Fine Music Radio Book Choice

Book Choice

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 shelves.

You love author interviews? Well, we line up those for your pleasure and leisure too.
You want an easy-peasy competition each month with good prizes? All there, prettily planned for your lovely listening.

Do join us for your delectation… for your entertainment… for your information.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
135 Episodes
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Book Choice - 17 Sept 24

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.
17 Sep 57 min

Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 03 Sept 24

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.
3 Sep 57 min

Book Choice - 20 Aug 24

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.
20 Aug 59 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 06 Aug 24

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.
6 Aug 59 min

Book Choice - 23 July 24

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…
23 Jul 57 min

Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 09 July 24

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.
9 Jul 57 min

Book Choice - 25 June 24

On this episode of Book Choice we've got a book that’s very Italian, one that’s very south African, a thriller-thriller, the new Marian Keyes, young adult fiction, three books on opera, not one bird book review, but two, and a partridge in a pear tree. Book Choice is brought to…
25 Jun 55 min

Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 11 June 24

What makes this show extra special is that we welcome three of South Africa’s top publishers, Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan, Jonathan Ball Publisher’s as well as South Africa’s number one bookseller, Exclusive Books, to join us on the show and introduce us to their big name authors, titles events…
11 Jun 57 min

Book Choice - 28 May 24

We’ve got a feast of book reviews and author interviews on Book Choice. We review the much-awaited Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the new one by Sven Axelrad, called God’s Pocket, and a book called Hiking the Fish, As well as an interview with Candice Carty Williams, Book of the Year award…
28 May 57 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 14 May 24

Welcome to Book Choice, Publishers' Choice on FMR with me your host Paige Nick. What makes this episode special is that we’re joined by three of SA's top publishers and SA's number on bookseller, Exclusive Books. These are the people who work tirelessly behind the scenes, publishing the books we…
14 May 52 min

Book Choice - The Franschhoek Literary Festival - 30 April 24

We’re heading into May, which means The Franschhoek Literary Festival is coming up. They draw some of the biggest local and international names in fiction and non-fiction, and this year is no exception. So to highlight this incredible opportunity for South African Book, politics and literary lovers, we thought we’d…
30 Apr 55 min

Book Choice - 16 April 24

Five reviews plus three interviews equals the number one book show: Book Choice. Join Paige Nick and her team of reviewers for Book Choice, brought to you by Exclusive Books .
16 Apr 52 min

Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 02 April 24

Welcome to Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice. Today we’re joined on the show by three of South Africa’s top publishers; Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers. As well as South Africa’s favourite bookseller, Exclusive Books, to tell us what they’ve got coming out over the next few months…
2 Apr 58 min

Book Choice - 19 Mar 24

On this episode of Book Choice, we’ve got reviews of seven brand new books including the latest by Ivan Vladislavic and John Boyne, plus an interview with Ladles of Love, running a great initiative where R250 feeds a child two meals a day for a month and gets that child…
19 Mar 58 min

Book Choice Publisher's Choice - 05 Mar 24

Welcome to Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice. Today we’re joined on the show by three of South Africa’s top publishers; Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan and Jonathan Ball Publishers. As well as South Africa’s favourite bookseller, Exclusive Books, to tell us what they’ve got coming out over the next few months…
5 Mar 59 min
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