In the sequel to children’s book ‘Wanda’, acclaimed author Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni addresses consent and protest. 

A British-Tanzanian Nobel-winning writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, has suddenly become famous in his 70s spending his lifetime defying colonialism

Beth O’Leary’s new page-turner novel, ‘The No-Show’, is about three women stood up by the same mysterious man on Valentine’s Day…

A second season for the Netflix series based on Karen McManus’s young adult murder mystery ‘One of Us Is Lying’ is in the works.

In celebration of Youth Month, take our book quiz about children and YA classics…and win a R500 voucher from Exclusive Books.

Niq Mhlongo returns with ‘For You, I’d Steal a Goat’ — another colourful anthology of short stories set in Mzansi.

Malian Yambo Ouologuem, once a huge star of African literature whose career imploded in scandal after he was accused of plagiarism.

Read and reflect: A mythical muse tells her side of the story in award-winning author Madeline Miller’s ‘Galatea’.

New York Times bestselling author of ‘The Guest List’, Lucy Foley, has released a new fabulously French mystery, ‘The Paris Apartment’.

Rofhiwa Maneta elegantly documents his father’s career as a police officer while interrogating violence in SA and exploring fatherhood.

Author Boris Pahor, who suffered the oppression of Fascist Italy and the trauma of Nazi camps, has died at the age of 108.

Instead of writing other people’s stories, award-winning screenwriter Georgia Pritchett put her own story to paper in this hilarious memoir.

Popular children’s animation character Peppa Pig returns in print with a new book club adventure in ‘Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Reading’.

Two new books, Anthem by Noah Hawley and It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way by Alistair MacKay, explore what comes after COVID-19.

South Korean Booker Prize nominee Bora Chung’s short stories are full of horror and are inspired by her own lonely life.

Bestselling author VE Schwab’s latest novel, ‘Gallant’, is a dark mystery that combines ‘Coraline’ and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’…

Music legend Dolly Parton and best-selling author James Patterson have joined forces in a new mystery novel with a musical twist.

This month we celebrate the storytellers from our continent. Take our quiz about African authors and win R500 Exclusive Books vouchers.

The first in-person Franschhoek Literary Festival since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic takes place this weekend.

Man Booker Prize finalist Karen Joy Fowler delves into the story behind the mysterious Booth family and one of history’s most famous assassinations.

Antjie Krog turns 70 this year and her passions and commitments show no waning. She represents the role a poet can play in a divided nation.

A new book tells the story of Can Themba who was ‘a daring journalist, unafraid to put his body on the line in pursuit of a story.’

Quraisha Dawood’s debut novel, ‘Stirring the Pot’, explores how race, class and sexuality play out in female friendships. 

Debut author Freya Berry weaves a compelling web ‘The Dictator’s Wife’ of what happens when passion and power meet.

Tina Brown’s ‘The Palace Papers’ has been released and provides some more insight into the British royal family and their biggest dramas over the past 25 years.