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From Facebook to fiction: Paige Nick turns online book clubs into comedy gold in her new novel. Photo: Liza van Deventer

From Facebook to fiction: How Paige Nick turned online book clubs into comedy gold

Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
On the right page: Children’s book author and executive director of Nal’ibali, Lorato Trok. Photo: Supplied

Lorato Trok: Writing our languages back into the story

Author speaks of her dedication to keeping indigenous languages alive through children’s books and her hopes for the growth of South African languages

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Brave: Ghanaian author Kobby Ben Ben was at the recent Franschhoek Literary Festival. His first novel No One Dies Yet has queer themes but it also contains broader social commentary.

Kobby Ben Ben on breaking the queer ceiling

Novel writes queerness into a space where it’s forbidden and meanders through the unforgiving politics of Ghana, past and present

  • Eyaaz
8 min read