Writers Write Book Review

by Julia Richman (Burnet Media) ISBN 9781928230434 This book is a gem that will delight children and adults alike with its use of rare collective nouns

Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland (Zaffre) ISBN: 9781785762598 An enthralling, heart-rending, and elegantly written novel, Lost for Words beautifully weaves past and present, creating

by Chwayita Ngamlana (Blackbird Books) ISBN: 9781928337447 Shay, a journalism student in Jo’burg, meets Sip, an unreformed bad girl when she goes to interview her

Autumn by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton) ISBN: 9780241207017 ‘It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times…’ The novel starts with this

by Dana Spiotta (Picador) ISBN 9781509839124 Childhood friends Meadow and Carrie grow up in Los Angeles loving films and filmmaking. They have different styles and

Mischling by Affinity Konar (Atlantic Books) ISBN: 9781786490841 I’m hesitant to pick up another World War II novel. There have been many re-tellings, and it’s

by M.J. Arlidge (Penguin) ISBN: 9780718183851 Love Me Not is the seventh book in M.J. Arlidge’s DI Helen Grace thriller series. A disillusioned and angry

by Lee Berger and John Hawks (Jonathan Ball Publishers) ISBN: 9781868428052 Lee Berger is a paleoanthropologist and National Geographic explorer. He is best known for

by Thabiso Mofokeng (Blackbird Books) ISBN: 9781928337430 If cars were birds, then the taxis on South African roads would be hadedas – no one likes them,

An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni (Jacana Media) ISBN 9781431424603 Jessica, the frog, lives with two other frogs on Pebble Island. She is full of