Magwood on Books

12/08/2021

Schapiro's memoir, formed from the stories he had told his son growing up, takes turbulence to another level

22/07/2021

With the world gradually opening up again, and people thirsting to travel, there’s no better guide

14/06/2021

This 'secret history' exposes the outrageously wealthy Sackler family, whose fortune was built on the back of the US opioid crisis

13/05/2021

Jackson Lamb and his club of failures enthrall in Mick Herron’s latest book

30/03/2021

'The Last Kings of Shanghai' unearths the history of one of the world’s greatest cities and its powerful families

10/02/2021

Everett’s new memoir is as much about him as it is an homage to his obsession, Oscar Wilde

14/12/2020

Climb into some new books for a quiet Christmas holiday and escape into the pages

20/10/2020

André Leon Talley is a fashion-magazine legend. His memoir charts his glitzy rise, glamorous rule, and gutting decline

16/09/2020

So thrilled Tsitsi has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

The eyes of the world are on the Zimbabwean author, and not just because her latest book is in the running for the Booker Prize

11/08/2020

Mothers and mental illness loom large on the bookshelves this month, and the tales of local authors are both tender and compelling

26/06/2020

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Beukes' latest book is so prescient, so true-to-life that it chills the reader to the marrow

19/05/2020

The brave new digital world of the early 2010s and startups wasn’t all it seemed

30/04/2020

The heyday of magazines may have passed, but that doesn’t make the scandal, the sala­ciousness, and the stories that surrounded them any less beguiling

12/02/2020

New book provides much more than insight into what shaped his genius — it is a fine guide for the uncommon reader, too

25/11/2019

An age-old tale of cruel stepmothers told with a smoothness that belies its dark belly, writes Michele Magwood

28/10/2019

Being born in Taiwan and raised in South Africa can make for a confusing identity, writes Michele Magwood

19/10/2019

This book should carry a warning: full grief ahead...

In her new memoir Alexandra Fuller focuses on her restless romantic of a father, writes Michele Magwood

14/10/2019

She had some very interesting things to say about the Sussexes, too...

'Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor' throws some unusually warm light on the woman everyone loved to hate