BOOK CHOICE - 23 JAN 24

Our Publishers’ Choice edition, where we cover the latest big hits from Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball and Pan Macmillan and where our sponsors, Exclusive Books join us with news and some questions from the National Kid’s Lit Quiz. How many of them can you get right?

Something very special is happening right here in Cape Town from the 5- 7th September. The Open Book Festival is an absolute must-see highlight on the literary calendar every year, in this show we hand over to festival founder, Mervyn Sloman and festival coordinator Frankie Murray to get some insider…

What caused the rise of serial killers in the 70s and 80s? Beverly Roos Muller reviews Murderland by Caroline Fraser. John Hanks reviews Tidal Pools of the western Cape by Serai Dowling, Twanji Kalula interviews Nadia Cassim about her novel Not another samosa run, and so so so much more…

Modern Muslim Jane Austen highlights community issues in Not Another Samoosa Run by Nadia Cassim. In this Book Choice Short, Twanji Kalula has a 7 minute convo with the author.

Find out what caused the rise of serial killers in the 70s and 80s in this 6-minute podcast with Beverley Roos-Muller, who also has an interesting link to this subject.