Drie jaar ná die dood van een van Afrikaans se grootste skrywers kom ’n Nederlandse vrou Suid-Afrika toe om navorsing vir ’n biografie oor sy lewe te doen. Sy besoek die skrywer se voormalige vakleerling om meer oor die enigmatiese figuur vas te stel – bykans dertig jaar nadat die twee mans se weë pynlik geskei het. Sluitstuk is ’n elegiese roman oor verlange, verlies, wraak en versoening wat die roete na stilte en die skeppingsimpuls oopskryf.
You voted with your clicks, and here they are: the 10 most popular Waddle features this year so far.
It’s everything from extracts and recipes to author columns and round-ups of our favourite reads. Have a look!
Last year Tshidiso Moletsane won the fiction prize for his novel Junx, and this year, we have thirteen books on the longlist of this prestigious literary award.
Have a look at which of our books have made the list, and get a sneak peek into each of them with extracts.
Ikigai is the Japanese word for 'a reason to live'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance.
From authors Héctor García and Francesc Miralles comes a book that will help you unlock what your ikigai is and equip you to change your life. Find out more about this great read and others to help you find purpose in your life.
We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. From authors Héctor García and Francesc Miralles comes a book that will help you unlock what your ikigai is and equip you to change your life.
What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget, and what treatments could help restore them to a life with purpose and joy? Here, Dr Bessel van der Kolk offers a new paradigm for effectively treating traumatic stress.
Facing Trauma
'That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I am is because Alistair loved me.'
Eve should never have married Don Hathaway. Yes, he gave her two beautiful children – Olly and Tabitha – but he is a bully. Worse than that, he hurts her. But, after one drunken rage too many, she has the courage to leave him. Eve is warned that it's a difficult path, yet she needs to give her children hope for the future.
Bursting with colourful photography, Ottolenghi's Simple showcases Yotam’s standout dishes that will suit whatever type of cooking you find easy – whether that’s getting wonderful food on the table in under 30 minutes, using just one pot to make a delicious meal, or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you’re ready. Bringing one of Ottolenghi’s recipes to life in your own kitchen has got to be the greatest culinary joy.
Prim Reddy and Niranj Pather are South Africans of Indian origin who embrace the diverse culinary offering of cosmopolitan South Africa. Temptations is a reflection of their philosophy, a cookbook encompassing various cultures and featuring heritage recipes passed down through generations, as well as dishes experienced on their travels. To these they have added their own flair and the resulting flavours are incredible.