http://www.702.co.za Talk Radio 702 - The Podcasts en-us 2006 02 February 2012 2 702webmaster@702.co.za In the Book Show this week, Jenny looks at books that were devoured by 702Landers over the festive season - suspense, time-travel and historical politics all feature! She’ll also chat to a few local celebs about their literary holiday escapes. In the Holiday Reads Book Show, Jenny will look at books for him and her, to read while lying on your tummy, floating in a pool, or licking an ice-cream under an umbrella… And we have a few South African celebs chatting about what they are reading on holiday… Smack-bang in the middle of the crazy season, Jenny looks at the most excellent books of the 2011. Tune in to this special show dedicated to the works that raised the bar or caused a stir - those that made the world of books so special. Jenny will also be announcing her book of the year! You have to have a crime book for Christmas - so in our Christmas Crime Book Show there are lots of dead bodies, trails of blood, cold cases, shattered lives and serial murders. And there is Andrew Feinstein, talking corruption and intrigue with international arms deals… Is there anything nicer than a big, fat, juicy coffee table book for Christmas? And if it’s by photographer Obie Oberholzer, so much the better. Add to that books on food, design and memories of Mandela and you have a very special book show! In the Summer Holiday Children’s Book Show, Jenny reviews books read by little ones, big ones, and naughty ones... She will look at thrillers for children and young adults, a little boy growing up during the time of the Soweto Riots, teenage trials and tribulations, a lucky little boy, and a monster that comes calling. And there is Bruce Whitfield entertaining us with his theatrical reading... In the special Cookbook Book Show, Jenny will look at how Bill Granger's no-fuss cooking informed the rough and ready food-philosophy of Justin Bonello. The precise and beautiful Donna Hay's latest book also gets reviewed before Jenny touches on scrumptious tit-bits with Anita Meyer and the reinvention of local cooking Reuben Riffel. In the diverse book show, Jenny travels into the world of a mysterious travelling circus, investigates a cold case in Cape Town with the queen of South African crime thriller writers, and immerses herself in the culture of the 1950’s Sophiatown with struggle activist Don Mattera. This week’s Book Show is dealing with local wars. So get ready for chilling Zulu war chants, artillery and bombing, Shaka, the Anglo-Boer war, the Border War and stories from a war correspondent. This week we’re going wild in the Book Show… from the bush to the concrete jungle, featuring antics at a private game lodge and the bond between a man and his best friend. There’s also award-winning author Deon Meyer in studio!