How A Book Is Born
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Book Review – Between A Mother And Her Child
by Elizabeth Noble (Penguin) ISBN: 9780718155377 Maggie and Bill have a good life. Wealthy, privileged, and still in love after 20 years, their marriage is almost perfect. Isn’t it? Then Jake, their eldest son, dies. Maggie sacrificed her career as an Australian Olympic swimmer for Bill when she became pregnant. She moved to London with
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The Writers Write Interview – Elizabeth Noble
In this post, we share our interview with Elizabeth Noble. The English author was our guest at an event in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The Cove
by Ron Rash (Canongate) ISBN 9 780857 863614  Sometimes it happens that you read the beginning of the book and wonder where on earth it is leading to. I didn’t like the sound of this book until the story began unfolding and although it was interesting I felt there was no reason for writing
Book Review – A Bosman Companion
A Bosman Companion by Craig Mackenzie & Tim Sandham (Human & Rosseau) ISBN 9780798152532
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Book Review – Fallen In Love
by Lauren Kate (Random House) ISBN: 978-0-857-53164-3 Fallen In Love is a glimpse into the emotions of the characters who are part of Daniel and Luce’s cursed love story. Readers of the Lauren Kate trilogy will know the characters. Miles, Shelby, Arian and Roland have walked alongside Luce and Daniel’s doomed love. The setting in
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So Much Pretty
by Cara Hoffman (Random House) R 215 ISBN: 9781846059704 Â One girl disappeared, one girl knows something and a female reporter tries to uncover the truth. Â I picked up this crime novel because it was recommended on the cover as poetic, intelligent and shocking. That sounded promising. Â The book was certainly poetic, with
Book Review – Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality
by Sean Newman, Peter Piegl, Karyn Maughan (Jacana) ISBN: 9781431402960 Quite uncanny how I’ve just finished reading the book ‘Lolly Jackson’ at a time when attempts at extraditing George Smith who is believed to have murdered Jackson are being made. Once you’ve read the book, you’ll be none the wiser. I seriously doubt that Lolly’s killer
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Book Review – Winging It
by Deborah Cooke (Allison & Busby) ISBN: 978-0-7490-4072-7 Zoe Sorensson is a dragon. This can be quite cool when you are almost 16-years-old. Except Zoe is not allowed to reveal herself to humans. When her friend, Meagan is bullied in the change room, Zoe does what any loyal friend would do; she defends Meagan by
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Book Review – Sarah House
by Ifeanyi Ajaegbo (Picador Africa) ISBN 978-1-77010-219-4 Â What needs to be mentioned, primarily, is that this book, which has a female protagonist, was written by a male author. He highlights the abuse of women who are used only as commodities to be bought and sold: young girls become sex slaves of pimps, thugs and brothel
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