Author Interviews
How To Fight A War – Mike Martin
21st February 2024 Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from... →
Lessons from Past Heroes: How the rejection of victimhood dogmas will save South Africa – Phumlani M. Majozi
16th February 2024 What can be learned from black South Africans who achieved success before South Africa became a democracy in 1994? What are the challenges they... →
I am Shudu: Finding my Voice, Knowing my Strength – Shudufhadzo Musida
8th February 2024 Shudu’s happy and carefree childhood seems very far away when she moves towns and is bullied by her new classmates for being an outsider. But her... →
Innards – Magogodi OaMphela Mphela
13th December 2023 'A gut punch of a collection...it astonishes as it reveals how malignant political forces can both ravage and vitalize the human spirit.' New York... →
My Big Fat Greek Taverna: From Diplomacy to Ouzo – Costa Ayiotis
8th December 2023 As a disillusioned young lawyer dealing with the debts, deaths and divorces of his firm’s clients, the negativity of the profession slowly starts... →
RamApocalypse Now – Zapiro
7th December 2023 Ramapocalypse Now is the 28th annual collection from South Africa’s legendary cartoonist, Zapiro. And it’s set to be yet another bestseller as his... →
Bush Brothers: Life and Death Across the Border – Steve De Witt
5th December 2023 Bush Brothers is not about special forces or heroic, secret missions. Instead, it is an intimate look at the daily life of ordinary soldiers – and... →
The Thabo Bester Story: The Facebook Rapist, the Celebrity Doctor and the Escape from Cell 35 – Marecia Damons & Daniel Steyn
24th November 2023 It is the quintessential crime story: murder, rape, cons, an improbable love affair, a prison break, a burnt body, a coffin filled with meat, a... →
Domestic Terror: Intimate partner violence in South Africa – Nechama Brodie
16th November 2023 Every day more than three women in South Africa, on average, are murdered by their male intimate partners. This book looks at the stories of South... →
Place: South African Literary Journeys – Justin Fox
15th November 2023 “Let us, then, set off together on a series of journeys around South Africa with an old kitbag full of books instead of maps to guide us. Let us... →
Soul Mandate: The extraordinary life of a property maverick – Lew Geffen
9th November 2023 Born in the same year as Prince Charles and the state of Israel, Lew Geffen was always destined to have an eventful and controversial life. Driven... →
