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US author Pat Conroy dead at 70

Pat Conry was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just four weeks ago before his death

BOOK REVIEW: Chaka

Tumour of power shown in Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka is relevant today, writes Karin Schimke

BOOK REVIEW: The Boy Who Could Change the World

Aaron Swartz, who took his own life in 2013, was a Chicago prodigy turned celebrity hacktivist who believed in freeing information, fighting corruption, and revolutionising government. Picture: REUTERS/ NOAH BERGER

Aaron Swartz’s essays provide a rallying cry for free information, fighting corruption, and revolutionising government, writes Hannah Kuchler

Bubbly Zola’s cookbook makes it all so easy

Zola Nene. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Enthusiastic television chef Zola Nene’s cookbook keeps things simple in the kitchen

BOOK REVIEW: A bookworm’s life on Joburg streets

Philani Dladla  stands on the side of Empire Road in Braamfontein, next to the University of the Witwatersrand, where he previously sold books to motorists. Picture: DANIEL BORN

The Pavement Bookworm, an account of Philani Dladla’s life and by extension that of the homeless living under city bridges, is written as he speaks — clearly and vividly, writes Sue Grant-Marshall


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