Extracts
Extract: Breathless by Amy McCulloch
24 May 2022
When you're this high up, no one can hear you scream: an ice-cold thriller from an expert mountaineer turned bestselling author.
Prologue
Summit day
Breathe, Cecily.
Cold air filled her lungs. It was strange. When she’d pictured breathing up here, she’d assumed it would feel like suffocating. Choking....
Extract: Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
23 May 2022
Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly.
Independence
RALLY
“When at last the Father of the Nation arrived for the Independence Day celebrations, no...
Uittreksel: Tenk deur Pieter Stoffberg
05 May 2022
1987. ’n Konvooi vegvoertuie is op pad na Angola om oorlog te maak. Vir die eerste keer is Suid-Afrikaanse tenks deel van die opmars om die Rooi Gevaar te stuit. Kommandant Leon Marais dra nie net die las as bevelvoerder nie, maar bots ook met sy direkte hoof. Dit is van die grootste veldslae met Suid-Afrikaanse tenks in Angola. Daar is...
Extract: My Journey to the Top by Saray Khumalo
05 May 2022
Saray’s success at high altitude has helped change the narrative about who belongs on the mountains and whose stories are told. Saray’s story, which redefines common perceptions about what women are capable of doing and achieving, will inspire girls and women from all walks of life. In this fascinating memoir, she shares not only her...
Extract: Chisoni by JG Jesman
04 May 2022
Following his brother’s funeral, Chisoni embarks on a flight to England, where he lives. In his pocket is a note to their father, written by his brother shortly before his death. Chisoni cannot bring himself to look at the note, let alone deliver it. His neighbour on the plane is a loquacious Irishman and, over the course of their 13-hour...
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