Interviews
‘Mens moet altyd alles bevraagteken en jou verstand gebruik. Selfs in jou eie geloof’ – René van Zyl gesels oor Die Alfadokument
René van Zyl gesels oor haar samesweringsriller, Die Alfadokument, wat handel oor ʼn berugte internasionale geloofsorde in Kaapstad.
‘Mens se kop kan jou vyand word in die reis met kanker’ – Madelein Rust oor haar boek Kanker schmanker! (Potgooi plus uittreksel)
In Kanker schmanker! vertel Madelein Rust van haar stryd teen borskanker. Luister na die potgooi oor haar boek en lees ‘n uittreksel.
Wat gebeur as jou dogter ’n moorddadige psigopaat word? Deborah Steinmair gesels oor As jy van moord droom
Deborah Steinmair se jongste boek As jy van moord droom het pas by LAPA verskyn. Naomi Meyer het met die skrywer gesels oor haar verhoudingsriller.
Tokoloshes, whiskey and pilchards – read an interview with Anneleigh Jacobsen about her debut thriller Corporation Games
Anneleigh Jacobsen recently chatted to fellow author Pamela Power about her debut fictional corporate thriller, Corporation Games.
‘Hare was nog nooit net hare nie.’ Lees ‘n onderhoud met Bianca Flanders oor haar boek Prinses Pampoenpit (Plus: Video!)
‘In ons land was hare altyd political. Hare was nog nooit net hare nie.’ So sê Bianca Flanders, aktrise, stemkunstenaar en skrywer van die kinderboek Prinses Pampoenpit.
‘I hope readers will have a laugh, shed a small tear and leave the book a little happier than when they started it’
Pan Macmillan chatted to James Hendry about his new novel Reggie and Me.
‘We read to go to places that our everyday lives don’t make available to us’ – Craig Higginson on his new novel The Book of Gifts
Pan Macmillan SA has shared a video interview with award-winning author Craig Higginson, discussing his fourth novel, The Book of Gifts.
[Watch] Anneleigh Jacobsen explains how her new thriller Corporation Games came about
Corporation Games by Anneleigh Jacobsen is a fictional corporate thriller based on a number of real-life financial scandals that have rocked South Africa.
‘In the end, you’re a victim of your own comfort zone’ – Chanette Paul chats about her US debut, Sacrificed
Catalyst Press chats to South African author Chanette Paul about her US debut, Sacrificed.
Glo Kristel Loots in ‘love at first sight?’ En hoe lyk haar droomman? Lees haar onderhoud oor Eendag is nou om uit te vind
Kristel het onlangs 10 vrae beantwoord oor haar verhaal van ’n vrou wat moeg raak vir haar lewe en vir haarself ’n plekkie in die son gaan soek.
‘Daar is soveel organisasies wat mense se goedgelowigheid en onskuld uitbuit’ – Rene van Zyl gesels oor Die Alfadokument
Skrywer en Taalgenoot-redakteur Johan Jack Smith het met René van Zyl gesels oor haar jongste samesweringsriller, Die Alfadokument.
‘You must buy it – gift it to yourself, or put it in a Christmas stocking’ – Eusebius McKaiser chats to Ronnie Kasrils about his new memoir Catching Tadpoles
Last month, Ronnie Kasrils visited Eusebius McKaiser in the 702 studio to chat about his latest memoir, Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel.
Hoe verander geheimhouding jou psige? André Krüger gesels oor ’n Redelike hoeveelheid moeilikheid (Video)
Video: André Krüger gesels oor sy jongste spanningsverhaal, ‘n Redelike hoeveelheid moeilikheid, ‘n plaaslike spioenasie wipplankrit.
‘Many traditionally published writers would not even speak to me, such is the snobbery’ – Pamela Power chats to Sue Nyathi in her new interview series
Author Pamela Power has started a #FridayRead series, in which she interviews writers about their work!
Roger Southall unpacks his book Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy
Roger Southall chatted to Polity SA about his new book Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy.
Interview with bestselling Nigerian–British author Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Nigerian–British author Sarah Ladipo Manyika was in South Africa recently, and took some time out to sit down with The Johannesburg Review of Books.
Listen to Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s interview with Mohale Mashigo about her book of short stories Intruders
Mohale Mashigo joined the Radio 702 Literature Corner recently to talk about her latest book, Intruders.
[Watch] An in-depth interview with author Mphuthumi Ntabeni on his historical novel The Broken River Tent
Mphuthumi Ntabeni chatted to social worker and writer John GI Clarke about his debut novel The Broken River Tent.
[Podcast] ‘You hear this thing that the boers killed your uncle … you do not really understand’ – Gaongalelwe Tiro talks about his new book Parcel of Death
Gaongalelwe Tiro recently spoke to David O’Sullivan on Kaya FM about his paternal uncle’s life story – Parcel of Death: The Biography of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro.
[Video] Eminem, the Spice Girls, Emo, African funk and jazz – Rémy Ngamije shares the music behind his debut novel The Eternal Audience of One
BlackBird Books recently shared a video of Rwandan-born Namibian writer Rémy Ngamije talking about music, pop culture and his debut novel, The Eternal Audience of One.