‘The Penguin Post’: Lee Child on what’s next on his list of world domination

'My next plan is to dominate the world of lying on my sofa, reading all the great books I missed while writing my own,' says bestselling author Lee ...

Extract | ‘Breakthrough’ by Mac Maharaj and Z Pallo Jordan

Written by two ANC veterans who were close to these events, Breakthrough sheds new light on the process that led to the formal negotiations.

‘The Penguin Post’: Zakes Mda chats about his new novel

'The story assailed me, grabbed me by the scruff of my neck and demanded that I narrate it. I had no say,' says Zakes Mda.

'The Penguin Post': Damon Galgut offers non-advice to aspiring writers

“Let me start my advice to aspiring writers by saying that my advice won’t help you.”

‘The Penguin Post’: Celebrating the LGBTIQ+ people whose stories freed us

Retelling our story on our own terms enables us to develop a greater awareness about our identity and those of others, writes media personality and ...

Erika Bornman tells of fierce determination to expose 'Mission of Malice'

Escaping is difficult, but rehabilitation into "normal" life after a decade of alleged ritual humiliation, brainwashing and abuse is much more ...

'A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World' — a handy guide to every known shark ...

'A Pocket Guide to Sharks of the World' is the only field guide to identify, illustrate and describe every known shark species

Poetry to honour Africa’s ancestral women

Each poem in this collection reflects the lives of most, if not all women, womyn and womxn — particularly those born black and poor by design in a ...

Fiction Friday | ‘The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse’ by Robert Muponde

The ninth n’anga they consulted two years after the end of the bush war was Mbuya Chitopota, a woman from faraway Dande. She was wiry, one-legged, ...

'The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse' captures the magic of childhood

Hilarious, poetic and poignant, Robert Muponde’s vibrant coming-of-age story of Ronald Guramatunhu brings to life rural Zimbabwe from the Second ...