Paul Leger Red Press Review: Brian Joss What could go wrong on a road trip to the Kruger National Park?…
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Book Review: Prisoner 913: The release of Nelson Mandela
Riaan de Villiers and Jan-Ad Stemmet Tafelberg Review: Brian Joss Nelson Mandela’s release after 27 years of incarceration was not…
Book Review: My Sweet Life
Faaiza Omar Human& Rousseau Review: Brian Joss Faaiza Omar who has been living the “sweet life” for more than 20…
Book Review: Not to Mention
A Novel Vivian de Klerk Picador Africa Macmillan Review: Brian Joss Not To Mention is an intelligent thriller literally dotted…
Book Review: A Family Affair
Sue Nyathi Macmillan Review: Brian Joss On the face of it the Mafu family, patriarch Pastor Abraham (although he wasn’t…
Book Review: 50 People Who F***ed Up South Africa The Lost Decade
Alexander Parker and Tim Richman Cartoons by Zapiro Burnet Media Review: Brian Joss What do Shaun Abrahams, Adam Catzavelos, Adri…
Book Review: Braaibroodjies and burgers
Jan Braai Bookstorm Review: Brian Joss Jan Scannel better known as Jan Braai is the man who turned Heritage Day,…
Book Review: Zapiro Do The Macorona – Cartoons from the Daily Maverick
Jacana Review: Brian Joss This is the 25th annual compilation of Zapiro’s cartoons and in 2020 Covid-19 proved fertile ground…
Book Review: Yes To Life
In Spite of Everything Viktor E. Frankl Rider, Penguin Random House Review: Brian Joss Soon after his liberation from Auschwitz…
Book Review: Three Hours
Rosamund Lupton Viking Penguin Random House Review: Brian Joss It’s the dead of winter and a liberal school, Clifton Heights,…
Book Review: Starlite Memories
Misadventures in Movie-making Dov Fedler Tafelberg Review: Brian Joss Dov Fedler, one of South Africa’s best known political cartoonists, has,…
Book Review: Apeirogon
A Novel Colum McCann Bloomsbury Review: Brian Joss Two real-life events that occurred 10 years apart inspired this powerful novel…
Book Review: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara Chatto & Windus Penguin Random House Review: Brian Joss While the “Djinn Patrol” was still a work-in-progress it…
Book Review: Is It Me Or Is It Getting Hot In Here?
Great Expectations And Boiling Frogs In South Africa Tom Eaton Tafelberg Review: Brian Joss The fable about putting a frog…
Book Review: Due South of Copenhagen
Mark Winkler Umuzi Review: Brian Joss Mark Winkler has written five novels including Theo & Flora in 2018 (reviewed, November…
Book Review: Afterland
Lauren Beukes Umuzi Review: Brian Joss Science fiction is not for everyone but there are some writers of the genre…
Book Review: In The Midst of Wolves
Kurt Ellis Penguin Random House Review: Brian Joss South Africa is fertile ground for storytellers and Kurt Ellis has lifted…
Book Review: These Are Not Gentle People. A True Story
Andrew Harding Picador Africa Review: Brian Joss These Are Not Gentle People is a reconstruction of a brutal crime in…
Book Review: Remembering Cheetahs
Fundraising photography book series Remembering Wildlife will mark the publication of its latest book, Remembering Cheetahs, with a two-week virtual…
Book Review: Sasol Birds of Southern Africa
Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton, Niall Perrins, Dominic Rollison, Peter Ryan Illustrations: Norman Arlott, Peter Hayman, Alan Harris, Faansie…
Book Review: Stuff We Wish We Knew
Before Getting Married Mo & Phindi Lux Verbi NB Publishers Review: Brian Joss Mo and Phindi (Grootboom) must be such…
Book Review: A Lute of Eleven Strings
A Story of What Might Have Been Jane Kirsten Porcupine Press Review: Brian Joss Jane Kirsten lives in a Boland…
Book Review: 30 Money Mistakes Women Make & Ways To Get Back On Track
Kim Potgieter eBook (self-published) Review: Brian Joss Kim Potgieter has degrees in Clinical and Industrial psychology and is a director…