A stroke of luck
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Vikas Swarup may have penned a small novel that swept the globe and turning out an Oscar darling film, but the Indian diplomat to SA sees his success as a chance windfall.
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Happy birthday, Asterix!
After 50 years, Asterix and his village of indomitable Gauls are still holding out against the Roman
German author wins Nobel
Herta Mueller won the Nobel Prize for her work inspired by life under a dictatorship in Romania.
TAR: Rock the boat
Row row row your boat, gently down to Phil... The racers test their nautical skills in Croatia.
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'Wolf Hall' bags Booker
Hilary Mantel has bagged the coveted Booker literary prize for her historical novel 'Wolf Hall'.
Winnie-the-Pooh returns
Children's literature favourite Winnie-the-Pooh is back for a new adventure - with a new friend.
Third Booker for Coetzee?
South African author JM Coetzee is in the running for an unprecedent third Booker Prize.
Fever around 'Lost Symbol'
The plot is a secret and the books are under guard ahead of the release of Dan Brown's new novel.
» REVIEWS
The Help
Kathryn Stockett's novel on the domestic workers of the South is both moving and inspiring.
Little Ice Cream Boy
Brutal and unforgiving, 'Little Ice Cream Boy' is a harrowing local novel based on real events.
The Lost Symbol
Candace Whitehead takes a long, hard look at the new Dan Brown novel and asks: is it any good?
Spud - Learning to Fly
Spud is back — and in his third year. But is John van de Ruit pushing it too hard at times?
A Captain's Diary
Graeme Smith provides a whirlwind account of some of the greatest years of South African cricket.
Mauled
Before the Lions' tour to South Africa was a fortnight over the first book on the tour arrived.
» AUTHORS SPEAK
Crime can pay
SA crime author Mike Nicol on writing thrillers, the 'Spud' phenomenon, and reading local.
Lebo Mashile uncensored
Poet and TV host Lebo Mashile talks censorship, speedo's, and expectations.
A stroke of luck
Vikas Swarup wrote the story of 'Slumdog Millionaire' but sees success as a chance windfall.
All write now
Not many 16-year-olds are published authors. But that's exactly what Andy Petersen is. [Video]
» CAPE TOWN BOOK FAIR
City transformed by books
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.
