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A chance for pupils to shine at Poetry Africa  Comment
Festival designed to cultivate an appreciation for poetry in schools.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Events - August 26, 2010  Comment
lSaints (Supporting Animals in Needy Times) will be having book sales on Saturday and September 4 (9am-2pm) - in aid of Was (Whiskers and Snouts) and then the next week in aid of Puppy & Kitty Haven at Northriding Square, Bellairs Drive (Checkers/Dros Centre).[Full Story...] 0 Comments

The storyteller driven by a quest for justice  Comment
Those familiar with Jodi Picoult's writing will know that once she's tackled a subject, there's not much left to tell.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Explore the magic  Comment
As part of a national effort to embrace the value of reading and the important role it plays in a nation's development, the South African Book Development Council, in association with the Department of Arts & Culture, will proudly launch the inaugural National Book Week.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Book review: The End of Addiction  Comment
An encyclopedia of information that is broken down to help people understand the nature of addiction. The book familiarises patients and families with the disease known as addiction.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Book review: Dear Ahmedbhai, Dear Zuleikhabehn  Comment
It is not often a book can be described as beautiful, but this collection of letters - exchanged between a political prisoner and a self-described housewife - evokes all the cliches.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Ricky Gervais sued for plagiarism  Comment
Comedian Ricky Gervais is being sued for plagiarism over his children's book Flanimals.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Book review: When Rustling Became An Art  Comment
The title of this book refers to the way in which the leaders of the Kgatla people built and sustained their wealth and power by the accumulation of cattle.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Book review: Lekgowa  Comment
In the past five years South Africa has seen an upsurge of "life writing", telling the stories of ordinary people in the post-apartheid era.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

Book review: Memories Of A Game Ranger  Comment
He was a pioneer for wildlife preservation during the early days of the Sabi Nature Reserve in 1902; Harry Wolhuter became one of the first Lowveld game rangers of the area.[Full Story...] 0 Comments

 REVIEWS
A chance for pupils to shine at Poetry Africa
Events - August 26, 2010
Book review: The End of Addiction
Book review: Dear Ahmedbhai, Dear Zuleikhabehn
Book review: Yalo
Book review: When Rustling Became An Art
Book review: Lekgowa
Book review: Memories Of A Game Ranger
Book review: Sharmilla, And Other portraits
Book review: Soweto
Book review: The Honour To Serve
Book review: Yalo
Book review: Living With My X
Book review: Beat The Crunch
Book review: Young Mandela
Book review: Let Them Eat Cake
Book review: Zuma
Book review: Zulu Boy Gone Crazy
Book review: Behind The Badge
Book review: Captured in Time: Five Centuries of South African Writing
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