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.
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.
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.
We chat with Ottolenghi and co-author Ixta Belfrage about their latest mouth-watering cookbook, Flavour
South African author Zoë Wicomb, who lives and teaches in Scotland, has chosen a son of the Highlands, Thomas Pringle, as the subject for her new book, Still Life.