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"It is impossible to skim through Bridget Pitt’s brilliantly crafted and meticulously researched historical novel, which relates its story from 1862 to July 1879. Eye brother horn is like a rip current by which the reader is swept into an inescapable historical reality."

"Wat hierdie boek laat uitstaan bo ander, is die humor. En daar is humor vir beide grootmense en kinders."

Dis toe sy by ’n stowwerige boekwinkel instap dat Mia besef dis waar sy wil werk. Kort voor lank vind sy haar voete én verloor sy haar hart.

"The strength of Pitt’s writing is her rare ability to repudiate without judgement or condemnation. Her arguments, worn with artistic lightness, go beyond mere politicising."

"Ons het hier te doen met ’n Suid-Afrikaanse Tswana-gesin: die streng ma wat met ’n ferm, liefdevolle hand regeer, die onbekommerde, sokkermal pa en die loskop seun wat moeiteloos deur die lewe gaan maar nogtans links en regs pryse inpalm."

Lees ’n tweetalige onderhoud met die skrywer. "You’ll find the blessings if you look for them."

"Eskom kan totaal in duie stort, so word soms beweer. Ditto met die Suid-Afrikaanse uitgewersbedryf. Druk van die staat en grootskaalse boewery deur gewone mense op straat mag lei tot ’n totale uitwissing van ons land se boekebedryf."

"Ons skryf nie stories om iemand wat in ’n veilige borreltjie woon, skuldig te laat voel of te ontnugter nie; elke verhaal moet vertel word."

The distribution of pirated copies infringes our copyright as well as that of the author, and it is unlawful in terms of the Copyright Act of 1976.

"In my book, Winning the property game, I cover a variety of property investment strategies, including ways to invest in property while still working a full-time job. I understand that not everyone can just quit their job and dive head first into property investing, and that’s why I provide practical advice on how to start building a property portfolio while still maintaining a steady income stream."

"Kan die mens, gevang in die web van plesier wat hy self gespin het, ooit gelukkig en tevrede wees? Joe Kitchen se distopie plaas die dilemma in ’n neutedop."

De Ruyter takes the reader inside the boardrooms and government meetings where South Africa’s future is shaped, with ministers often pulling in conflicting directions. He explains how renewable energy is the cheapest and quickest solution to our power crisis, in spite of fierce opposition from vested coal interests.

"Darryl David en sy span gooi die net wyd. Om die gonswoord van die tye te gebruik: Dis ’n inklusiewe fees."

"When I received the book for review, my first reaction was, 'It’s far too long'. However, once I started reading, I struggled to put it down."

For the first time K Sello Duiker’s well-known The hidden star is available in isiXhosa. Inkwenkwezi efihlakeleyo was translated by Xolisa Guzula and published by Penguin Random House South Africa.

"Engele is ouer as die Christendom. Lank voordat teoloë die triniteitsleer gekonsepsualiseer het, was stories oor engele al in die omloop."

"The author takes us from academia in Cape Town to the traditional areas of Lubombo in Eswatini. She mirrors the theme of different realities in pitting Lena’s Western methods of investigative medicine against the traditional stories and beliefs of the Swati."

Hier is PEN Afrikaans se oorsig van Afrikaanse resensies wat in April 2023 verskyn het en digitaal beskikbaar is. Daar is ook skakels na boekbesprekings of -gesprekke en voorlesings wat op die radio of TV uitgesaai is.

"Die grootste uitdaging van die werk is om van die begin af ’n goeie rapport met die skrywer op te bou. Sonder daardie vertrouensverhouding sal ’n mentorskap nie veel kan bereik nie."

"Well-known author Martie Preller was offering interactive story-making workshops for aspiring Afrikaans and English writers across South Africa. The workshop focused on the core of her writing correspondence course, the idea that the author is the source of the author’s own stories."