- 18 Nov 2011 00:00 - Tom Learmont
- The creator of the popular Conqueror and Emperor series does immaculate detail through broad strokes
- 18 Nov 2011 00:00 - Jane Rosenthal
- For avid readers of Vladislavic's eight books, this collection is a worthy, accessible reference to keep close.
- 18 Nov 2011 00:00 - Tom Learmont
- This ultra-readable pop-historical epic is the fourth bulky instalment of a sequence about the rise of the Mongol khans.
- 11 Nov 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
- On the 46th anniversary of Ian Smith's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, Percy Zvomuya surveys three books about Zimbabwe.
- 23 Sep 2011 12:19 - David Bargueo
- This invaluable archive highlights the proximity between oppression and the rhetoric of liberation
- 28 Oct 2011 00:00 - David Bargueo
- Surveying the trials and tribulations of pre- and postcolonial Namibia.
- 28 Oct 2011 00:00 - Jane Rosenthal
- Amos Oz's latest book is exceptionally beautiful, with darkness at its heart.
- 28 Oct 2011 00:00 - David L Smith
- A new book tries to get to the bottom of piracy and put a human face on those involved.
- 23 Sep 2011 13:59 - Jane Rosenthal
- This frank look at how sexuality, sexual behaviours, relationship skills develop in a man, makes Bad Sex a groundbreaking novel.
- 21 Oct 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
- Horacio Castellanos Moya's novel, She-Devil in the Mirror, is a matrix of murder and decadence, into which romance and drugs are thrown.
- 07 Oct 2011 18:43 - Jane Rosenthal
- Nineveh's plot is derived from strange and unlikely material yet, in its understated way, it is relentless and perfect.
- 30 Sep 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
- Recently 'Discovered' in the West, Teju Cole was already known elsewhere.
- 19 Sep 2011 14:45 - Gwen Ansell
- Gwen Ansell reviews some of the latest science fiction and fantasy titles.
- 19 Sep 2011 14:35 - Gwen Ansell
- Mark Charan Newton explains his fascination
with the crucibles of human interaction.
- 19 Sep 2011 13:48 - Shaun De Waal
- Shaun de Waal interviews Hélène Smit about her book on depth psychology.
- 26 Aug 2011 00:00 - Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
- Suburbanites' fears are defining the architecture of Johannesburg.
- 12 Aug 2011 15:45 - Percy Zvomuya
- Is the focus of local publishers on 'contemporary' novels depriving us of good South African stories?
- 29 Jul 2011 00:00 - Drew Forrest
- If Andile Mngxitama was sniffy about Anton Harber's "intrusion into black spaces", how would he react to this biographical novel?
- 25 Jul 2011 15:05 - Percy Zvomuya
- The sense of terror is visceral and unrelenting in a dark thriller about tragedy and horror in Peru.
- 15 Jul 2011 00:00 - Jane Rosenthal
- Works by Chinese-South African authors give
insight into the immigrant experience.
