Writers Write Book Review

by Gillian Slovo (Canongate) ISBN: 9781782116400 Gillian Slovo’s novel about political expediency and personal disenfranchisement looks at how lives are ruined and careers are made

by Tracey Farren (Modjaji Books) ISBN: 9781928215455 This book was first published as Whiplash by Modjaji Books in 2008. This edition was released as a

Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781770105065 Comedians are storytellers and some are better at it than others. Trevor Noah is a consummate teller

Nutshell by Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape) ISBN 9781911214335 As a big fan of Ian McEwan, well-known author of Atonement (the film won the Golden Globe), Amsterdam (won the Booker

The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi (Macmillan) ISBN: 9781447298816

by Jessica Bennett (Penguin) ISBN: 978-0062439789 I love a book written by a journalist. You will always get exactly what you are promised with a healthy dose of

by Chris Whitaker (Twenty7) ISBN: 978-1-78577-030-2 Tall Oaks is a small American town where three-year-old Harry mysteriously disappears. His mother, Jess, is mad with worry, desperately

by Joe Hill (Gollancz) ISBN: 978-0-575-13071-5 A new disease is destroying mankind – an incurable spore that kills by causing spontaneous combustion in the host. There

by Michael Sims (Penguin) ISBN: 9780141003610 Adam’s Navel is a fascinating book that looks at the human body as it is portrayed in literature, mythology, commonly