Q&A with Mary Watson, Author of The Cutting Room
After winning the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2006 for your short story, ‘Jungfrau’; what made you decide to write the psychological thriller, The Cutting Room?
Archive - Apr 2013
April 29th
April 23rd
10 Tips on How to Stay Sane as a Debut Novelist
- Don’t quit your job before you have a book deal. Very sensible advice that I spectacularly failed to follow. I left my job as a literary agent and stepped into the terrifying world of no salary, no professional support and no real hope of achieving what I was setting out to achieve. It was a very rocky ride.
- Do join a writing group – they will keep you sane, help you to stay on track, and remind you that there are other people in the world crazy enough to be battling all day with words on paper.
April 18th
Lesley Pearse's Forgive Me - and an Exciting Competition
Lesley Pearse's new novel, Forgive Me, has hit South African bookstores. We're asking readers to tell us why they love Lesley Pearse for a chance to win a weekend getaway for two plus a hamper of goodies. Click here to find out more and enter the competition.
April 17th
Margaret Thatcher - The Authorized Biography
April 16th
Q&A with Gareth Crocker, Author of Never Let Go
Never Let Go is centred on a parent’s worst nightmare – the loss of a child. As a parent yourself, did the idea for this story come to you out of your own fears?
April 15th
Coffee Mornings with Gareth Crocker
Meet Gareth Crocker, author of Journey from Darkness and Never Let Go, and get your books signed.
Wednesday, 17 April
Book Boutique
Time: 10h00 for 10h30
Address: 26 Rockview Rd, Amanzimtoti
April 12th
John Carlin to write The Oscar Pistorius Story
The book will detail the rise and fall of Oscar Pistorius, with publication shortly after the trial ends.
Ravi Mirchandani, Editor-in-Chief of Atlantic Books, comments: “As a former South Africa correspondent for the Independent and as author of the international bestseller Playing The Enemy, John is the ideal writer to do justice to all the many issues surrounding the Oscar Pistorius case and trial. We’re delighted to be publishing his book and much look forward to working with him again.”
April 10th
Penguin Books SA to Publish Unbelievable! by Chad le Clos
The young swimmer shot to fame and won the hearts of South Africa and the world when he beat world champion Michael Phelps in the 200m butterfly to win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Chad also won silver in the 100m butterfly, and he was named the South African Sportsman of the Year 2012. These remarkable achievements came at the age of twenty.
April 2nd
Introducing Never Let Go
As he presses a revolver to his head, Reece Cole sees his little daughter’s handprints on the windowpane. One last, painful reminder of her all too short life. But then he notices something about the handprints that defies belief. Something that verges on the impossible.
He spends the next few days frantically trying to make sense of what is happening. Then a stranger stops at his gate with a small grey envelope. Inside is a single white card, inscribed with six breathtaking words: I can bring your daughter back.
Introducing The Cutting Room
When her husband Amir abruptly leaves home, film editor Lucinda is left angry and puzzled. Where has Amir gone, and why? In the months before he left, Amir seemed troubled and preoccupied and their marriage had become strained and tense. Now Lucinda worries that his departure could be her fault. Soon afterwards, Lucinda is brutally assaulted in a knife attack, which throws her even more off balance.