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Stephen Johnson: the bon vivant bibliophile with a beautiful voice.
I was devastated to learn of the death of Stephen Johnson early in the new year. …
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Flame in the Snow: The Love Letters of André Brink and Ingrid Jonker translated by Leon de Kock, Karin Schimke, edited by Francis Galloway
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Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World *****
Mike Stanton
Pan Macmillan, R330
He was too old by boxing standards when …
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The Enumerations ****
Máire Fisher, Umuzi, R280
Máire Fisher has followed her successful debut novel, Birdseye, with the polished The Enumerations.
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Louis Botha: A Man Apart *****
Richard Steyn
Jonathan Ball Publishers, R260
It's a cliché that we must take lessons from the past. There are at least two problems 
Unsheltered ****
Barbara Kingsolver, Faber & Faber, R295
Barbara Kingsolver rages against tyranny while writing about ordinary life.
Picture: David Wood
There is a marvellous tableau early on in Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel 
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Sally Rooney's Normal People is a book for anyone who has ever looked at their family or their life or their relationship and gone “Is this Published in the Sunday Times
The Enumerations ****
Máire Fisher, Umuzi, R280
Máire Fisher has followed her successful debut novel, Birdseye, with the polished The Enumerations.
The story explores 17-year-old Noah Groome, who 
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Intimate Lightning is the first book-length study of a poet who, though still frequently anthologised, has fallen into some obscurity.
Yet Sydney Clouts (1926-1981) was acknowledged by many 
Dié boek onthul dat PW Botha reeds in 1984, te midde van die Totale Aanslag, in die geheim opdrag sou gee dat sy minister van justisie, Kobie Coetsee, gesprekke met 
Die bekendstelling van Jacques de Viljee se debuutbundel Die lig skyn daar buite vind Donderdagaand 13 Desember by The Striped Horse on Kloof (fka The Vic) in Kaapstad plaas. Daar 
As ’n tiener in vandag se tegnoverslaafde wêreld van sosiale media en internet dink jy dalk jy is piekfyn en jy weet presies wat jy doen.
Tog: selfs JY weet nie 
LAPA hou weer ’n jeugromankompetisie.
Hierdie gewilde kompetisie het al groot name getrek, soos Fanie Viljoen (Afkop), Marita van der Vyfer (Al wat ek weet), Jan Vermeulen (Asem), Nanette van Rooyen 
Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty is guided by a simple argument: that motherhood is the place in our culture where we lodge – or rather bury – the
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Intimate Lightning is the first book-length study of a poet who, though still frequently anthologised, has fallen into some obscurity.
Yet Sydney Clouts (1926-1981) was acknowledged by many 
A powerful re-reading of modern South African history following apartheid that examines the violent transformation during the transition era and how this was enacted in the African townships of the Published in the Sunday Times
Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World *****
Mike Stanton
Pan Macmillan, R330
He was too old by boxing standards when he started, his arms were As ’n tiener in vandag se tegnoverslaafde wêreld van sosiale media en internet dink jy dalk jy is piekfyn en jy weet presies wat jy doen.
Tog: selfs JY weet nie 
Have you ever attended a launch sans author? Try something new and join The Cheeky Natives for a discussion on Sisonke Msimang's latest book, The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela - 
In this book, Terry Kurgan begins with a family snapshot made by her Polish grandfather in 1939 on the eve of the war.
Presenting this evocative image as a repository 
In this book, Kurgan begins with a family snapshot made by her Polish grandfather in 1939 on the eve of the war. Presenting this evocative image as a repository of 
In more than 200 striking images, acclaimed South African photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford have created an epic, unparalleled portrait of some of our planet’s most untouched places: from the 
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