Recent fiction offers an exhilarating ride through our wildest AI fantasies and darkest fears
Michael Cunningham’s new novel offers a nuanced exploration of love and the ability to adapt to a world changed by the pandemic
New writing is helping to redefine Africa amid an expansion of its global literary reach
Author Mario Pretorius offers advice on how to lead and outsmart business opponents
Activists and social justice lawyers are at the forefront of positive change, but it is an arduous and dangerous process
In this extract from his new novel ‘Drie’, Hans Pienaar argues that rugby didn’t originate at a school in England but from mob football in France
‘House of Cotton’ is a haunting commentary about race, class and the pressures of being black in Tennessee
Walter Isaacson’s biography chronicles the rise of Musk from an unhappy childhood in SA to astounding achievements
A treasure trove of letters shines a light on the lives of drag queens
An extract from Costa Ayiotis’s new book: Greek Taverna – From Diplomacy to Ouzo
The emerging genre dwells on the catastrophic effects of climate crises
Novels examining relationships, identity, trauma and experience of place
An extract from Dan Mafora’s new book ‘Capture in the Court’
Former UCT head Max Price’s certainty in the correctness of his position turned him from a progressive saviour into an agent of the black elite
Laws exist in most of the countries that practice genital mutiliation, but this doesn’t correlate to any trends of a reduction in the practice
In William Kent Krueger’s latest novel a Midwest town descends into turmoil after a murder
In this extract from ‘Breaking the Bombers’, Mark Shaw explains why he wrote the book
List features JM Coetzee collection of stories written over 18 years
A Country of Two Agricultures is a thorough examination of the state of the sector
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is one of four Irish novels on the 2023 Booker Prize longlist