Book Choice

In this 10-minute short, Vanessa Levenstein reviews and interviews Shubnum Khan for Exclusive Books.

Our first Publishers’ Choice show to flight on a Monday this Feb 2026. With another new Frieda McFadden, some Celia Ahern, a new Gruffalo is coming, yahoo, and Vanessa interviews award-winning author Shubnum Khan.

in this book short, Riley Herbert-Henry reviews All The Saints by Wesley Roodt.

This show is 99% local and lekker with Wesley Roodt’s "All the Saints", Deborah Posel’s "Darker Shade of Pale", Mike Nicol’s "Falls the Shadow", Morgan Housel’s "The Art of Spending Money" and an interview with Chef Kobus van der Merwe on his book "Wolfgat". Add to the fabulous mix our host Paige Nick, plus sponsor Exclusive Books and you're guaranteed a lekker bookie hour!

Shirley Gueller interviews Chef Kobus van der Merwe, who started Wolfgat, voted the best restaurant in the world in 2019 on his book Wolfgat.

In this five minute podcast, Paige Nick shares her summer read, Falls the Shadow, by Mike Nicol.

Welcome to the first show of 2026, we’ve got three of SA’s top publishers and SA’s number one bookseller here with their look back at their fave titles from 2025 and the books they’re really looking forward to this year. Including a Frieda McFadden, a Mike Nicol and a John Boyne.

In this our final show for 2025, Phillip has his annual chat with Zapiro about his annual, we host our first Afrikaans review, dog trends with Dion Chang, literary fiction with Riley Herbert Henry, and a foursome of big crime thrillers, all topped off with a bit of Wild Swimming, thanks to Serai and Matthew Dowling

For the next five minutes, listen to Paige Nick chatting about the book she’s just read, The Compound by Aisling Rawle, in our Book Choice Publishers’ Choice Short. It’s reality TV in a book.

In this Book Choice Publishers’ Choice short, Helene Coetzee from Pan Macmillan chats to Jaco Jacobs for seven minutes about his latest release, The Lightning Bird.

In this ten minute Book Choice Publishers’ Choice Short, Vanessa Levenstein brings us the perfect inter-review with award-winning journalist, Mandy Weiner, about her new book The Deal.

Join us for our festive season book suggestions from Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball and Pan MacMillan, a drop in from author Jaco Jacobs, as well as an epic inter-review with Mandy Weiner, courtesy of our friends at Exclusive Books.

In this 10-minute interview Beverley Roos-Muller got to chat to Lord Peter Hain about his latest book on South African politics and corruption.

In this 10-minute interview, Twanji chats to Bruce Whitfield about his latest book on banking, it’s about Time.

In this 10-minute podcast, Riley Herbert-Henry talks about his mission to read the entire Booker Prize shortlist and what he thought of them, and what he thought of the winner, and his thoughts on the future of the Booker Prize.

A 5-minute Book Choice Short in which Beryl reviews the latest Wally Lamb, The River is Waiting.

In this week’s show we really take our time bringing you the best of books, Riley Herbert-Henry reviews The Diplomat by Mpho Boshego, he also read the entire Booker Prize Shortlist and weighs in on it and the winner. Beryl reviews the latest Wally Lamb, Beverly Roos-Muller interviews Lord Peter Hain, and Twanji chats to Bruce Whitfield about his latest.

We’re joined by three of South Africa’s top publishers, Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers and SA’s favourite bookseller, Exclusive Books, to find out what to put on your bookie gifting list this year. For yourself or for someone else.

In this 5 minute podcast Vanessa talks all things Austen to celebrate her 250th birthday.

An out of this world ten-minute interview, legend, Twanji Kalula chats to Dr Adriana Marais, on her work in space exploration.

In this five minute book short, Beverley Roos-Muller reviews the latest by cosy crime king, the immensely tall Richard Osmond.

In this month’s October Book Choice we celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen with Austen Mania, two true crime book reviews, a big-hitting new Richard Osmond titles and a pair of enticing author interviews, on that takes us all the way to space and back.

Thanks to Exclusive Books for sponsoring Fine Music Radio’s Book Choice. It’s broadcast every second Monday at noon. It’s also available as a podcast, as is Book Choice: Shorts, with individual interviews and reviews. Book Choice is hosted by Paige Nick.

in this 10-minute listen, Twanji Kalula chats to Jeff Wicks about the astonishing investigative journalism that blew this case wide open.

Are you a fan of fiction or non-fiction? No worries we cover all of it in today’s show, with everything from Big banger reads like Saraswati by Gurnaik Johal to Eben Etzebeth’s memoir, Unlocked,