Best Pan Macmillan Podcasts (2025)

In this brilliant pre-Franschhoek Literary Festival Edition of the show, we hear from three of South Africa’s top publishers and South Africa’s favourite bookseller, about what’s trending, what’s so hot right now, and what you absolutely, most definitely have to read this month. With a bonus interview with global bestselling author, Abi Dare.…

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Paige Nick - Justin Fox - 29 Apr 25 8:30

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Justin Fox in this Book Choice Book Short, about what he’s working on, where you can find him, and what to see, do, watch and eat at this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice FLF - 29 Apr 25 47:40

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In our Franschhoek Literary Festival special edition Book Choice Show, we chat to Jennifer Ball, the festival Programme Director, and Festival Director, Candice Kerchhov, as well as two of the many authors you can catch at the festival, Gail Schimmel and Justin Fox. Join us find out what to see, what to do, where to eat, and how to book.…

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Paige Nick - Gail Schimmel - 29 Apr 25 7:34

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Gail Schimmel in this Book Choice Book Short, about what he’s working on, where you can find him, and what to see, do, watch and eat at this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival.By Paige Nick

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Scientists Cooperate while Humanists Ruminate (EF, JP) 41:46

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Back in 2021, John and Elizabeth sat down with Brandeis string theorist Albion Lawrence to discuss cooperation versus solitary study across disciplines. They sink their teeth into the question, “Why do scientists seem to do collaboration and teamwork better than other kinds of scholars and academics?” The conversation ranges from the merits of coll…

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Jewish Literary Festival - 15 Apr 25 9:14

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A 10-minute Book Short with Phillip Todres and the organisers of the Jewish Literary FestivalBy Paige Nick

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Book choice - 15 Apr 25 50:07

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Have we got a show for you. An interview with the author of a biography of iconic architect, Sir Herbert Baker, two juicy reviews, an interview on a book called white supremacy, and a taste of what the Jewish literary festival has in store for us readers.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 01 Apr 25 57:56

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Join us as three of South Africa’s top publishers; Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball Publishers and Pan Macmillan tell us about what they’ve got on their bookshelves this month. And Exclusive Books tell us what’s flying off of their shelves. An hour of fine music and fine book recommendations.By Paige Nick

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Grace Lindsay, "Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain" (Bloomsbury, 2021) 51:54

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Models of the Mind: How Physics, Engineering and Mathematics Have Shaped Our Understanding of the Brain (Bloomsbury, 2021) provides a multifaceted and approachable introduction to theoretical neuroscience. It discusses some major topics of the field, including both the milestones from their history and the currently open questions. It's accessible …

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Book Choice - 18 Mar 25 54:20

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This show brings you the latest John Boyne, Fire, a Booker long-listed title called Pearl, A serial Killer’s guide to Marriage by Asia Mckay, and we delve into non-fiction with Clown World – four years inside Andrew Tate’s Manosphere, Khaya Dlanga and more.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 04 Mar 25 56:19

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Book Choice Publishers’ Choice with Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers telling us what they’ve got coming out in March plus info on The Books on The Bay Festival in Simon’s Town.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 18 Feb 25 55:49

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4 must-read big fiction titles, a book on wildlife of the Serengeti and interviews with Johan Fourie, author of Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom, and Joanne Hichens on the latest short sharp stories anthology called One Life.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 03 FEB 25 1:00:09

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We’re joined on this show by Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball Publishers and Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books, with their segments on World Read Aloud Day, upcoming treats, blind dates with books and whether award winning books are everything they’re (spine) cracked up to be.By Paige Nick

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Karenleigh A. Overmann, "The Material Origin of Numbers: Insights from the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East" (Gorgias Press, 2024) 10:50

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What are numbers, and where do they come from? Based on her groundbreaking study of material devices used for counting in the Ancient Near East, Karenleigh Overmann proposes a novel answer to these timeless questions. Tune in as we talk with Karenleigh Overmann about her book, The Material Origin of Numbers: Insights from the Archaeology of the Anc…

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Book Choice - 21 Jan 25 57:43

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Today’s show is all about the big names. Deon Meyer, John le Carre, Alan Hollinghurst, L. Ron Hubbard, Mozart, Capitec, Esther Mahlangu, household names in crime fiction, action fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, music non fiction, banking non fiction and Art Non Fiction.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice; Publishers Choice - 07 Jan 2025 49:50

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The 1st choice of the year is our Publishers Choice featuring a look ahead to a new year of happy reading.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: 24 December 2024 59:05

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Book Choice is broadcast every alternating Tuesday of each month presented by Paige Nick. While you’re munching your lunch or driving the myriad motorways, you’ll hear all that’s best in books. Cape Town’s top book reviewers will entertain and inform you as they cheerfully chat about the newest and nicest fiction and non-fiction on current book she…

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Luci Pangrazio and Neil Selwyn, "Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data and Everyday Life" (MIT Press, 2023) 40:00

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Data has become a defining issue of current times. Our everyday lives are shaped by the data that is produced about us (and by us) through digital technologies. In Critical Data Literacies: Rethinking Data and Everyday Life (MIT Press, 2023), Luci Pangrazio and Neil Selwyn introduce readers to the central concepts, ideas, and arguments required to …

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice: Book Short _Helené Coetzee - Pan Macmillan - 10 Dec 24 10:32

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Helene from Pan Macmillan checks in with us to tell us about their fave reads for this festive season.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 10 Dec 24 59:19

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It’s our last chance to share our list of must-reads for this festive season, with suggestions from Penguin Random House SA, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books. Click play to hear some great suggestions.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 24 Nov 24 58:49

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Murder, Mystery, Music and much more! A big Spud interview - two books on music and more Murder, Mystery, Music and much more! Our team of reviewers share some fabulous finds for the holiday season.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ John Hanks - Kirstenbosch, the most beautiful garden in Africa - 26 Nov 24 4:23

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In this Book Choice Short, John Hanks reviews Kirstenbosch, the most beautiful garden in Africa, by Brian J. Huntley.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Twanji Kalula - John van de Ruit - 26 Nov 24 10:05

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In this Book Choice Short, Twanji Kalula chats to John van de Ruit about Spud’s Reunion.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Shirley Gueller - Diva and Music as Medicine - 26 Nov 24 5:59

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A ten minute book review podcast with Shirley Gueller (CTPO Marketing Consultant) on Diva by Daisy Goodwin and Music as Medicine by Daniel Levitin.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice: Book Short _ Shakti Pillay - Pan Macmillan - 12 Nov 24 6:58

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Pan Macmillan brings us the new Spud by John van de Ruit, a new one by Trevor Noah and SO MUCH more.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 12 Nov 24 55:18

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Welcome to Book Choice Publishers Choice with Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers. Plus a review of A Library to Flee, by Etienne Van Heerden and a review of Grootbos Florilegium.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers’ Choice - 29 Oct 24 58:25

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In today’s Book Choice Publishers’ Choice show, the Jonathan Ball team interviews Sam Wilson on First Murder on Mars. The Penguin and Pan MacMillan team tells us what they’re bringing out this month and Twanji Kalula interviews Zelda la Grange on her new memoir.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice: Book Short _ Zelda la Grange - What Nelson Mandela taught me - 29 Oct 24 10:50

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In this 10 minute short, Twanji Kalula chats to Zelda la Grange about her new memoir, What Nelson Mandela taught me.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 15 Oct 24 58:10

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A super diverse show. From the latest Tana French mystery, to lifestyle and cook books, the new memoir from Jonathan Jansen, and an interview with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Jonathan Jansen - Breaking Bread - 15 Oct 24 4:57

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A brilliant review in 5 minutes. Twanji Kalula talks Breaking Bread by Jonathan Jansen.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu - The Creation of Half Broken People - 15 Oct 24 10:31

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A 10-minute Short: Vanessa Levenstein interviews show favourite, author Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, on her latest masterpiece, The Creation of Half Broken People. (Watch this title, we think it will feature at the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2025)By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 01 Oct 24 58:37

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3 of South Africa’s top publishers; Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers, and South Africa’s favourite bookseller, Exclusive Books, join us to tell us what great reads you can expect on their shelves this October.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice: Book Short _ Paige Nick - 01 Oct 24 3:03

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What the editor of Book Choice, Paige Nick has been reading. A 3-minute podcast. One for halloween, and one for curiosity.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice: Book Short _ Mpumi Mgidlana - Jonathan Ball Publishers - 01 Oct 24 8:54

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A 10-minute podcast of books full of hope and healing for World Mental Health Day, brought to you by Mpumi Mgidlana, publicist at Jonathan Ball Publishers.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 17 Sept 24 57:25

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Frederick Backman’s latest, Earth, the second in John Boyne’s new quartet, two nature titles, an interview with Zukiswa Wanner on her latest, another with Louisa Treger on her new bestseller, The Paris Muse. Plus so much more.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Louisa Treger - The Paris Muse - 17 Sept 24 9:58

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A ten-minute interview. Beryl Eichenberger chats to Louisa Treger about her latest novel, The Paris Muse. About Picasso’s muse and her own art.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Zukiswa Wanner - Love, Marry, Kill - 17 Sept 24 7:47

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Twanji Kalula interviews Zukiswa Wanner on being an African literary icon and her latest novel, Love, Marry, Kill.By Paige Nick

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Michael Gavin, "Literary Mathematics: Quantitative Theory for Textual Studies" (Stanford UP, 2022) 54:53

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Across the humanities and social sciences, scholars increasingly use quantitative methods to study textual data. Considered together, this research represents an extraordinary event in the long history of textuality. More or less all at once, the corpus has emerged as a major genre of cultural and scientific knowledge. In Literary Mathematics: Quan…

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Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer, “The Mathematics of Everyday Life” (Prometheus Books, 2018) 54:18

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Today I talked to Al Posamentier about his books (co-authored with Christian Speitzer) The Mathematics of Everyday Life (Prometheus Books, 2018). We all are told – practically from the moment we enter school – that mathematics is important because it permeates practically all aspects of our lives. But, for the most part, we don’t really notice it e…

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice: Book Short _ Exclusive Books - 03 Sept 24 10:50

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Tune in for a 10 minute review. Batya Bricker, GM of Books and Brands at Exclusive Books talks about her keepers and her tossers.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 03 Sept 24 57:59

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For all the best books in the hood, or perhaps the shelf, join host, Paige Nick and publishers, Penguin Random House SA, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books to find out what they’re publishing this September.By Paige Nick

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Brian Clegg, "Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe" (MIT Press, 2021) 52:08

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Our universe might appear chaotic, but deep down it's simply a myriad of rules working independently to create patterns of action, force, and consequence. In Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe (MIT Press, 2021), Brian Clegg explores the phenomena that make up the very fabric of our world by examining ten essential sequenced systems. From diagra…

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Book Choice: Book Shorts _ Frankie Murrey on The Open Book Festival - 20 Aug 24 9:03

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Tune in for a 9 minute interview. Nancy Richards chats to Frankie Murray about all things Open Book Festival.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice: Book Shorts _ Mark Solms on Sigmund Freud - 20 Aug 24 10:05

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Tune in for a 9 minute interview, Vanessa Levenstein chats to Mark Solms about the complete worlds of Sigmund Freud, which he’s spent the last three decades editing and compiling.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 20 Aug 24 59:08

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In today’s show we’ve got 5 phenomenal author interviews; Freud’s complete works, Nicky Greenwall’s A Short Life, Alison Weir’s Belonging, Peter Friedland’s Quiet time with the president, and a round up of what you can enjoy at this year’s Open Book Festival and so much more.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 06 Aug 24 59:53

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Thank you for streaming book choice, Publishers’ Choice. Today we welcome Batya Bricker from Exclusive Books, The Pan MacMillan Team, The Penguin Random House Team and the Jonathan Ball Publishing Team to fill us in on what they’re publishing, reading and selling right now.By Paige Nick

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Book Choice - 23 July 24 57:09

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In this episode of Book Choice, we’ve got a review of the latest by Lionel Shriver called Mania, and a memoir called psychopath, we’ve even got the latest by Alistair Mckay, as well as amazing author interviews, including one with Andrew Smith, the author of First People. The Lost History of the Khoisan, and so much more.…

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Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 09 July 24 57:52

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This is Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice, on Fine Music Radio with your host, Paige Nick. We welcome South Africa’s three top publishers and South Africa’s number one Book Seller into the studio to fill us in on what they’re publishing, selling and even more importantly, reading right now.By Paige Nick