Latest articles on Novels

Review: ‘Afterland’ — a novel that foreshadows the Covid-19 pandemic

Article Theresa Mallinson - 23 Apr 2020

For the past five years, Lauren Beukes has been working on a book set in the aftermath of a global epidemic. Its release couldn’t have been more timely

Achieving the litmus test of social relevance

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Feb 2020

The HSS Awards honours scholarly works based on their social relevance and contribution to the humanities and social sciences

The last summer of reason

Analysis Richard Pithouse - 3 Feb 2017

Dystopian novels can only give us a hint of what Trump’s ‘whitelash’ might mean

Madness at the launch of a book about … madness

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 16 Mar 2016

The Durban unveiling of Mishka Hoosen’s first novel was a cacophony of meandering threads, yet there was something oddly appealing about it.

Winning novels examples of newfound writing freedom

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Jun 2015

Noted novelist Zakes Mda and debut writer Penny Busetto have won the University of Johannesburg awards with "Rachel's Blue" and "The Story of Anna P".

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Write off the next 30 days, it’s a novel experience

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Oct 2014

Pro and amateur writers are dusting off old plots, sprucing up characters and polishing book settings in readiness for National Novel Writing Month.

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African writing: Fact, fiction, or faction?

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Mar 2014

Authors are activists of the pen – visionaries whose purpose it is to show us the real world, and the world that we should want to have.

A peek through the world of science fiction

Article Gwen Ansell - 30 Jan 2014

Book reviews: Gwen Ansell takes us through four interesting novels.

Detective fiction stories tramp a new beat

Article Gwen Ansell - 30 Jan 2014

Book reviews: Fresh contexts for a veteran and a novice result in two very compelling and readable crime thrillers.

Untitled: Prey to ?his decay

Article Jane Rosenthal - 23 Jan 2014

In "Untitled", Kgebetli Moele brings home the travesty of the "respectable" men who destroy women's dreams.

Selective memory keeps Carrim in the local loop

Article Verashni Pillay - 23 Jan 2014

Being SA's communications minister takes up a lot of Yunus Carrim's time. But this is what he reads when he can.

Big Brother, please help us read more books

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Jan 2014

As technology makes book-reading a specialist activity, more should be done to keep literature at the heart of life.

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Meersman’s follow-up novel is history come alive

Article Jane Rosenthal - 28 Nov 2013

The novel, Five Lives at Noon provides a detailed account of the events that led to the demise of legislated apartheid.

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The tragedies, trials and tribulations of being a teen today.

Article Pat Schwartz - 22 Nov 2013

Young adult book lovers are in for a great reading summer.

Nadine Gordimer: Someone to accompany us

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Nov 2013

To mark novelist Nadine Gordimer's 90th birthday, Craig MacKenzie celebrates how her work has astutely interpreted the tenor of our times.

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