Books and writers
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Picador cover: Yvette Cloete
2012-05-10 Yvette Cloete designs a cover for Don DeLillo's masterful novel White Noise.
Picador cover: Retha Ferguson
2012-05-10 Retha Ferguson designs a cover for Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale.
Tail of the Blue Bird – an accomplished debut novel by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
2012-05-04 "Parkes interweaves passages describing the lush landscapes of northern Ghana into the whodunit style narrative as indication that this is no ordinary tale of crime and detection."
Picador cover: Monique Prinsloo
2012-04-25 Monique Prinsloo designs a new cover for Emma Donoghue's Room.
Picador 40th anniversary competition: Write a jacket blurb or design a book cover. Winners announced!
2012-04-20 To celebrate their 40th anniversary, Picador had a set of 15 classic titles redesigned to form a beautiful, collectable set. LitNet is giving away two complete sets of redesigned Picador Classics.
Picador's senior designer talks about 40th anniversary designs
2012-04-20 In celebration of Picador’s 40th birthday, several classic Picador titles were redesigned in black-and-white. The publisher's senior designer, Neil Lang, talks about his designs.
World Book Day 2012: Catherine Grenfell picks a character
2012-04-19 If you could be any character in a book, who would you be and why?
World Book Day 2012: Tim Zunckel picks a character
2012-04-19 If you could be any character in a book, who would you be and why?
World Book Day 2012: SeanO picks a character
2012-04-19 If you could be any character in a book, who would you be and why?
Wêreldboekedag | World Book Day
2012-04-18 Ter viering van wêreldboekedag het LitNet bekendes gevra watter fiktiewe karakter uit ’n boek hulle graag sou wou wees, en waarom. | In celebration World Book Day LitNet asked a few well-known book lovers which fictional character from a book they would like to be, and why.
Crime scene clean-up: Someone has to do it ...
2012-04-11 After the success of the Afrikaans edition, Bloedsusters, the English edition of this remarkable story, Blood Sisters, is now available in bookstores nationwide!
New from Jacana: The Book of War
2012-04-10 James Whyle takes on the war genre with an eloquent narrative and a command of language and style that captures the fragility and bleakness of the time. There is no doubt that Whyle is a masterful storyteller.
James Whyle reads from The Book of War
2012-04-10 Listen to a recording of James Whyle reading from his upcoming novel The Book of War.
Picador's 40th Birthday Party: Back in black (and white)
2012-04-04 LitNet attended the first Open Book event for 2012, the celebration of Picador’s 40th birthday. Bibi Slippers took some black-and-white snaps at the event in the spirit of the redesign of the Picador classics.
Stones for My Father: Second Boer War remembered
2012-04-04 The scenes in the concentration camp are brutal and realistic. The smells of putrefaction and starvation seep through the page and Trilby Kent shows that she has done her research well.
The Doll that Grew: Q&A with Damaria Senne
2012-04-03 The Doll that Grew is the latest children’s story to be published by Damaria Senne, author of Boitshoko and owner of Damaria Senne Media cc. Christelle du Toit asked Damaria about the underlying themes in her book.
ANC congratulates Adam Small
2012-04-02 The African National Congress wishes to congratulate Adam Small on receiving the prestigious Hertzog Prize from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.
Happy 40th, Picador!
2012-03-29 To celebrate Picador’s 40th anniversary we are re-issuing some of our classic fiction titles. Among them you will find prize-winning books, books that have become global sales hits, books that caused huge controversy when published or were published to huge critical acclaim. Together they are a valuable set of must-reads.
Cape Town Book Fair
2012-03-29 After an almost two-year absence, The Cape Town Book Fair is back− remodeled and set to impress. The Fair will take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 15 − 17 June.