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"African wild dogs – On the front line is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of this country or in the future of this planet."

"If you have a child, you ought to see this. If you have a parent, you ought to see this. If you are both child and parent, well: Go."

"Food, people and stories haunt me all the time. I am always intrigued and excited about what people eat wherever I find myself."

"Die titel van die boek is 'n verwysing na die eindelose ruimtes hier, waar jy jou longe uit kan skree en niemand sal jou hoor."

"The team has launched some new initiatives on the farm to complement the famed 'duck parade' – a morning and afternoon display of hundreds of Indian Runner ducks."

"Bo-Kaap Kitchen is a collection of recipes from residents of the Bo-Kaap, the people who live in the area, those inhabitants who have a history there, a cultural connection to it. It is not a collection of recipes from a chef or a restaurant; this is food of and from the people. Not only is it their food, but it is also their stories, it is a slice of history through personal experiences." 

"Remainders of the day
locked away inside the
health of a scientific sun."

"Scars are not only physical. Hurt – and therefore, scars – may take emotional, psychological and intellectual forms too." 

"It’s proof that some of the nicest dishes are from uncooked food, simple to make, and so tasty."

"It was in this moment that I realised that I was missing something vital in this whole set-up. That there was a silence between us as well."

"The Gruffalo, Julia’s most recognised title globally, has been translated into 43 languages (excluding the Zulu version currently in translation). Publishers understand that translations of children’s books are very important, for children to identify the words that they hear daily, see the words written down in books in their own language."

"Only do this I tell myself.
Write a poem for yourself.
That narrative is interspersed
With both despair and hope."

"The Seed Thief is one of those rare books which deliver on all fronts and leave you completely satisfied."

"Ladies and gentlemen, something is brewing in South Africa. I do not know the name of that something, but I know that it is irreversible and will continue to brew and boil over, whether we give it permission to do so or not."

"Once upon a time ..."

"Where was the evidence which suggested Van Rooyen's incompetence?"

"The students ... It’s a generation of people who are more and more convinced that they have been sold a lie ... And they are determined to put on the table some of the questions we have put under the carpet for a long time. All those difficult issues we have not tackled enough. And that shift, that cultural shift it seems to me is much more important than anything else, and it signals a new form of politics, at least on campuses."

"In our own skins: Comfortable or itchy, but stuck with it."

"Research into our first people's languages is important for our national heritage."

"A God in Ruins is many things. It is the story of a British family set against the historical background of the past century. It is a novel about war and its aftershocks. It is a fine inquiry into human nature. But above all, it is a declaration of love for literature, its power and its manifold mysteries."