Bunny Majaja has been my friend for almost fourteen years. This is why. I was not the most elegant, or… Read more Bunny Majaja: My Friend, and South Africa’s Idol
Review of The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Usually a book can be allocated its genre within a moment of reading the blurb and glancing at the jacket. But then there’s The Shining Girls, which gleefully refuses to pick a genre box to sit in, and decides that it will timeshare in several.
Review of Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human
We meet with Boer War-era psychics, half-springbok boys, inter-dimensional gatekeepers and a pirate queen armed with Uzis.
The Unnecessary Elevation of Fanfiction: The Announcement of Kindle Worlds
All Body Glitter and No Gold – Review of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
Review of ‘White Dog Fell From The Sky’ by Eleanor Morse
A book that deals with apartheid will always tread on treacherous ground – who has the right to write about… Read more Review of ‘White Dog Fell From The Sky’ by Eleanor Morse
Review of Folly by Jassy MacKenzie
Folly will doubtlessly be sold on the sex angle alone: in the glut of post-Shades erotica, it is a shining example… Read more Review of Folly by Jassy MacKenzie
Feminism Isn’t a Hobby
Today, people will be wearing black in some kind of attempt to soothe their consciences about the appalling treatment of… Read more Feminism Isn’t a Hobby
Review of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis arrived with a great deal of literary street cred: it had been recommended… Read more Review of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Movie Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
Arguably, one cannot make a film about slavery without making a comment on it, and neither can one star a… Read more Movie Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
