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"Damon Galgut’s The promise was just longlisted for the Booker Prize and many observers, including this one, believe this is the year Galgut wins it." 

"The promise is a major achievement, fully deserving its place on the Man Booker Prize longlist."

"Die boek strek veel verder as streppies en fyn goetertjies – dit ontwikkel in ’n sielkundige riller wat ek nog selde in Afrikaans teëgekom het."

"You might not be able to stop the event from happening, but you can avoid being blindsided by it."

"Arendsvlerke vir Siebert word beskryf as ’n 'verhaal van genesing en hoop'. Ek kan dit beaam en dit is heel prikkelende leesstof."

Die verhale in Dol heuning  kring soos breedtegrade om ’n aardbol uit – van Suid-Afrika na Ysland, die Belgiese platteland en die Italiaanse Alpe.

In this first episode of David Attwell's monthly podcast, Full particulars, David hosts Zoë Wicomb reading from her new novel, Still life (Umuzi, 2020) and discusses historical (meta)fiction with Andrew van der Vlies, professor of English at the University of Adelaide.

"Ek is nie ’n kenner van die verskillende psigiatriese siektes nie, maar ek is ’n ma en ek het ’n kenner geword om my dogter te kan verstaan. Sy vertel graag dat ek voor haar weet wanneer sy ’n maniese episode gaan hê."

"Coupled with the stunning photography of Proust, one the country’s foremost architectural and landscape photographers, the narrative provides for an interesting guide throughout the book."

"In structural terms, the novel is fairly complex, with all these story strands travelling at different paces – even different directions – through the book, interleaved with each other. Juggling so many different elements can be tricky, but generally speaking Lawrence manages to keep all his balls in the air, which is impressive."

"The madhouse is ’n ervaring. ’n Greep uit die geskiedenis. ’n Sprokie met skop."

"Vyf motiewe weerklink in Johann Grobbelaar se Die vyfde slag: seksualiteit en seksisme, verraad en verkragting, en ten laaste liefde. Dit sluit natuurlik aan by die unieke vyfnootmotief van Beethoven se vioolkonsert in D opus 61, vandaar die titel van die boek."

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Shaping Addo. Reardon writes both knowledgeably and entertainingly about the history of the park as well as its current endeavours."

"Ek beveel hierdie boek aan vir enigeen wat durf het."

"Dit is ’n ongelooflike groot voorreg om vir kinders te kan skryf."

Die romanseskrywer Ronelle Uys het haar lewe in 2017 weens kanker verloor. Haar dogter probeer sedertdien haar laaste manuskrip publiseer, en met die hulp van Alta Cloete is die werk in Februarie 2021 deur LAPA Uitgewers gepubliseer. Cliffordene Norton gesels met Alta Cloete en Lisa Uys oor die proses om Eintlik alles postuum gepubliseer te kry.

"This is a hallmark of the book that I personally found fascinating: the way Dicey returns women’s stories to the overarching narrative of that year."

"In his exhilarating debut, TJ Benson conjures up a kaleidoscope of Nigeria. This is the extraordinary tale of five people bound by blood, each searching for a way through."

If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call.

An expert on serial murder and rape cases, Labuschagne saw it all in his fourteen and a half years in the SAPS.