This is a true story of exodus, the inevitable journey of the last of the First People, as they leave the Great Sand Face and head for the modern world and cultural oblivion.
Paul John Myburgh spent seven years with the ‘People of the Great Sand Face’, a group of /Gwikwe Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert. For Myburgh, they were years of physical and spiritual immersion into a way of life of which only an echo remains in living memory.
Having already made a documentary on the People of the Great Sand Face, what made you decide to write a book?
Sometimes it is life that decides what must be done, and one simply listens to what is asked.
Henry Wegland, a former ANC activist now living in New York City with his son, encourages Saul, his grandson, to travel to South Africa to make a documentary about the people involved in the country’s liberation.
Saul begins to unravel the dark secrets of his grandfather’s past and the shocking events that led to his exile, when he is kidnapped in a rural township. Henry, now in his twilight years, must come to a new understanding of his son and make peace with the choices he once made for them both.
What do you get when a naïve, heartbroken young lady moves to New York to start a new life? A brilliant novel about the misadventures of Rachel Marcus who finds herself in cringe-worthy situations and goes on countless bad dates.
When this book landed on my desk I liked it instantly. I loved the gorgeous image of the little boy, the soft green colour of the background and the smooth natural texture of the actual cardboard. Yes, I was clearly judging a book by its cover, but the cover was a good a place to start as any.
For my publication, The Waiting Room, I included an extract out of Alida Ryder's cookbook, Simple and Delicious: Recipes from the Heart, which had found its way into our media offices.
I have to admit that when The Wimpy Kid books first arrived in the bookstores, I told my children that there was no way they were going to read them. It just looked "dodgy".
Since creating the original NoMU range of products in December 2000, Tracy Foulkes has continued to produce quality food products and concepts that are an honest and authentic reflection of what she needs in her own kitchen. Now with more than 87 months of distributing her much-loved Recipe Mailers, sharing her creativity and passion for the food that makes her tick, Tracy has partnered with Penguin Books SA to produce another innovative first for South Africa – the NoMU Recipe Box.
How many authors actually sit down to make video readings of their books? Well, John Green did just that. Here's Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars:
Once you're done, here's Chapter Two:
Susan’s childhood dream of becoming a mother has not diminished with the revelation, alarming both to herself and her bewildered family, that she does, in fact, ‘bat for the other team’. Having made peace with her identity and having finally found a beloved partner, she is now faced with a daunting problem: with no penis around, how the hell do you make babies?