The 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards longlist | Announcing the longlists for SA’s most prestigious annual literary awards for non-fiction and the fiction award in partnership with @ExclusiveBooks! .

‘Being a woman is to be a warrior of authenticity’ — Vanessa Govender | In honour of Women’s Month, we speak to @Govender_V , author of ‘Beaten But Not Broken’ and ‘The Village Indian’.

The 13 titles longlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize have been selected by the 2025 judging panel chaired by critically acclaimed writer and 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle.

The story may be simple, but Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Theft’ is the kind of book that creates a reality that will stick in the mind of the reader for a long time, writes Margaret von Klemperer:.

Michelle Roniak writes bravely about her preoccupation with perceived defects in her body, which led her down a surgical black hole

.@OpenBookFest announces its top-tier line-up for September 2025! .

.@OpenBookFest provides an update on its emergency funding campaign following last week's announcement of the crisis facing Cape Town's premier literary event .

Open Book Crowdfunding | @OpenBookFest needs your help! . Your investment in the festival will not bring you dividends or shares, but will bring the knowledge that the festival that you love and in whose value you believe will continue to exist .

The golden age of cinema in the City of Gold | Join Mila de Villiers in this episode of @JonathanBallPub’s Pagecast podcast as she sits down with acclaimed author Ted Botha to discuss his latest book, ‘Hollywood on the Veld’ .

Bestselling author Markus Zusak brings his furry trio to life in his moving and frank memoir 🐾🐾🐾.

My earliest memory is of lying on a high white bed underneath bright lights looking at my ordinary brown sandals.

LISTEN | Eva Mazza and Lindsay Norman take us on a ‘chick-lit in khaki’ journey.

Peter Venison discusses writing the memoir of ‘his friend and, at times, adversary’ Sol Kerzner .

Since the government’s bold announcement that it would approach the ICJ under the Genocide Convention to address ‘acts committed by Israel’ in the ongoing Gaza siege, this principled move was met with widespread applause.

Mila de Villiers learnt that David Baddiel’s default mode to approaching hardship in life is via humour — yet never mockery.

There are no surprises with butter toast, and neither are there any with Adichie's book, writes @ThangoSays .

.@ExclusiveBooks Recommends features tantalising thrillers, literary legends and newsworthy non-fiction, perfect for any mood!.

Haruki Murakami’s latest novel deals wonderfully with his usual themes of love lost, found and lost again — all wrapped in sumptuous metaphors — but there are far too many flaws to make this a memorable book, writes Sanet Oberholzer.

Jol'burg! Head to @LoveBooksJozi tonight for the launch of 'The Interpreters: South Africa's New Nonfiction', edited by Sean Christie & Hedley Twidle, and published by @SoutiePress. This'll be one for the literary annals! 📚🇿🇦✒️

Announcing @ExclusiveBooks' 2025 Homebru catalogue! Whatever authentic Mzansi genre you're looking for, Your Local Has It All 📕🇿🇦📗🇿🇦📘🇿🇦.