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The fourth annual AVBOB Poetry Competition coincided with the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Yet the competition attracted a record number of entries. An excess of 41 000 poems were entered by writers between 7 and 98 years of age.

’n Naam is nie net ’n roepding nie. Dis ’n ding wat jóú roep. Só het oom Dahm vir Gert Saggiestrap terug lewe toe probeer bearbei.

Met Louw Roodt se verdwyning ná ’n werkgeselligheid word Kristien Liebenberg se grootste vrees bewaarheid: Haar lewensmaat kom nie huis toe nie.

Die digter bou met beeldende taalgebruik ’n brose binneplaas in ’n bedreigende wêreld, ’n tydelike verblyf tot en met die onafwendbare verval.

Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes, that doesn't mean she's a killer. Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The poisoners is a history of four devastating chapters in the making of the region, seen through the disturbing use of toxins and accusations of poisoning circulated by soldiers, spies and politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Sedert die dag toe die maan deur ’n asteroïed getref is, weet almal dat dit onafwendbaar is: Dis die begin van die einde. Tog gaan die lewe op Dennehoop eintlik ongesteurd voort.

Op hul bootvaart ontmoet dié twee ’n bonte verskeidenheid soekers en swerwers, wat almal afleggings en tot-rus-kom moet deurmaak – elkeen alleen.

Teen die tyd dat Harry in Oos-Afrika opgespoor word, is sy ma al dae lank dood. Harry kry die reuk van ’n groot gekonkel. Nie eens daai parmantige Ella Neser gaan hom keer nie.

Raised during the Rhodesian bush war and immigrating to SA at the age of 11, Terry is shaped by a white culture that is racist, unstable and deeply divided.

Dianne is divorced, but for the sake of her two daughters, she lives next to her ex-husband, sharing a joint double garden. Good for the girls, but what about her? How can she move on if Alan and his new fiancée are always around?

Help! My dorp hou ’n Kunstefees! is Koos Kombuis se jongste roman soos net hy dit kan skryf, maar ook meer: Dit is ’n donker komedie gebore uit die wanhoop en isolasie van die afgelope twee jaar se grendeltyd.

In the early 1990s the Norwood rapist and serial killer was on the loose, sending a suburb of women into terror.

Hearty home food offers easy, affordable recipes to suit all palates.

Uitkom, boelies, verhoudings, ouerskap, verteenwoordiging, baanbrekers, bondgenote, sigbaarheid, geloof en seks – in hierdie boek is geen onderwerp taboe nie.

Simply seasonal is a vibrant, visual recipe guide inspired by nature’s endless bounties.

In Dobsonville, a few hours before the party of the year, a guy shares a joint with his friend Ari. Ari is always right. Ari is also imaginary. And winged.

Each poem in this collection featuring the work of 40 black women poets from Africa and its diaspora reflects the lives of most, if not all women, womyn and womxn.

Under the canopy of the open night sky, around a small, tended fire, the women share wise counsel, spill their secrets and offer up their stories, each exposing corners of truth the others need to hear.

’n Handvol sjefs by ’n meesterklas in die boendoes. ’n Vrou se lyk in die meer. ’n Privaat speurder wat moet vra: Wie het sy mes in vir wie?