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The Witness Reviewers Name their Top Books of 2009

November 30th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

The Book of JacobThe Virus, Vitamins and VegetablesSouth Africa's Brave New WorldChoice, not FateHouse of WarWe are All Zimbabweans NowThe Double CrownSummertimeA Fork in the Road

BOOK SA members Lisa Lazarus,Gregory Fried, Hamilton Wende and André Brink caught the attention of the Witness’ book reviewers this year – along with a healthy number of other SA authors.

Here are the reads of the year from Julia Denny-Dimitriou, Christopher Merrett, Janet van Eeden, Moira Lovell, Stephen Coan, Stephanie Alexander and Yves Vanderhaeghen. One question: where are Margaret von Klemperer’s picks?

The book that affected me most has to be The Book of Jacob — a journey into parenthood by Lisa Lazarus and Greg Fried. It was painful but cathartic to read about this couple’s struggles as they navigated the treacherous waters of new parenthood. Like many, they were completely unprepared for the storm they sailed into when they had their son, Jacob. A courageous and beautifully written book.

I do sometimes get a chance to read works I want to read, as opposed to those I have to read. One is A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. I laughed so hard in places that my husband came to find out if I’d finally gone completely loony. I wasn’t brave enough to tell him that the eccentric main character reminded me a lot of my father-in- law.

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The Double Crown: Secret Writings of the Female Pharaoh

Cats: Biography, Crime, Fiction, Health, International, Non-fiction, Parenting, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Tags: A Fork in the Road, A Journey into Parenthood, Afghanistan, AIDS, Alexander the Great, Andre Brink, Anso Thom, Biography, BOOK SA - News, Choice, Christopher Merrett, Crime, Dan Lazar, Disgrace, Egypt, Fiction, Greg Fried, Hamilton Wende, Harvill Secker, Health, Health-e News, HIV, House of War, Human & Rousseau, International, J. M. Coetzee, Jacana, James Kilgore, Janet van Eeden, JM Coetzee, Julia Denny-Dimitriou, Kerry Cullinan, Lisa Lazarus, Marie Heese, Moira Lovell, Non-fiction, not Fate, Oshun, Parenting, Penguin, Pharaoh, Pippa Green, Publisher, Roxanne, RW Johnson, Some Craciun, Some Editor, Some Illustrator, Some Other Editor, Some Other Illustrator, South Africa, South Africa's Brave New World, Stephanie Alexander, Stephen Coan, Subtitle, Summertime, Taliban, The Beloved Country Since the End of Apartheid, The biography of Trevor Manuel, The Book of Jacob, The Double Crown, The South African HIV/AIDS Mystery, The Virus, Umuzi, Vitamins and Vegetables, We are All Zimbabweans Now, Witness, Yves Vanderhaeghen, Zimbabwe
 

The Book Lounge’s Big Week: Creamy Ewok Baggends, Dennis Davis, Fiona C Ross and Raoul Goldberg

October 12th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

Precedent and Possibility: The (Ab)Use of Law in South AfricaAwakening to Child HealthAlert! The Book Lounge has a big week coming up, with four events from Tuesday through Saturday. Let’s get right to it, courtesy their newsletter:

On Tuesday, 13 October, hip-hop performance poet Creamy Ewok Baggends will drop by here on his way to the Earthdance Festival, Poetry Africa and Rocking the Daisies, to wow us with his rhymes.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 13 October, at 5:30 for 6:00pm

Like many we’ve been somewhat bemused by some of the goings on in the judiciary over the last few months, so we’ve asked Judge Dennis Davis to come and share some of his thoughts in a talk entitled ” The past 2 years – how much damage has been done to our judiciary : is the crisis over? ” Judge Davis will be here on Wednesday, 14 October.
Date & Time: Wednesday, 14 October, at 5:30 for 6:00pm

Then, on Thursday, 15 October, we are welcoming Fiona C. Ross for the launch of her book, Raw Life, New Hope: Decency, Hope and Everyday Life in a Post-Apartheid Community. Ross has compiled a varied and entertaining ethnographic study of life in the Cape Flats, with a theoretical core, but also interspersed with recipes, anecdotes, photos etc.
Date & Time: Thursday, 15 October, at 5:30 for 6:00pm

Lastly, on Saturday, 17 October, at 3:00pm well-known Cape Town holistic therapist Dr Raoul Goldberg will be here to introduce and launch his new book, Awakening to Child Health: Nurturing Children’s Well-being. Drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s understanding of child development, health and holistic medicine, the book sets out the work Dr Goldberg has been doing at his Syringa Health Centre since 1983.
Date & Time: Saturday, 17 October, at 3:00pm

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Cats: Events, Health, Law, Misc, Non-fiction, Parenting
Tags: Awakening to Child Health, BOOK SA - News, Case Law, Court Cases, Creamy Ewok Baggends, Decency Hope and Everyday Life in a Post-Apartheid Community, Democracy, Denis Davis, Double Storey, Events, Fiona C Ross, Hawthorn Press, Health, International, Law, Michelle le Roux, Misc, Non-fiction, Nurturing Children's Well Being, Parenting, Precedent and Possibility, Publisher, Raoul Goldberg, Raw Life New Hope, South Africa, South African Democracy, Subtitle, The (Ab)use of Law in South Africa, The Book Lounge
 

Heritage Day: Huge Sale at Kalahari.net

September 24th, 2009 by Ben

Alert! Happy Heritage Day! A day that, as most know, has been hijacked by a marketing campaign and is now also firmly registered in many an SA consciousness as “National Braai Day”. But we aren’t going to say “Happy Braai Day”. We refuse.

That said, there are some pretty darn good braai books out there and, if you’re quick, you can pick one up for 30% off at Kalahari.net, which is having a big sale on SA books – including some pretty terrific SA Lit titles.

The sale lasts until Friday. We’ve compiled most of the SA sale books below. Get a-clickin’!

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Graeme SmithNelson Mandela's Favourite African FolktalesRunning with HorsesThe World According to Julius MalemaJohn Platter South African Wine Guide 2009Playing the EnemyLong Walk to FreedomChoice, not FateThe Elephant WhispererSouth Africa's Brave New WorldAfter MandelaProject HCharlizeSouth African Labour Relations ExplainedFABTill We Can Keep An AnimalMore Than Just a GameDerby DayA Fork in the RoadMore Spit 'n More PolishWalking on Egg ShellsMy Success, Your SuccessWild HoneyThe Transplant MenIs It Coz I'm Black?Lazy DaysSilent PredatorShack ChicThesen IslandsPrickly Pears and PomegranatesAfricanismoMy First Book of Southern African Snakes and other ReptilesMore than SamoosasBird Calls for BeginnersFamous Dinosaurs of AfricaThe 2009 Flux-Trend ReviewMud ChicFire WaterAt the Heart of HealingRomance of Cape Mountain PassesThe Fall of the Black-Eyed NightBirds in WordsLove Green FoodA Touch of RooibosThe Woman Who Lived in a TreeHayibo!Huisgenoot BraaiBraaiBraaivleistreffersSonbrand en BraaiboudCountry of My SkullKook en GenietFynbos FairiesJock of the BushveldUmlilo's TreasureSpudSpudSpudMadiba MagicFynbos FeetjiesFly, Eagle, Fly!

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Is it Cos I’m Black?

  • Prickly Pears and Pomegranates: Local, Organic and Seasonal Food from the Plains of the Camdeboo by Marianne Palmer, Bernadette le Roux
    EAN: 9780980265149
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Cats: Afrikaans, Biography, Business, Children, Fiction, Food, Green, Health, Humour, Lifestyle, Misc, Nature, Non-fiction, Politics, South Africa, Sport, Travel, Youth, Zimbabwe
Tags: 2009, A Captain's Diary, A Fork in the Road, Abridged, Africanismo, Afrikaans, All the Way Home, Allan Boesak, Andre Brink, Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, Art and Innovation in South African Shack-Lands, Atlantic Books, Audio Book, Autobiography, Badger, barry ronge, Bernadette le Roux, Bill Branch, Biography, Bird Calls for Beginners, BOOK SA - News, Bookey Peek, Braai Day, Business, Cafe Roux, Camdeboo, Cape Malay, Children, Choice, Chris Barnard, Chris van Wyk, Contemporary Country Style Cooking, Cookbook, Cookery Books, COPE, Craig Fraser, Cricket, Cuisine, Culinary Books, Dinosaurs, Dion Chang, Doug Newman, Easy Cape Malay Cuisine with an Indian Twist, Entrepreneurs, Famous Dinosaurs of Africa, Fashion, Fiction, Fish with the Tides and Rest with the Moon, Food, G.E. de Villiers, Graeme Smith, Great Karoo, Green, Hachette Audio, Harvill Secker, Health, Heart Transplant, Human & Rousseau, Humour, Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom, Indian, Ingrid Corbett, Interior Inspiration from Southern Africa, Interviews, Is it Coz I'm Black?, Jacana, Jane Notten, Jane Taylor, John Carlin, John Platter, John Platter South African Wine Guide 2009, Joho, Jonathan Ball, Kalahari, Kalahari.net, Karoo, Kwela Books, Lazy Days, Les Aupiais, Lifestyle, Lifestyle and Inspiration from the People of the Eastern Cape, Local, Long Walk to Freedom, Luis Rey, Macmillan Australia, Mandy Allen, Mandy Rossouw, Marianne Palmer, Max du Preez, Misc, More Spit 'n More Polish, More than Samoosas, Mud Chic, My First Book of Southern African Snakes and other Reptiles, My Success, My Succss, National Braai Day, Nature, Nazeeha Abrahams, Nazeehah Abrahams, Ndumiso Ngcobo, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, Nelson Mandela's Favourite African Folktales, Non-fiction, not Fate, organic, Organic and Seasonal Food from the Plains of the Camdeboo, Oshun, Paddy Bouma, Palaeontology, Pan Macmillan, Penguin, Philip van Zyl, Phillippa Cheifitz, Pippa Green, Playing the Enemy, Politicians, Politics, Prickly Pears and Pomegranates, Protea's, Publisher, Quivertree Publications, Reflections of an accidental politician, Rise with the Sun, Running with Horses, Sally MacLarty, Sally Rutherford, Sandile Dikeni, Satire, seasonal food, Shack Chic, Silent Predator, Sindiwe Magona, Siobhan Gunning, Small Business, Some Craciun, Some Editor, Some Illustrator, Some Other Editor, Some Other Illustrator, South Africa, Sport, Stone Hills, Struik, Struik Publishers, Subtitle, Taweni Gondwe, The 2009 Flux Trend Review, The biography of Trevor Manuel, The Penguin Group, The Transplant Men, The World According to Julius Malema, Thesen Islands, Tony Park, Top tips from South African women entrepreneurs, Transplant Men, Travel, Trends, Two Dogs, UCT, Walking on Egg Shells, Wild Honey, Wildlife Sanctuary, Women in Business, Your Success, Youth, Zimbabwe
 

Johannesburg’s In Conversation 2009

June 10th, 2009 by Ben - Editor

SpudWays of StayingKruidjie roer myThe Griqua's ApprenticeKaalkop 2

Alert! While Cape Town gears up for the Book Fair this weekend, Johannesburgers have the chance to hear Jenny Crwys-Williams and her team of literary aces chat to four different authors over four successive evenings – starting tonight, 10 June with none other than John van de Ruit – at the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square in Sandton.

That’s right: it’s In Conversation 2009!

Here’s the lineup:

10th June – Spud – Learning to Fly – John van de Ruit interviewed by Bongani Bingwa

11th June – Ways of Staying – Kevin Bloom interviewed by Jean-Jacques Cornish

12th June – The Griqua’s Apprentice – Antoinette Pienaar interviewed by Jenny Crwys-Williams

13th June – Nathaniel (interviewed Jenny Crwys Williams and Barry Ronge)
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Cats: Afrikaans, Biography, Drama, Fiction, Health, Humour, Misc, News, Non-fiction, Poetry, South Africa
Tags: 2009, Afrikaans, Antoinette Pienaar, barry ronge, Biography, Bongani Bingwa, BOOK SA - News, Drama, Fiction, Health, Human & Rousseau, Humour, In Coversation, Jean-Jacques Cornish, Jenny Crwys-Williams, Johannesburg, John van de Ruit, Kaalkop 2, Kevin Bloom, Kruidjie roer my, Misc, Nataniel, News, Non-fiction, Old Mutual Theatre, Penguin, Picador Africa, Poetry, South Africa, Spud, Umuzi, Ways of Staying
 

2009 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award Longlist

May 31st, 2009 by Ben - Editor

A Life in TransitionA Milimetre of DustA Simple FreedomAfrica's Greatest EntrepreneursBoiling PointChoice, not FateClassrooms in the Shade

Dinner with MugabeDo NOT Take this Road to El-KaramaDrinking from the Dragon's WellElita and Her Life with FW De KlerkGo Home or Die HereIn a Different TimeHunger for Freedom

Land, Power and CustomLandmarkedLaying Ghosts to RestLove in the Time of TreasonMasqueradeOf Tricksters, Tyrants and TurncoatsOn the Border

On the ContraryOn the Other Side of ShamePrecedent and PossibilityRichmondSide EffectsSister OutsidersStreet Blues

The ANC Undeground in South AfricaThe Arms Deal in Your PocketThe Black CountessThe Boy in YouThe Fred de Vries InterviewsFull CircleThe Joburg Book

The Kasrils AffairThe Mandela FilesThe Mbeki LegacyThree-letter PlagueTo the BrinkTobias in ConversationZuma

Alert! The longlist for the R75 000 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction – the richest such prize in Africa – has been announced.
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Cats: Africa, Awards, Biography, Business, Crime, Food, Green, Health, Misc, Nature, Non-fiction, South Africa, Travel, Zimbabwe
Tags: 2009, 2009 Sunday Times Literary Awards, A Life in Transition, A Milimetre of Dust, A Simple Freedom, A Time of Memory, Achille Mbembe, Africa, Africas Greatest Entrepreneurs, Ahmed Kathrada, Alan Paton Award, Alan Paton Prize, Alex Boraine, Alex Smith, Ampersand Press, Andrew Brown, Andrew Ragalavoo, Aninka Claassens, Ann Donald, Anna Trapido, Ari Sitas, Awards, Ben Cousins, Biography, Boiling point, BOOK SA - News, Brian Pottinger, Business, Cherryl Walker, Choice, Chris Harvie, Classrooms in the Shade, Crime, Dave Varty, David Williams, Denis Davis, Devarakshanam Betty Govinden, Dinner with Mugabe, Do NOT Take this Road to El-Karama, Double Storey, Drinking from the Dragon's Well, Elita and Her Life with FW De Klerk, Eric Worby, Fernwood Press, Food, Fred de Vries, Full Circle, Go Home or Die Here, Goran Strkajl, Green, Health, Heidi Holland, Hunger For Freedom, In a Different Time, J B Pollack, Jacana, Jane Dugard, Jeremy Gordin, Joanne Jowell, Jonathan Ball, jonny steinberg, Julia Martin, Kwela, Land, Landmarked, Laying Ghosts to Rest, Leonie Joubert, Lesley Lawson, Longlist, Love in the Time of Treason, Mamphela Ramphele, Marguerite Poland, Mark Gevisser, Martie Retief-Meiring, Masquerade, Maureen Isaacson, Max du Preez, Michelle le Roux, Misc, Moky Makura, Nature, Nechama Brodie, Non-fiction, not Fate, Of Tricksters, On the Border, On the Contrary, On the Other Side of Shame, Pan Macmillan, Paul Holden, Penguin, Peter Harris, Philip Tobias, Pippa Green, Power and Custom, Precedent and Possibility, R E van der Ross, Rayda Jacobs, Raymond Suttner, Richmond, Shanthee Manjoo, Shireen Hassim, Side Effects, Sister Outsiders, Solo Collective, South Africa, STE Publishers, Street Blues, Sunday Times, Sunday Times Alan Paton Award, Sunday Times Literary Award, Tafelberg, Tawana Kupe, Thabo Mbeki, The ANC Undeground in South Africa, The Arms Deal in Your Pocket, The Black Countess, The Boy in You, The Dream Deferred, The Fred de Vries Interviews, The Joburg Book, The Kasrils Affair, The Mandela Files, The Mbeki Legacy, Three Letter Plague, To the Brink, Tobias in Conversation, Tony Leon, Travel, Tyrants and Turncoats, UCT Press, UKZN Press, Umuzi, UNISA Press, Wild Dog Press, Wits University Press, Xolela Mangcu, Zapiro, Zebra, Zebra Press, Zimbabwe, Zubeida Jaffer, Zuma
 

 
 
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