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Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 16 - "Bloody Sunday"

Almost 70 years after one of the worst massacres in our country, there are still many unanswered questions about the police's actions. Dozens of people were killed on the 9th of November 1952 when apartheid officers opened fire on an ANC youth league event in East London. Among the many…

14 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 15 - "An Island"

The author of the award nominated book "An Island" has told Hot1027 news the story came to her in a vision after a nap in Denmark. Karen Jennings is up for the fiction award in this years Sunday Times Literary Awards in partnership with Exclusive Books. We're taking a close…

14 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 14 - "Bloody Sunday"

The author of "Bloody Sunday" says she chose the title to honour the Irish heritage of the protaganist at the centre of this true story. Mignonne Breier's non-fiction offering has been shortlisted for this year's Sunday Times Literary Awards in partnership with Exclusive Books. The book tells the under reported…

13 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 13 - "An Island"

The effect the pandemic had on South African writers has come under the floodlight with the announcement of this years shortlist for the Sunday Times Literary awards in partnership with Exclusive Books. We’re looking at each of the 10 books up for the coveted prize - in the run up…

13 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 12 - "Bloody Sunday"

Mignonne Breier's "Bloody Sunday" has been nominated for the Sunday Times Literary Awards - in partnership with Exclusive books... Her non-fiction offering is being recognised for investigating the killing of an Irish nun during a 1952 massacre in East London and the cover up that followed. Hot1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams has…

12 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 11 - "An Island"

It turns out a second printing of Karen Jenning's novel "An Island" was the catalyst that got her home to South Africa. Her book has made it to the shortlist of this years Sunday Time Literary Awards - in partnership with Exclusive Books. Hot 1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams is looking at…

12 Sep 2022 1 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 10 - "History of South Africa From 1902 to Present"

We caught up with Thula Simpson and got him to read an excerpt from his award nominated book "History of South Africa from 1902 to Present".. His work has made it to the shortlist of this year's "Sunday Times Literary awards" - that's in partnership with Exclusive Books.

9 Sep 2022 2 min

The Ascension of King Charles III

King Charles III is preparing to make his first public address to the world as reigning monarch, just a day after losing his mother Queen Elizabeth II. She passed away peacefully at Balmoral yesterday afternoon – at the age of 96.

9 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 9 - "Children of Sugarcane"

We got author Joanne Joseph to give us a reading of her recently award-nominated novel "Children of Sugarcane". Joseph's book has made it to the Sunday Times Literary Awards shortlist - that's in partnership with Exclusive Books. Hot 1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams sat down with the author…

9 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 8 - "History of South Africa From 1902 to Present"

On "World Literacy day" the author of “History of South Africa from 1902 to Present” says his more than 600 page book could have been MUCH longer , given our interesting and turbulent past. Thula Simpson has been nominated in the non-fiction category for this years Sunday Times Literary awards…

8 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 7 - "Children of Sugarcane"

Award nominated author Joanne Joseph has told Hot1027 news that writing her grandmother’s life story from a fictional point of view gave her the poetic licence she needed to tell the story. Joseph’s novel “Children of Sugarcane” has made it to the shortlist for this year’s Sunday Times Literary awards…

8 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 6 - "History of South Africa From 1902 to Present"

Thula Simpson's latest offering is being recognised in the run up to the Sunday Times Literary awards - that's in partnership with Exclusive books. The author's latest book "History of South Africa - from 1902 to Present" has made it to the shortlist for this years non-fiction prize. Hot 1027's…

7 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 5 - "Children of Sugarcane"

We're celebrating South African writers right here on HOT1027. The shortlist for the Sunday Times Literary awards came out on Sunday - that's in partnership with Exclusive Books. Joanne Joseph is among the authors up for this years fiction prize - with her novel "Children of Sugarcane" Hot 1027's Jenny…

7 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 4 - "The History of South Africa From 1902 to Present"

One of the non-fiction contenders for this years Sunday Times Literary Awards says new questions about our history needed answering... Thula Simpson's "History of South Africa, from 1902 to Present" has made it to the coveted shortlist for the prize - in partnership with Exclusive Books.. Hot 1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams…

6 Sep 2022 2 min

Riding the wave from Kommetjie to Portugal

Cape Town surfer Linda Ash will represent South Africa at a surfing competition in Portugal this week. Ash, a mother who turns 61 in November, secured her chance to wear the green and gold blazer after winning the South African knee boarding championships in Jeffery’s Bay in June. Hot 1027's…

6 Sep 2022 1 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 3 - "Children of Sugarcane"

One of the authors up for this year's Sunday Times Literary awards Fiction prize says she based her novel "Children of Sugarcane" on her grandmother's difficult life. Joanne Joseph is in the running for this years coveted prize. That's in partnership with Exclusive Books. Hot1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams sat down with…

6 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 2 - "History of South Africa From 1902 to the Present"

The shortlist for the Sunday Times Literary Awards is out - that's in partnership with Exclusive Books... Thula Simpson's "History of South Africa From 1902 to the Present " is up for this year's non-fiction prize. It explores our country's tumultuous history from the aftermath of the Second Anglo-Boer War…

5 Sep 2022 2 min

Jenny Boekwurm - Episode 1 - "Children of Sugarcane"

The shortlist from the Sunday Times Literary awards is out - that's in partnership with Exclusive Books. As expected, Joanne Joseph's "Children of Sugarcane" is one of the contenders in the fiction category. Hot 1027's Jenny Crwys-Williams sat down with the author to find out more…

5 Sep 2022 2 min

Chartwell to Chartwell - Episode 17

"Nomads in Djibouti" ... One half of the C2C mission is delayed in Djibouti where they're waiting for passage for themselves and their Land Rovers across the Red Sea. The other party is taking the more traditional route to Europe via Egypt. Both groups are looking forward to being reunited…

30 Aug 2022 2 min

Dylan's Downrun - The Road to Comrades

"I'll be waiting at the finish line".... Hot 1027's Dylan Rogers is getting ready to run his first Comrades Marathon, and its all to raise money for Hot Cares. He sat down with his father Adrian Rogers - whose run 5 Comrades - to discuss the ultimate human race…

26 Aug 2022 2 min