenBreyten Breytenbach's work is celebrated in a study deserving of more context, conviction and heft.
A 'half-used life' blasted to extinction
Stephen GrayOne of the most celebrated poets of World War I was, for a short time, the toast of local society.
The power of place acts as a portal into the past
Christopher ClarkA hike through the rough country and the hardscrabble life of western Bosnia shows us the world through Gavrilo Princip's eyes.
Addicted to drug addiction memoirs
Tanya PampaloneThe first instalment of our drug edition looks at books that are easy to get hooked on – if you're into misery, redemption and excruciating honesty.
Madondo narrows in on Brenda Fassie's 'Dickensian' life
stefanie jasonDespite missing dates and facts in the late singer's life, Bongani Madondo's latest collection of essays attempts to make sense of MaBrrr's epic life.
Stoned in literary deep space
Luke AlfredSA has few independent bookshops, almost no worthwhile reviewing and certainly no cult of the reviewer as there is in Britain or the US.
'Slow Fires', a labour of love
Robyn SassenRoxandra Dardagan Britz and Dan Wylie's witty and beautiful collaboration of poetry and printmaking smoulders with the artists' passion.
Our future's imperfect and the past, tense
Jane RosenthalJane Rosenthal reviews 'Dark Windows' by Louis Greenberg and 'Half of One Thing' by Zirk van den Berg.
Compelling local reads have lessons for young and old
Pat SchwartzPat Schwartz reviews 'In Search of Happiness' by Sonwabiso Ngcowa and 'May I Have This Dance' by Connie Manse Ngcaba.
Lost in the gender translation
Gwen AnsellPirate, merc and telepath – all female, but some less convincingly so than others, writes Gwen Ansell.
A literary tour of Afghanistan takes in fact and fiction
Pushpinder KhanekaBooks about Afghanistan tell tales of war, kite-flying, the Taliban and patience stones.
On your Marx, get set, go
Gwen AnsellThe role and relevance of Marxism to a wide variety of issues – ranging from democracy to the environment – is explored in a new book.
Joey Hi-Fi: Book cover chameleon
Alix-Rose CowieThe intricate book covers Dale Halvorsen designs are at once gripping trailers and accurate visual summaries of the stories that lie beneath them.
Leist's book of photographs: 'Another Country'
Sean O’TooleAlong with an exhibition, photographer Reiner Leist’s new book of photographs "Another Country" explores signature portraiture.
Of kleva dreams and integrity
Jane RosenthalJane Rosenthal on the urban intelligentsia in new novels from Perfect Hlongwane and Thando Mgqolozana.
The crux of great horror writing
Darryl AcconeIt took Sarah Lotz just 30 pages to convince Hodder & Stoughton to make her an offer she didn't refuse: a world-rights deal for her novel The Three.
Game of Thrones author gives fans the finger
Fans of George RR Martin's books want to know if he'll live long enough to give them an end to the series, a question he finds pretty offensive.
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