Despite the fragility of her years, at 95 award-winning writer Elsa Joubert has penned a powerful book about the uncharted ‘continent of old age’
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With Coronavirus sending everyone into self-isolation these apocalypse novels about illness, the end of the world and what it means to be human make perfect reading.
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The author of elephant in my kitchen speaks about her past life, the death of her husband and the ongoing story of Thula Thula.
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War as a psychological hell has been well documented from the side of men, but in her latest novel Borderline Marita van der Vyver gets behind the ravages it can have on the women who are left behind.
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Helen Moffett’s, Charlotte is described as being an update of Pride and Prejudice.
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Ronnie Kasrils speaks about his new book, his youth and the biggest mistake the ANC ever made.
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Author Carol Campbell joins Nancy Richards on the Country Life Podcast.
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In the latest Country Life Podcast, Nancy Richards sits down with Deon Meyer to chat about Benny Griessel, the extensive research he does before writing as well as cultural appropriation.
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Nancy Richards interviews Marilyn Martin in the latest Country Life Podcast.
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Here are our top reads for summer 2019/2020. Our resident bookworm Nancy Richards recommends some riveting reads for the summer…
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Nancy Richards interviews Mike Nicol in the latest Country Life podcast. Mike Nicol is a writer of many disciplines, but…
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Nancy Richards interviews Sihle Khumalo in the latest Country Life Podcast episode. Former middle manager turned travel writer Sihle Khumalo…
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Nancy Richards sits down with author Ekow Duker in the latest episode of the Country Life Podcast. Ekow’s fourth book Yellowbone…
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In the latest episode of the Country Life Podcast, Nancy Richards chats to author and playwright Craig Higginson. Author of…
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We are now live on your phones and media players in the form of podcasts. Nancy Richards, our resident bibliophile,…
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In his autobiography The Sword and the Pen, renowned newspaper journalist and editor, Allister Sparks writes about his eventful life at the rock face of our turbulent politics…
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Zakes Mda, playwright, poet and godfather of the indigenous South African novel, treads the path that brought him to his latest novel…
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Niq Mhlongo’s fourth book Affluenza, is establishing his reputation as one of the ‘irreverent new voices of South Africa’s post-apartheid literary scene’…