Book Choice

In our February show we’ve got a great mix if big-hitting award winning fiction and authors, two afrikaans fiction reviews, the third in a series of South African Italian novels and an inter-review with cycling hero Cathy Carstens on her new memoir, Getting back on the bike.

Marc Falconer shares a review and interview with his cycling hero.

A 10-minute podcast on the best book Paige Nick has read so far this year. Bosadi, by Kopano Matlwa.

An iconic short podcast with iconic Beverley Roos Muller on iconic Salman Rushdie.

A 10-minute podcast by Riley Herbert-Henry plus bonus content on Mirari Press.

Listen up. In this 10-minute short, Helene Coetzee talks all things World Read Aloud Day with Pan Macmillan.

Ten minutes, ten recommendations from The Jonathan Ball team for Galantine’s Day.

In this 10-minute short, Twanji Kalula presents Penguin Random House’s top picks for January.

In this 10-minute short, Vanessa Levenstein reviews and interviews Shubnum Khan for Exclusive Books.

Our first Publishers’ Choice show to flight on a Monday this Feb 2026. With another new Frieda McFadden, some Celia Ahern, a new Gruffalo is coming, yahoo, and Vanessa interviews award-winning author Shubnum Khan.

in this book short, Riley Herbert-Henry reviews All The Saints by Wesley Roodt.

This show is 99% local and lekker with Wesley Roodt’s "All the Saints", Deborah Posel’s "Darker Shade of Pale", Mike Nicol’s "Falls the Shadow", Morgan Housel’s "The Art of Spending Money" and an interview with Chef Kobus van der Merwe on his book "Wolfgat". Add to the fabulous mix our host Paige Nick, plus sponsor Exclusive Books and you're guaranteed a lekker bookie hour!

Shirley Gueller interviews Chef Kobus van der Merwe, who started Wolfgat, voted the best restaurant in the world in 2019 on his book Wolfgat.

In this five minute podcast, Paige Nick shares her summer read, Falls the Shadow, by Mike Nicol.

Welcome to the first show of 2026, we’ve got three of SA’s top publishers and SA’s number one bookseller here with their look back at their fave titles from 2025 and the books they’re really looking forward to this year. Including a Frieda McFadden, a Mike Nicol and a John Boyne.

In this our final show for 2025, Phillip has his annual chat with Zapiro about his annual, we host our first Afrikaans review, dog trends with Dion Chang, literary fiction with Riley Herbert Henry, and a foursome of big crime thrillers, all topped off with a bit of Wild Swimming, thanks to Serai and Matthew Dowling

For the next five minutes, listen to Paige Nick chatting about the book she’s just read, The Compound by Aisling Rawle, in our Book Choice Publishers’ Choice Short. It’s reality TV in a book.

In this Book Choice Publishers’ Choice short, Helene Coetzee from Pan Macmillan chats to Jaco Jacobs for seven minutes about his latest release, The Lightning Bird.

In this ten minute Book Choice Publishers’ Choice Short, Vanessa Levenstein brings us the perfect inter-review with award-winning journalist, Mandy Weiner, about her new book The Deal.

Join us for our festive season book suggestions from Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball and Pan MacMillan, a drop in from author Jaco Jacobs, as well as an epic inter-review with Mandy Weiner, courtesy of our friends at Exclusive Books.