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007 returns

Since the death of Ian Fleming in 1964 his estate has authorised 32 novels about James Bond by other authors.

Stigmata for my father

As the classic form of the elegy shows, memory can be especially potent when allowed to coalesce around the loss of a loved one.

Judging a book by its title

F Scott Fitzgerald and company produce great literature, but titles are often best left to publishers.

Recording a petulant soul

Ronnie Govender's autobiography shows he is a triple-threat man -- in sports, the theatre and literature.

Invention of plot

The murder of a small boy at Road Hill House shocked Britain and was a cause celebre even further afield.

Badass redefined

Barbara Ludman reviews new police procedurals and a courtroom drama.

A luta continua!

It is a brave new world that the third edition of the Cape Town Book Fair, subtitled Words Create Worlds, encounters from June 14.

Analysis paralysis?

Teenagers are notorious for giving their parents a hard time -- so apparently are countries.

Lucifer's language

For the Sake of Silence (in which the narrator frequently meditates on the undesirability of words) extends to 550 pages.

Cell-lit is all the rage

Could the cellphone novel be the next big thing in publishing?