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Podcasts
Debut authors and how to get yourself published and sold
Debut authors and how to get yourself published and sold
Today on the Book Show, Jenny Crwys-Williams and Redi look at debut authors and what it takes to publish, and sell, a novel these days.
More episodes from Jennys Book Show
In conversation with Lauren Beukes
28 July 2016 12:58 PM
This morning on the Book Show we speak to the award-winning author Lauren Beukes. Best known for her books “The Shining Girls” and “Broken Monsters” she is just two months away from publishing her latest book.
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the battle of the Somme and our South African connection
21 July 2016 12:56 PM
This week on the Book Show we’re looking at the battle of the Somme, with a South African connection and also some great new fiction titles.
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South African memoirs
14 July 2016 3:01 PM
In the Book Show this morning we’re looking at another South African memoir – and two coffee table books which are, in a very real sense, memoirs of a different time in this country.
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biographies and memoirs
7 July 2016 3:59 PM
This week on the book show, Redi and Jenny look at biographies and memoirs, which are always big sellers in South Africa; and they are joined by one of the founders of talk radio in South Africa, John Berks to talk about his biography, What a Boykie written by Robin Binckes.
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Sunday Times Literary award winners
30 June 2016 4:26 PM
In the Book Show this morning, Jenny and Gugu talk to the winners of the Sunday Times Literary awards.
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the Alan Paton book prize and new books on Africa
23 June 2016 12:48 PM
This morning on the Book Show we look at Jenny’s prediction for the Alan Paton prize and two great new books about Africa.
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“Hot to Trot” books
9 June 2016 3:59 PM
Redi Tlhabi and Jenny Crwys-Williams discuss books of the moment, books that are “hot to trot”, here and abroad. They speak to Authors; Bongani Madondo, of Sigh the beloved country- braai talk, rock n roll and other stories; and Richard Popolak of Continental shift – a journey into Africa’s changing fortunes.
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focus on the Congo
26 May 2016 5:04 PM
Today on the Book Show Redi and Jenny take a literary journey through the troubled history of the Congo.
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Awards season
19 May 2016 4:37 PM
This morning on the book show we’re looking at some of the books on the Sunday Times shortlist, and talking crime with superstar author Harlan Coben, and a fascinating real-life South African murder mystery.
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