Archive
January 18th
Extract - 1986 by William Dicey
Memoirs, Mind Management & Miscellany
Our bookshelves are straining under the number of compelling and evocative non-fiction reads we've just released.
From the latest edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not, bursting with the weird and unexplained, and a fairy tale from the master of trivia himself, Stephen Fry, to inspirational books from Seth Godin and Naomi Klein. Take a look below and choose your favourite!
November 17th
Festive Food with Siba Mtongana
Looking for the stars for your festive table? We've got them right here! Culinary extraordinaire, Siba Mtongana, shares the recipes for her delicious honey-glazed gammon and mouth-watering trifle, with a twist.
The lost art of letter writing
In Nine Letters, cynical lawyer Teddy Dickerson is awaiting a slow decline and a place at an old-age home. But life sometimes brings surprises. When his prickly Aunt Val dies, she leaves an unusual bequest: her task for Teddy is to post letters to eight of her friends around the world, a job that will take him on a journey into new and unexpected territory. We’ve asked John Webb, the author, some questions.
November 16th
Extract: Promised Land - Exploring South Africa’s Land Conflict
This land is our land
‘Land reform’ and, even more headline grabbing, ‘expropriation without compensation’. Two phrases that is used to scare just as much as to promise a new beginning. In Promised Land: Exploring South Africa’s Land Conflict, Karl Kemp travels the country documenting the fallout of failing land reform. Here are two extracts.
October 21st
Extract - The History of Man by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Review of 'Field Guide to Renosterveld of the Overberg'
October 15th
Advice, inspiration and attitudes on life from Tebogo ProVerb Thekisho
Radio personality, Idols SA host, music producer, entrepreneur, ex-hip hop artist and now author, Tebogo ProVerb Thekisho shares his advice, inspiration and attitudes on life in these extracts taken from his new memoir, The Book of ProVerb.
Bursting with flavour
We chat with Ottolenghi and co-author Ixta Belfrage about their latest mouth-watering cookbook, Flavour