The Reading List

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The Carnivorous City by Toni Kan: A story of love, family and just desserts

Toni Kan’s new novel Carnivorous City is a story about love, family and just desserts but it is above all a tale about Lagos and the people who make the city by the lagoon what it is.

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Read an excerpt from Pamela Power’s latest novel Delilah Now Trending

Single mom Delilah’s life goes up in smoke when her Grade 6 daughter – the star pupil Daisy – isn’t made head girl. Rosie Roberts, Daisy’s nemesis, is crowned instead. But when Rosie is pushed off the second-storey balcony at school, accusing glances are cast at Daisy …

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The curious Trump-apartheid connection: Read an excerpt from Apartheid Guns and Money

The Daily Maverick has shared an excerpt from Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit by Hennie van Vuuren, published by Jacana Media.

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Ever wondered why it’s ‘tick-tock’ and not ‘tock-tick’?

The BBC explains why we say ‘tick-tock’, not ‘tock-tick’, ‘ding-dong’, not ‘dong-ding’, and ‘chit-chat’, not ‘chat-chit’.

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Homo Naledi palaeontologist Lee Berger responds to his critics in Almost Human

Almost Human is the personal story of a charismatic and visionary palaeontologist, a rich and readable narrative about science, exploration, and what it means to be human.

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10 African writers on Africa, writing, and writing in Africa

To celebrate Africa Day, read a selection of quotations on the continent by African writers.

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Celebrate Africa Day by reading Nat Nakasa, Thando Mgqolozana, Phaswane Mpe, Gcina Mhlophe and others

What better way to celebrate Africa Day than with these Picador Africa Classics? These time-honoured titles are available as ebooks from Amazon.

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Tim Noakes: The Quiet Maverick – new book coming soon from Penguin Random House SA

On 5 February 2014, world-renowned scientist Tim Noakes fired off a tweet allegedly dispensing dietary advice to a young mother into a highly volatile media space; the fallout threatened to destroy his career. This is the untold backstory.