Amabookabooka

AV Education — The Amabookabooka guest this episode is poet Karin Schimke, winner of the prestigious Ingrid Jonker Prize for her debut collection of poetry, Bare & Breaking.

AV Education — Today's guest on Amabookabooka is Philani Dladla, whose memoir, The Pavement Bookworm, is an inspiring story from life on the pavement to life as a published author.

AV Education — Olivia Forsyth wrote the most controversial book of 2015 - even more controversial than Tim Noakes' book about banting for children. Agent 407 tells the story about Olivia Forsyth's journey from apartheid spy to ANC prisoner and everything in between.

AV Education — BLURB: After spending three months in detention in the 1980s student activist Bridget Hilton-Barber discovered she had been betrayed by one of her best friends, Olivia “Olive” Forsyth, who was a member of the apartheid security police also known as "Branch". Three decades later Hilton-Barber talks to Amabookabooka about betrayal, forgiveness and what to do when you accidentally cook your laptop (besides panic).

AV Education — The guest in today's episode of Amabookabooka is a radio star – video didn’t kill this radio star, but wine almost did. Seven-and-a-half litres of it one night. Sam Cowen, one of South Africa’s favourite media personalities and an alcoholic who is now sober, talks about her courageous memoir From Whiskey to Water. Cowen writes about her drunk experiences – some are very funny like the time she made a pass at Jon Bon Jovi (he was having none of it), the time she woke up clutching a toy duck, and the time she tried to order a French maid’s outfit online, but some are horribly scary – like the blackouts and the night she was nearly raped. In the podcast, Cowen talks about when and why she stopped drinking, her battle with food and her new addiction - water – lots and lots of water. In fact, she became so obsessed with water she took part in the Robben Island challenge – swimming 7.5km. For anti-apartheid activists the island meant prison for Cowan it became a symbol of freedom – she was fre