Tall in the Land of Stories

Tall Stories - Fine Books For Discerning People. 2nd Newsletter N ow that our discontent is starting to wane, after the longest night and s...

There used to be a vacuum in South African fiction, right there on the border between crime fiction and thrillers with contemporary interest...

I have just finished reading Christopher Brookmyre's Be My Enemy and it was hugely enjoyable. He is one of the foremost satirical author...

This is one of my favourite poems. Almost every night I drive home, from Pretoria to Johannesburg along the Ben Schoeman and when I reach th...

W elcome to the inaugural, first-ever Tall Stories Newsletter. (Please click on the heading if you have received this without any pictures ...

This fascination with spy novels may pass soon, or it may not. I’m not making any apologies or taking any bets. Not really. I seem to be mor...

We have just unpacked copies of Memorandum : a story with paintings by Marlene van Niekerk & Adriaan van Zyl. In this unique book, th...