It’s REALLY Not About The Burqa
COLUMN/REVIEW
It’s Not About The Burqa - a collection of writings - edited by Mariam Khan tells beautiful stories of Muslim women living in...
Hlumelo Biko: “ I Have Reimagined The Africa I Want To...
BOOK EXTRACT
Slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and apartheid have fundamentally unbalanced the values and self-concept of Africans. There must be a rediscovery of African identity, writes...
Funda Sonke Wants Young People Involved In The Reading Revolution
Nal’ibali is an organisation which wants to get South Africa reading, by organising the annual South African version of World Read Aloud Day. Now...
What It Takes To Write About Mental Disorders At 10 Years...
AS TOLD TO
eThekwini Municipality held its third Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair, the flagship Literary and Art Fair for Parks Recreation and Culture...
Deon Maas Reflects On Berlin, Identity And Belonging
Deon Maas packed up his whole life and moved to Berlin with his wife and four dogs to seek new adventures. There, he walks...
“You” Author Caroline Kepnes Talks Stalking, Book Snobs And Writing
The chilling series ‘You’ took Netflix by a storm when it was released in September 2018. It followed a charming bookstore manager whose crush on an aspiring writer turned real sinister real quick.
Books We’re Looking Forward To In 2019
New books are undoubtedly the most exciting part about the new year. Naturally, our 2019 #TBR list is extremely long but for the purposes...
The 10 Best Books We Read In 2018
The year 2018 has been a great year for literature, especially those written by black women. From amazing biographies of inspirational woman to motivational...
The Hate U Give And Its Star(r) Are Giving Us All...
We've been waiting for the film adaptation of the bestselling book, Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give since the trailer dropped earlier this year....
“It’s our country, it’s our libraries”: Abantu Book Festival asserts its...
The drive to Abantu Book Festival was a long one. It took 45 minutes and a R275 Taxify ride to get there. But the...
The “Pavement Bookworm” on how reading saved him from drugs
On Wednesday, the city of eThekwini's parks, recreation and culture department hosted the One City, One Book campaign to promote a culture of reading...
Ten of 2016’s best reads for your holiday #TBR
It’s that time of the year again when we start taking leave from work and university holidays are in full swing. What better way...
Remembering Steve Biko, through his own words
Steve Biko once wrote, "I write what I like." The founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement, he was also one of the students...
