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
192 Episodes
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Book Choice - 25 Nov 25

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…
25 Nov 55 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 11 Nov 25

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.
11 Nov 57 min

Book Choice - 28 Oct 25

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.
28 Oct 59 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 14 Oct 25

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…
14 Oct 54 min

Book Choice - 30 Sept 25

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,
30 Sep 59 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 16 Sept 25

Our Publishers’ Choice edition, where we cover the latest big hits from Penguin Random House, Jonathan Ball and Pan Macmillan and where our sponsors, Exclusive Books join us with news and some questions from the National Kid’s Lit Quiz. How many of them can you get right?
16 Sep 59 min

Book Choice - The Open Book Fest - 02 Sept 25

Something very special is happening right here in Cape Town from the 5- 7th September. The Open Book Festival is an absolute must-see highlight on the literary calendar every year, in this show we hand over to festival founder, Mervyn Sloman and festival coordinator Frankie Murray to get some insider…
2 Sep 58 min

Book Choice - 19 Aug 25

What caused the rise of serial killers in the 70s and 80s? Beverly Roos Muller reviews Murderland by Caroline Fraser. John Hanks reviews Tidal Pools of the western Cape by Serai Dowling, Twanji Kalula interviews Nadia Cassim about her novel Not another samosa run, and so so so much more…
19 Aug 57 min

Book Choice Publishers' Choice - 05 Aug 25

From silent book clubs to robust discussions about books: FMR's Book Choice: Publishers' Choice has the right people in our reading corner: Exclusive Books, Pan Macmillan, Jonathan Ball Publishers and Penguin Random House. Hosted by best-selling author Paige Nick.
5 Aug 58 min
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