It’s hard not to agree with the argument that digital media is making us stupid, writes <strong>John Harris</strong>.
Is Anton Kannemeyer’s <i>Pappa in Afrika</i>, flagrantly racist or is it a lament for a continent ravaged by centuries of colonial rule?
<b>Gwen Ansell</b> reviews three of the latest releases in the science fiction and fantasy genre.
A new handbook encourages learners and teachers to eradicate a modern scourge in schools, writes <b>Sameerah Karolia</b>.
Where to draw the line between non-fiction and
invention? Our reviewers are irritated and fascinated.
The authors’ sensitive approach on foreign terrain is gripping and incisive, writes <b>Gwen Ansell</b>.
As the Cape Town Book Fair reaches out to Africa, <b>Stephen Gray</b> celebrates one of the continent’s literary pioneers.
From hero of the left to neocon and still battling on. <b>Christopher Hitchens</b> talks to <b>Decca Aitkenhead</b> about his new memoir.
Yann Martel has been savaged for writing about the World War II genocide in his follow-up to <i>Life of Pi</i>.
Musicians are different. Share space with one and you’ll learn.
<em>Sunnyside Sal</em> is an apt title for this book, especially for those who know that Sunnyside is the Hillbrow of Tshwane.
Chris van Wyk has followed his first memoir, <em>Shirley, Goodness and Mercy</em>, with a second volume, <em>Eggs to Lay, Chickens to Hatch</em>.
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <b>Peter Bradshaw</b> reviews <em>Creation</em>, starring Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin.
<b>Barbara Kingsolver</b>, winner of the Orange prize for fiction, talks about communism, Frida Kahlo and hate mail she received after 9/11.
<em>Matthew Krouse</em> looks at Jodi Bieber’s book about regular people in an extraordinary place.
<b>Fiona Lloyd</b> gives us a brief glimpse into the magical, mythical world of a Loatian detective.
Prolific fantasy writer Robin Hobb has described her two most recent novels as her return "after a rather long vacation".
Photographer Jessica Hilltout travelled across Africa to record the people who will be left in the shadow of the World Cup.
<em>Parrot and Olivier in America</em> is a reflection on the restlessness of post-revolutionary societies, writes <em>Jane Rosenthal</em>.
Andrea Levy’s <em>The Long Song</em> is not for the fainthearted, but is filled with anger, strength and beauty.
A new project is hoping to take the "one book, one city" initiative a step further and get the whole world reading the same novel.
<strong>Percy Zvomuya</strong> looks at two photography books about the beautiful game on the beautiful continent.
<em>Home Away</em> tasked writers with writing about a specific interaction, place or object in a foreign city.
A frequent problem of historical novels is getting the language and the tone right. If they sound too modern it ruins the period feel.
<em>The Last Summer</em> is a very pleasing novel; for all its apparent artlessness, it remains in the mind long after one has put it down.
Chris van Wyk enchanted readers with his memoir, <em>Shirley, Goodness & Mercy</em> . This is an extract of his follow-up.
Could crime fiction be the new direction the "political novel" is taking in contemporary South Africa?
Percy Zvomuya reviews two histories of the beautiful game as played in Africa.
Marlene Dumas’s art is often perplexing, but one can pore over the images for hours.
Miguel Sousa Tavares’s first novel that would seem rather distant from the usual South African concerns, but is not that far off.
Despite having published more than 40 books, JMG Le Clézio remains an enigma for most English-speaking readers.
Acclaimed in Britain and the US, <em>Blacklands</em> by Belinda Bauer (Bantam Press) is now out in South Africa. She tells us about her debut.