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Lebo Mashile uncensored

| Poet and TV host Lebo Mashile talks censorship, speedo's, and expectations.
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    Winter means sale

    | Winter calls for warm fires, hot drinks, soup and, uhm, the annual Exclusive Books sale.
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    | 'Harry Potter' creator JK Rowling has denied plagiarising a book by a relative unknown author.
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    Bitch and Famous

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  • Ice Age 3

    More of the same oddball antics from our prehistoric friends — only bigger and better.

    Sublime theatre offerings

    The theatre offering at this year's National Arts Festival promises to be eclectic and invigorating.

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    » NEWS

    Local writers win big

    Deon Meyer Anne Landsman and Deon Meyer are amongst the Via Afrika M-Net Literary Award winners.

    Munro wins Man Booker

    Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won this year's Man Booker International Prize.

    Robinson takes Orange Prize

    Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Robinson has been awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction, which honours work by women.

    'Spud' flies back

    John van de Ruit The third book in John van de Ruit's popular 'Spud' series has been launched. [video]
    » CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR

    City transformed by books

    Cape Town Book Fair On the final day of the Cape Town Book Fair visitors continued to stream in. [video]

    Doing it for the kids

    Monday might have been an official school holiday, but that didn't stop kids visiting the CTBF.

    Book Fair a-tweet

    By day two of the Cape Town Book Fair there was a growing sound of twittering in the air.

    Buzzing for books

    The buzz was palpable as the doors opened on the biggest book event in sub-Saharan Africa.
    » FICTION REVIEWS

    Tales of Beedle the Bard

    JK Rowling offers some (brief) relief for sufferers of Harry Potter Withdrawal Syndrome.

    The Impostor

    Galgut encroaches on a new literary frontier, embracing all the complexities of SA in 2008.

    Ruso & The Demented Doctor

    History buffs may be disappointed, but Ruso's misadventures provide the perfect escape.

    Moxyland

    This debut novel is a breath of fresh air in what is often a stagnant local literary scene.
    » AUTHORS SPEAK

    A stroke of luck

    Vikas Swarup Vikas Swarup wrote the story of 'Slumdog Millionaire' but sees success as a chance windfall.

    Crime can pay

    Mike Nicol SA crime author Mike Nicol on writing thrillers, the 'Spud' phenomenon, and reading local.

    Lebo Mashile uncensored

    Lebo Mashile Poet and TV host Lebo Mashile talks censorship, speedo's, and expectations.

    All write now

    Andy Petersen Not many 16-year-olds are published authors. But that's exactly what Andy Petersen is. [Video]
    » NON-FICTION REVIEWS

    Zuma

    ANC president Jacob Zuma. Rebekah Kendal is far from impressed by Jeremy Gordin's political biography of Jacob Zuma.

    Mense Van My Asem

    Steve Hofmeyr's frank autobiography is more self-examination than book of excuses.