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Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult clearly didn’t spend her lockdown(s) baking sourdough or knitting scarves. Evidently, she was writing. Her latest novel,...

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The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting by Evanna Lynch

A memoir by Evanna Lynch, The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting, published in South Africa by Jonathan Ball Publishers in November this year,...

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My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins

This is one for those of us who were loyal viewers of the Dynasty series in the early ’80s and who knew and admired Joan Collins in the...

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‘n Hart is so groot soos ‘n vuis deur P.P. Fourie

Ek moes myself staal om hierdie boek uiteindelik op te tel en te lees. Gesinsgeweld is vir my ‘n ontstellende tema. Hoekom dit dan lees?...

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Scatterling of Africa by Johnny Clegg

Published by Pan Macmillan ‘There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world...

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The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

You’d be excused for assuming that a book about two terminally ill people waiting to die might not be the most uplifting, joyful or...

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Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams

Our Woman in Moscow is a gripping, sweeping historical spy fiction novel about twin sisters caught up in Cold War espionage. Having just...

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I Couldn’t Love You More by Esther Freud

I found Esther Freud’s I Couldn’t Love You More intriguing and original. Spanning three generations, it follows the lives of three women...

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The Echo Chamber by John Boyne

The Echo Chamber, published by Penguin Random House, is about the wonders and dangers of the mobile phone. In his latest book, John Boyne...

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The Tearoom by Gretchen Haley

The Tearoom by Gretchen Haley, published in September this year by Penguin Random House, is simply delightful. Sprinkled with humour and...

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Searching for Sarah – The Woman Who Loved Langenhoven by Dominique Malherbe

This is the story about Dominique Malherbe’s quest to unveil the mysterious woman behind the father of the Afrikaans language, one...

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Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu by Erika Bornman

Published in August 2021 by Penguin Random House I have always held a fascination for the power of religion. It’s such a clever...

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Still Life by Sarah Winman

You know when you’re so enthralled with a book that you keep checking how many pages you have left for fear of it ending? That’s how I...

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Free the Hidden Speaker Inside by Mariette Richardson

Free the Hidden Speaker Inside is a ‘business book’ with a difference. A guide on public speaking, the book addresses one of the most...

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Fully Human: A New Way of Using Your Mind by Steve Biddulph

Published by Pan Macmillan How you define a human being is probably the most important thing about you. Not only does it determine how...

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What friends are for

Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian science-fiction novel, Klara and the Sun, with its deep philosophical notes, a pinch of mythology and a dash...

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Two important Sebastian Barry novels that should be read far and wide

I’ve just finished reading two of Sebastian Barry’s most recent novels: Days Without End published in 2016 (I read this one and then...

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Dolly Parton, Songteller: My life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton with Robert K Oermann

Some good news, then. Not only for Dolly Parton fans, but for all of us ‘nostalgics’ who grew up in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s to the sweet...

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The Puzzle Women by Anna Ellory

The Puzzle Women is such a wonderful read that I want everyone to read it. Beautifully written with an intriguing plot set in an...

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The Longer The Fall by Aviva Gat

The Longer The Fall is the fifth novel by young writer Aviva Gat published in the past few years. As a reader one cannot but admire her...

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