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Word power: Margie Orford’s recently released memoir Love and Fury is gripping, but not an easy read, telling of marriage, divorce, depression and sexual assault. Photo: Bella Galliono-Hale
LOVE AND FURY

Margie Orford: Writing to stay alive

South African author speaks about suicide, being a woman and her new book — a memoir

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
GAIREYAH FREDERICKS

Notes from the Body

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  • Derek Davey
1 min read
Captivating: In her latest thriller, Margie Orford explores how a crime never ends. Readers are exposed to the emotions of the victims – the rage and the shame they feel – and the shamelessness of the criminals.
BOOK REVIEW

Book Review: Revenge for sexual abuse is in the eye of the beholder

Margie Orford’s latest thriller explores the ripple effects of crime and the intimate worlds of its victims

  • Mamaputle Boikanyo
13 min read
BOOKS

Eminently exportable

South African crime fiction is developing a unique sense of place, but this alone will not generate a selling spree, writes Margie Orford.

  • Margie Orford
6 min read
MARGIE ORFORD

Crime wave on the rise

"Crime writing sells all over the world," says Jill van Zyl, a director of Exclusive Books, South Africa’s largest book retailer. "International crime writers sell very well in…

  • Margie Orford
5 min read
MARGIE ORFORD

The life and soul of SA women

In <i>Life and Soul</i>, Karina Turok maps the arduous journey 75 women have taken to reach who and what they are now, writes Margie Orford.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read