Literary awards to know about
If you’re looking for your next good read, it’s worth noting who just won category honours in the Costa Book Awards
BOOK REVIEW: The Waiter, by Matias Faldbakken
Mealtimes can be the setting for the gamut of human performances. Norwegian artist and author Matias Faldbakken captures the show
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS: Acts of chivalry in a time of war
Boer and Brit were bitter and brutal enemies in the SA War, but sometimes humanity shone through
BOOKS: A year of memorable reads
There is time to catch up on all the great books you didn’t get to in 2018
BOOKS: Herman Charles Bosman’s Marico Moon
Herman Charles Bosman, one of SA’s most loved and evocative writers, has been given an update. Archie Henderson discovered how
Everyone’s favourite chef is back
Yotam Ottolenghi, the Israeli-British chef has introduced home cooks to Middle Eastern ingredients they’ve never heard of
Joburg’s story in photographs
Joburg nut Marc Latilla has put together a delightful coffee-table book all about the 132-year-old City of Gold
What to read right now (according to the experts)
There’s still time for you to get up to speed with some of the 13 books that made the first-round cut of the The Man Booker prize
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS: England’s past seen through the eyes of some of its beholders
A collection of 150 reports of events, written at the time they took place
BOOKS: Fans of Levantine cuisine, take note
If the glacial weather has you constantly thinking about comfort food, then best you check out Tayfun Aras’s new recipe book, Anatoli
Agatha Christie: back from the dead and we’re loving it
Dame Agatha’s novels are having a 21st-century revival of sorts, because her work is all over the big and small screens
COLLECTIBLE BOOKS: Europe in a century of upheaval
The end of World War 2 was the turning point for the great European powers and a time when the US assumed the role of safeguarding Western civilisation
The rise of short stories
As far as books go in 2018, less is definitely more. Here’s a brief guide to a little bit of literature
The President is Missing: The new novel people are talking about
The President is Missing is set for release early this month and seems a dead cert for success
Through the pages of a newspaper: a century of SA history
Radical changes and interesting events in the shaping of the country are highlighted in a commemorative book that was recently sold on auction
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