Darrel Bristow-Bovey riffs on his memoir, One Midlife Crisis and a Speedo
The celebrated columnist Darrel Bristow-Bovey is in top form as he wrestles with the manopause in One Midlife Crisis and a Speedo. Listen to him sounding off about Tim Noakes, Facebook and aphrodisiacs.
28 Oct 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to John Cleese
I recently spoke to comedy legend John Cleese on the TM LIVE Book Show about his memoir So, Anyway …
Cleese said he first thought about writing his memoir one Christmas while he was having lunch with Michael Caine in Barbados. As one does.
“Michael Caine had been writing his autobiography and saying what an interesting experience it was. He said you recapture all the bits of your life that you’d actually forgotten about,” the Monty Python legend said.
“I was very lucky. Whenever something bad happened something immediately something good happened.”
15 Oct 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Ray Hartley
Listen to my interview with Ray Hartley on his book Ragged Glory: The Rainbow Nation in Black and White.
9 Oct 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Philip Hensher
An interview with Philip Hensher about his latest novel, The Emperor Waltz.
Read my article on the book here: http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2014/10/27/a-benevolent-contagion-michele-magwood-interviews-philip-hensher-about-his-latest-novel-the-emperor-waltz/ (http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2014/10/27/a-benevolent-contagion-michele-magwood-interviews-philip-hensher-about-his-latest-novel-the-emperor-waltz/)
18 Sept 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Jaco van Schalkwyk
Jaco van Schalkwyk is one of the most interesting new authors on the SA book scene, an acclaimed visual artist who has turned his hand to writing. He tells how his debut novel The Alibi Club is based on a real dive bar in New York, and rails at the aftermath of 9/11, which he witnessed firsthand.
11 Sept 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to PJ Powers
PJ Powers is one of South Africa’s most beloved performers, but her new autobiography Here I Am chronicles a dark, desperate period in her life. Here she speaks candidly about her alcoholism, the wreckage of her life and how she has emerged from it stronger than ever.
4 Sept 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Glenn Moss
Glenn Moss relives the intense student politics at Wits in the 1970s in his absorbing book The New Radicals: A Generational Memoir of the 1970s, and speaks here about Steve Biko, the bitter Nusas trial and how the ideals of that generation have become frayed.
14 Aug 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Hagen Engler
The witty Hagen Engler lets rip in Stuff South African White People Like, sending up our predilection for Tasha’s paninis, craft beers – and two-tone shirts. Here he points out that Johnny Clegg’s Zulu accent is “a bit off”.
7 Aug 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Amanda Coetzee
Amanda Coetzee is making a name for herself with her pacy thrillers, and her fourth, One Shot, has just been published. Here she talks about her intriguing detective, the enigmatic, gypsy-blooded Badger, and how she once worked at Holloway Women’s Prison.
31 Jul 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Bongani Madondo
The irrepressible Bongani Madondo has edited a collection of essays on Brenda Fassie called I’m Not Your Weekend Special and here he remembers with affection the maddening, brilliant Ma Brr.
9 Jul 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Lauren Beukes
South Africa’s new literary supernova Lauren Beukes talks about Detroit, the derelict setting of her new book Broken Monsters, and how thwarted creativity can turn malevolent.
7 Jul 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Amanda Prowse
From 2014.
The effervescent British author Amanda Prowse was in South Africa to launch her novel Will You Remember Me? and talks about going from self-publishing to a place on the bestseller lists.
12 Jun 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Donna Bryson
American journalist Donna Bryson talks about her thoughtful, revealing book It’s A Black/White Thing, about racism in post-Independence South Africa.
5 Jun 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Michiel Heyns
Michiel Heyns is one of South Africa’s most acclaimed novelists and translators. His latest novel A Sportful Malice is a slyly funny tale of love and revenge. Here he talks about Tuscany, “transnational” literature and the scourge of social media.
15 May 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Damon Galgut
From 2014.
Damon Galgut’s subtle new novel Arctic Summer charts the travels of the great author EM Forster in the years before he wrote his masterpiece A Passage to India. Here he talks about his extensive research into this quiet, repressed author, and the liberation Forster felt in Egypt and India.
13 May 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Paul Morris
Paul Morris served in the South African forces in the 1980s when he was just 19 years old. Now he’s written a book about an epic bicycle journey he has made across that country in an effort to make peace with the ghosts of his past. He speaks here about the writing of Back to Angola: A Journey From War to Peace.
24 Apr 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Derek Hook
HSRC Press published a series of short studies on struggle heroes earlier this year called Voices of Liberation. One of the stand-out books was a study of Steve Biko by Professor Derek Hook. He spoke about Black Consciousness and Biko’s lasting legacy.
27 Mar 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Karen Rose
Karen Rose is one of America’s favourite thriller writers. On a visit to South Africa she discussed her new novel Watch Your Back and how she creates strong women characters.
13 Mar 2014
The TM LIVE Book Show: Michele Magwood talks to Mark Gevisser
Mark Gevisser’s brilliant Lost & Found in Johannesburg is part memoir, part social and historical investigation, and is one of the best books published this year. He explains how his childhood obsession with maps was the starting point for the work.
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