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An Appetite for Peas | Autobiography: General

“I have done some really brave things in my life. I, too, have done some really stupid ones. The line between these is precariously thin and I have far too often crossed it . . .” Casey B. Dolan – actress, television presenter, entertainer, DJ, entrepreneur and singer – is perhaps best known for being voted FHM South Africa’s sexiest woman in 2000. In this no-holds-barred biography she unveils just what it is like to be that woman, the one on...

Sister-Sister | General Fiction

Rachel Zadok

That night, I slip into her mind and dream her dreams. I see myself, Thuli, strange and disconnected and the wrong way round, like I’m stuck in a mirror. We...

Letters To My Son | Autobiography: General

Mignonne Breier

The death of any child is overwhelming. Parental grief is intense, long-lasting and complex. In Letters to My Son, Mignonne Breier explores her own relationship...

’n Ander mens | General Fiction

Zirk van den Berg

Erica van der Linde has found the perfect way to make sure the witnesses in her police protection programme in Cape Town stay hidden. She kills them. But...

Killing Sahara | Fiction Companions

Mukoma wa Ngugi

Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ’s Nairobi Heat was heralded as “the work of a genius craftsman and wordsmith” by New Africa Magazine. In Killing Sahara we once again join...

An Exceptionally Simple Theory (of Absolutely Everything) | General Fiction

Mark Winkler

Tracy lifts a Botoxed lip, shakes her head, minces off on her Louboutins, descends the stairs like a cautious antelope. Gabe is lying on his unmade bed with his...

Penumbra | General Fiction

Songeziwe Mahlangu

Mangaliso Zolo is a hapless recent graduate, still living in the southern suburbs of Cape Town near the university. Manga has an office job at a large insurance...

Sapphire Press: Three Dates | Romance & Sagas

Tshego Monaisa

Professional ballroom dancer, Lesedi Moatlegi, has looked after her sister, Karabo, ever since their mother died. Her dance partner, Nicholas, is her perfect...