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There are so many feels on this wonderfully crazy journey Samantha and Holly, once best friends, have barely spoken in two decades. Now they’re trapped together with a stranger, two dogs, and a cat, driving from California to Wisconsin. You know that in any good road trip story, where people are forced together, they have…
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Revenge, redemption and romance, this magical tale has it all As with all good fairy tales, The Vine Witch starts with a curse, with Elena Boureanu, a toad wallowing in a murky pond. And that’s just the beginning. Luanne G Smith’s book opens up the darkest aspects of humans, with Elena plotting murderous revenge on…
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Congratulations to all the writers and publishers whose works are on this year’s Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards lists for fiction and non-fiction. The abundance of talent in this country is something to celebrate. Fiction selections Barbara Adair: Will, the Passenger Delaying Flight … (Modjaji Books) Terry-Ann Adams: Those Who Live in Cages (Jacana Media) Mia…
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Remembering novelist, poet and essay writer André Brink, who was born on 29 May 1935. Brink was the first Afrikaans writer to have a book banned by the National Party government – the 1973 novel Kennis van die Aand. The writer was a key figure in Die Sestigers, a South African literary movement that challenged…