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Wednesday – 25th September 2019
Try this Wild Mushroom and Leek Risotto from The Guilt-free Gourmet – indulgent recipes without wheat, dairy or cane sugar
How does Wild Mushroom and Leek Risotto sound for dinner tonight? Get the free recipe from The Guilt-free Gourmet here!
How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid – The Queen of Crime returns with the eagerly anticipated new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan thriller
Electrifying and filled with masterful suspense, this is the most eagerly anticipated thriller yet from number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid.
Friday – 20th September 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Privilege and power, family and obligation – Read an excerpt from Girl in the Rearview Mirror, the debut thriller from Kelsey Rae Dimberg
Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine and Girl in the Rearview Mirror, the twisty, page-turning debut thriller from Kelsey Rae Dimberg.
She Said – reliving in real time what it took to break the Weinstein story
From the prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and abuse, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement.
Thursday – 19th September 2019
International line-up announced for 2019 Poetry Africa Festival in Durban
The 23rd Poetry Africa Festival will take place in Durban from 7 – 12 October 2019.
Wednesday – 18th September 2019
The Guardian of Lies, the new novel from Kate Furnivall – a powerful story of a young woman sucked into the horrors of the start of the Cold War
The Guardian of Lies – a thrilling new novel from Kate Furnivall, the bestselling author of The Russian Concubine, The Italian Wife and The Betrayal!
Tuesday – 17th September 2019
Don’t miss The Warehouse Book Sale this Heritage Day in Cape Town
The Warehouse Book Sale is held in Cape Town on public holidays through the year and has the largest selection of books for sale at the best prices.
Edward Snowden tells his story for the first time in Permanent Record – a memoir that reveals his journey from spy to exile to conscience of the internet
“Permanent Record reads like a literary thriller… a riveting account and a curious artifact.”
Friday – 13th September 2019
Announcement: Buried – the first in an exciting new series from Lynda La Plante – coming April 2020
Buried, the first novel in a brand-new series from bestselling author Lynda La Plante, will be out in March 2020!
Thursday – 12th September 2019
Jamie Oliver is back with Veg – brilliantly easy, healthy, flavour-packed, accessible and affordable veg recipes!
Whether you’re trying out a meat-free day or two each week, living a vegetarian lifestyle or just want some new recipe inspiration, Jamie Oliver’s Veg ticks all the boxes!
Wednesday – 11th September 2019
Cover reveal! The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel – the stunning conclusion to the Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy
With The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
Tuesday – 10th September 2019
The bestselling books in South Africa – August 2019
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 31 July 2019, and combines fiction and …
Praise be! The wait is finally over. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is out now!
In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred?
Wednesday – 4th September 2019
Footnotes, September 2019: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye …
Thursday – 29th August 2019
Every ending marks the start of something new – The First Time Lauren Pailing Died, the debut novel by Alyson Rudd
Lauren Pailing is born in the sixties, and a child of the seventies. She is thirteen years old the first time she dies.
Tuesday – 27th August 2019
Read an extract from The Nickel Boys – the new novel by Colson Whitehead, based on a real reform school that destroyed thousands of children’s lives
Read an extract from The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead – the gorgeous, dazzling and heartbreaking new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad.
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga shortlisted for the $50,000 St Francis College Literary Prize
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s latest novel This Mournable Body has been shortlisted for the $50,000 (over R750,000) St Francis College Literary Prize in Brooklyn, New York.
Monday – 26th August 2019
The only way to get your child back, is to kidnap another child … you are now part of The Chain – new by Adrian McKinty
The only way to get your child back, is to kidnap another child. Adrian McKinty’s new psychological thriller The Chain is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 23rd August 2019
‘A cool new generation of spy novel’ – The Most Difficult Thing by Charlotte Philby
Stylish and assured, The Most Difficult Thing is an irresistible combination of contemporary espionage and domestic suspense, and a compulsive, highly charged examination of betrayal.
Thursday – 22nd August 2019
A slowly unfurling nightmare – Someone We Know, the gripping new thriller by Shari Lapena
Someone We Know – the new domestic suspense novel from Shari Lapena, the bestselling author of The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House and An Unwanted Guest.