Book Choice

From Exclusive Books, Vanessa Levenstein chats to Deon Meyer about the tenth Benny Griessel novel, Scorpio Rising.

Helene Coetzee joins us from Pan Macmillan to share Cheslin Kolbe’s new memoir, Sidestepping the Odds

Jonathan Ball’s new titles include Life After Weight-Loss Medication by Dr Linia Patel and Checkmate: How Shoprite Checkers Rewrote the Rules and Won by Steven Boykey Sidley.

Viv Chetty chats to Twanji Kalula about upcoming titles from Penguin Random House, including Zakes Mda’s authorised biography of Chris Hani, A Life of Courage and Compassion.

Twanji Kalula chats to global smash-hit author, Sue Nyathi about fame, fiction and her latest book, Man-hood.

Shirley reviews a book by a prominent South African composer and musician Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph

City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi, reviewed by Shirley Gueller.

The Finest Hotel in Kabul, reviewed by Beryl Eichenberger.

In this 10-Minute Short Philip Todres chats to Forensic Pathologist, Ryan Blumenthal about his book, Trace.

In this 10-minute short, Beverley Roos Muller chats to Lord Peter Hain about his latest novel, Smuggler Kingpin.

Take a listen as the Pan Macmillan team present their top titles they’re most excited to share with you as we slide down the hill towards December and our summer reading stacks.

The Jonathan Ball team bring us their September stack of new and upcoming books.

Twanji Kalula and Vis Chetty chat about Penguin’s upcoming list, including some big names like Richard Osmon, Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty.

Vanessa Levenstein chats to Eddie Germiquet about his new Twitcher special, called South African Birds by Name: Origins and Meanings.

In Helené's segment she shares news about the biggest literary awards in Afrikaans and reviews the title she reckons is most likely to win the fiction prize.

In this astonishing 10-minute interview guest reviewer, Mark Falconer interviews Jonathan Jansen about Worth the fight. This is listening gold.

In this 8 minute short, Solms fan, Vanessa Levenstein unpacks The only cure by Mark Solms.

In this 8-minute short, Twanji Kalula interviews Anne Schlebush on The Seeker Effect.

In this five minute short, Riley Herbert Henry reviews The Dogs of Vivo by Sven Axelrad.

In this five minute short, Shirley Gueller reviews Tony Park’s King of Beasts.