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Pagecast is South Africa's biggest book podcast that offers insider interviews with recently published authors, delving into the creative processes and stories behind their latest works. As the leading platform for book lovers, Pagecast brings you the story behind the story, exploring the thoughts, ideas, and emotions that shape the country's most compelling literature.
Weekly English South Africa Books · Society & Culture
208 Episodes
160 – 180

In Our Own Words - Nurses On The Front Line

This episode is brought to you in collaboration with CapeTalk 567. Host of the CapeTalk Afternoon Drive show chats with Author, Siedine Coetzee, and Nurse, Roseanne Turner regarding their experiences as nurses on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our nurses have witnessed the pandemic first hand, compassionately caring for…
19 Sep 2022 14 min

Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

In this episode of Pagecast, Kirstin Chen is in conversation with Jennifer Platt, the books editor at the Sunday Times. About Kirstin: Kirstin Chen is the New York Times best-selling author of three novels. Her latest, Counterfeit, is a Reese’s Book Club pick, a Roxane Gay book club pick, and…
12 Sep 2022 43 min

Kelly Commaille chats with Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, author of The Last Feat

South African-born, debut author brings a threat-and-danger, hidden-world fantasy with touches of Suzanne Collins which fans of VE Schwab or Sarah J Maas will love. Twenty-two-year-old Cassia's sister is dying, and she doesn't know why. Cassia wakes up in another realm to find her missing best friend, Lucas, who knows…
5 Sep 2022 22 min

Joy and Mary Watson chat about Mary's latest book, 'Blood to Poison'

About the book Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young. The family call them Hella's girls, named for their ancestor Hella; the enslaved woman with whom it all began…
29 Aug 2022 38 min

A Russian on Commando: The Boer War Experiences of Yevgeny Avgustus

Evert Kleynhans, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Military History at the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University, is in conversation with author of A Russian on Commando: The Boer War Experiences of Yevgeny Avgustus, Boris Gorelik and Prof Fransjohan Pretorius, an emeritus professor from the Department of Historical…
22 Aug 2022 47 min

Don’t Upset ooMalume: A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game

In this episode of Pagecast, publicist and book lover Thembela Mputamputa is in conversation with Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka, author of Don’t Upset ooMalume: A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game. Returning to the family homestead in the Eastern Cape for the holidays, and worried that your city ways and…
15 Aug 2022 33 min

The Girls of Lake Evelyn by Averil Kenny

Ingrid Kluckow delves into Avril Kenny's magical writing world to discover the story behind the story. Ingrid is an avid reader, writer, actress, yoga instructor and marketing coordinator. Averil Kenny is a writer from Queensland. She writes women's fiction with an evocative flair, featuring strong, sassy heroines. The Girls of…
8 Aug 2022 32 min

Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks

Refilwe Moloto yanks the blockchain with Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon Dingle, authors of Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the end of Banks. Simon Dingle is an author, broadcaster and entrepreneur with extensive experience in cryptocurrency. He has been on the founding teams of several fintech firms, including Luno. He…
1 Aug 2022 50 min

Jenny Crwys-Williams chats with Joanne Joseph, author of Children of Sugercane

Jenny Crwys-Williams teleports to 19th century Natal with Joanne Joseph, author of the historical novel Children of Sugarcane, which conjures the world of and female indentured migrant from India. Children of Sugarcane is Joanne Joseph’s first work of fiction. Joseph is an established South African media personality and bestselling author,…
25 Jul 2022 40 min

Dr Pumla Dineo Gqola joins internationally acclaimed Tsitsi Dangarembga at FLF

Dr Pumla Dineo Gqola joins internationally acclaimed Tsitsi Dangarembga (Nervous Conditions, The Book of Not & This Mournable Body) – to discuss her stellar writing career, her life in Harare, and the choices of women besieged by patriarchy. Tsitsi Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Her debut novel,…
6 Jun 2022 34 min

John Maytham in conversation with Sarah Lotz author of Impossible.

A deliciously witty romance with a closing twist that will take your breath away, Impossible deploys all the suspense and craft of Lotz's bestselling thriller The Three in a gleefully unpredictable tale of two strangers looking for love. This isn't a love story. This is impossible. Nick: Failed writer. Failed…
9 May 2022 31 min

Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer by Liz McGregor

“Liz McGregor has always been a great journalist but only South Africa could have wrung out of her this single-minded account of the murder of her beloved father. The book is an indescribable duty, exquisitely done.” – Peter Bruce “An enthralling account of the journey by a daughter to meet…
3 May 2022 32 min

Mind Over Mountain by Robby Kojetin

A simple mistake at an indoor climbing gym sentenced 28-year-old Robby to a year in a wheelchair, shattering his aspirations of becoming a mountaineer. In the months that followed, Robby faced depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and a complete loss of his sense of identity. But from somewhere deep inside him,…
25 Apr 2022 33 min
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