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The Reading Room

Can we entice you into our Reading Room?

This is the place for lovers of language and literature, those of us who believe that reading is essential, as we seek to rise above the ordinary.

another Solid Gold podcast #BeHeard
Occasionally English South Africa Books
29 Episodes
20 – 29

#009 If Trees Could Talk... | Megan Emmett Parker

And 100 of them you should get to know! Megan Emmett Parker (author and senior producer in the environmental world) With a Masters in environmental management, a conservation degree and a decade working as a senior producer on 50/50 on tv, Megan Parker has a solid grounding on all topics…
10 Dec 2020 30 min

#008 The Logic of God | Jean-Marie Jullienne

How Has the Cloud Moved? Jean-Marie Jullienne (Entrepreneurial Author) For centuries, visions and beliefs of and in "God" have been obscured in many ways, oftentimes through mistranslation of the original texts that make up the Scriptures, holy books and teachings. To many, religion seems to be either something which is…
5 Nov 2020 36 min

#007 This Way Forward | Cliff Matthews

Taking the most rewarding path Cliff Matthews (Clinical Social Worker and Behavioral Specialist) Do you know the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem? If you'rsre lacking the latter, do you need a positive exercise routine to flex that mental muscle? Then #ListenHere! Giving us an unique insight into the challenges of…
26 Sep 2020 28 min

#006 The Power of Purpose | Richard Wright

Whether you Think you Can or you Can’t - You're Right Richard Wright (Professional Speaker) This is not necessarily a treatise on overcoming cancer - although it in part is. It’s how Richard found the Wright way to deal with what life had thrown at him, how he came to…
22 Sep 2020 19 min

#005 Paige Nick Walks into Our Bar | Paige Nick

A Million Miles From Normal Paige Nick (novelist, columnist and advertising copywriter) Many people would know her from her weekly column on sex, dating, and romance, and other crazy shenanigans, in the Sunday Times newspaper. But Paige Nick is more than the sex-obsessed writer many people wrote in to the…
16 Sep 2020 33 min

#004 The Journey Man | Chris Marais

Travels through the world of reporter Chris Marais Chris Marais (Author | Reporter | Brains behind KarooSpace.co.za) How many of you remember Scope magazine? That "raunchy" mag with great writing from back in the day? Or Style? A paean to gorgeousness in the 80s and 90s... Great journalism comes in…
28 Aug 2020 40 min

#003 Just doing it | David Bullard

He's been Out To Lunch for Years! David Bullard (Columnist | Author | TV Presenter | Celebrity Public Speaker) Known for his controversial satire, David Bullard, SA's voice of calm in a time of faux outrage, takes no prisoners when he takes people out to lunch. With his penchant for…
25 Aug 2020 29 min

#002 Pedants of the world - Revolt! | Sue de Groot

Making peace with a piece is not as piquing as sneaky peaking Sue de Groot (Sunday Times and Times Live | Deputy Features Editor and Columnist) Autocorrect: making Twitter pedants delete and re-tweet since 2007 - Cassandra Page Pedantry attitude; human behaviour, displaying obsession with detail or process, often negatively…
24 Aug 2020 31 min

#001 It’s Electrifying! | Gus Silber

Digital Graffiti from Gus Silber's Wall Gus Silber (Journalist | Author | Scriptwriter | Speechwriter | TweetWriter) Over the last few years, columnist, scriptwriter and author Gus Silber has written some extraordinary commentary pieces on his journeys around his neighbourhood in Johannesburg and his digital wanderings through the global village…
23 Aug 2020 39 min
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