Litnet

"In observing entropy, there is sufficient chance for acceptance, for continuation, and that is enough."

"That is what Haram does. It does not give you permission. Permission is the wrong word – too small, too transactional. What it gives you is recognition."

"From that shocking opening, he builds a propulsive crime novel that asks, 'Who polices the police?'"

Die kortlyste vir die boekpryse wat op 29 Mei 2026 toegeken word is pas bekend gemaak. Die pryse dien veral as aansporing en erkenning vir skrywers om gehalte publikasies op teologiese en Christelike gebied in al ons landstale te lewer. 

"The parallel with contemporary South Africa is difficult to ignore here also. One hears, in the fading rhetoric of former liberators, echoes of a language that once mobilised masses but now dissipates into the air, uttered with conviction and received with indifference."

"It is about perceiving the world from another perspective, about documenting war while dreaming about opera, about seeing someone’s tears and twirling in a stunning dress in front of them to make them smile, about knowing that all that matters is love. It is about not giving up."

"Cape fever is a thoughtful and evocative work, probing the quiet violences and lingering spectres embedded within Cape Town’s social history. Beneath the city’s contemporary image – its wealth, its postcard beauty, its carefully curated cosmopolitanism – lies a deeper archive of stories too often suppressed. Davids’s novel, through the intimate drama of a haunted household, draws those buried histories back into the light."

This is a cop with a side racket. Which gets the attention of captain Zara Dewane of the Internal Crime Unit. A single mom, known among cops as the Jackal. What Zara uncovers about the family murder puts her in the firing line.

Amazwi is hosting its annual Literature, Heritage, Ecology Conference on 25 and 26 March 2026.

The run-away success of Simon’s Town’s three previous literary festivals has inspired a knock-out line-up for 2026. The town is set to host some of the most celebrated writers on Friday 13 March to Sunday 15 March 2026.

In the midst of the greatest conflict in history, facing the wild beauty of "the abyss of unmeaning", Danny discovers the power of love, between friends, family and even foes.

"My advice to other writers is simple: Write what is truly on your heart, without overthinking how it will be received. When you write from an honest place, you’re rarely wrong."

"I found the emotional tension engrossing and the ending very satisfying."

"There are seasons in which grief is not a mere abstraction, but a habitation. In such seasons, one reads and watches everything differently – as I recently reread Maggie O’Farrell’s book Hamnet and watched the movie of the same title, with different eyes. It became a revelation of what happens when private loss hardens into art."

The beautifully illustrated Sappi tree spotting books are the perfect guide for both beginners and experts making finding trees easy, enjoyable and rewarding.

"The most persistent critique of romance is that it is formulaic: read one, read them all. And yet, it is one of the most resilient genres globally. It outsells most others. It sustains fiercely loyal readers. It adapts."

"Holiday has collected and collated significant, sometimes surprising, and always powerful glimmers of wisdom, reminding his readers that it is our duty to view ourselves as indefatigable readers and archivists of personal wisdom."

Join us for the launch of The wildest beauty by Michiel Heyns on 24 February at the Welgevallen Community Psychology Clinic in Stellenbosch.

"I think identity and especially cultural identity has a lot to do with language – in my case, English and Afrikaans as formative tongues. At bottom, I remain thoroughly South African – rooted, emotionally attached at the hip. But I also find myself very much at home in Wales, original home of my mother."

During the week in which World Read Aloud Day took place for the year, Salamino Mosese read from her children's book Neo’s invisible blanket - in Sepedi.