Writing it more real than reality could be

Quite simply, Elmore Leonard is just the great American novelist of the great American comedy.
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The curse of the ill-fated apartheid-era imbongi

The politics of apartheid constrained both the substance and the form of David Manisi's poetry.
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Spring fever: Arab writers reflect on a tumultuous year

A year after it began, eight Arab writers reflect on what became known as the Arab Spring.
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An exceptional harvest

Jane Rosenthal picks ­potential prize-winners from last year’s crop of South African books.
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The cult of Murakami

Among all his outstanding works, the latest novel by the popular Japanese author is his best yet.
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Tyranny, freedom and all that jazz

Josef Skvorecky, who has died aged 87, belonged to that great generation of postwar Czech writers that includes Vaclav Havel.
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Uproar over first German post-war reprint of Mein Kampf

Academics say the time has come for some of the taboos surrounding Hitler's book in Germany to fall.
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Rushdie in doubt for Jaipur Festival after threats

British author Salman Rushdie's planned appearance at the literary festival has been thrown into doubt after protests from influential Muslim clerics.
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Political beats

Two books take a fresh and wide-ranging look at the theme of music-making and politics.
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Escaping to Everest to fight a different kind of war

A new book suggests climbers were trying to transcend were five years of trench warfare that shattered the Edwardian idyll.
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Jo'burg literary pick: January 13 2012

From January 18 until Die Boekehuis closes its doors on January 28, it will be holding a mammoth sale.
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Salman Rushdie will attend Jaipur festival despite protest

The Satanic Verses author's latest visit to his Indian homeland has angered some Muslim clerics.
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Poetry anthology sparks race row

Poet Rita Dove's Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry attacked by renowned critic Helen Vendler for valuing 'inclusiveness' over quality.
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African culture uncensored

Percy Zvomuya delves into proverbs and finds the chauvinistic, the obscene and the dirty.
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Celebrated journalist, writer Christopher Hitchens dies

The celebrated journalist, writer and unshakeable secularist, Christopher Hitchens, has died from complications of oesophageal cancer.
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Lures to hook young readers

Despite some ­unfortunate gaps, there are many local books to keep the youngsters entertained this holiday season.
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Not just another bookshop

We speak to Mark Gevisser about what the closure of Boekehuis will mean for Johannesburg.
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Boekehuis blues

The imminent closure of the landmark shop in Auckland Park has caused outrage and disbelief.
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Bean-counters vs books

It has been a sad and bad year for the book world in Johannesburg.
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Ultimately our democracy will suffer

Read the open letter to Naspers and Media24 executives about the possible closure of Boekehuis.
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