Stephen King – The Johannesburg Review of Books

‘What happens when one person’s truth is another’s blank stare?’—Muthi Nhlema chats to Ivor W Hartmann about his ZamaShort short story ‘Piss Corpse’

December 15, 2025December 15, 2025Ivor W HartmannLeave a Comment

Muthi Nhlema and Ivor W Hartmann discuss trust, inspiration, writer’s block, and Nhlema’s latest work ‘Piss Corpse’, which was selected…

Africa

‘I wanted to explore the “otherness” we feel when we go back home’—Femi Kayode talks to Jennifer Malec about his debut novel, Lightseekers

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021Jennifer MalecLeave a Comment

Femi Kayode chatted to The JRB Editor Jennifer Malec about being ‘other’ in your home country, the nature of evil, and his…

Drama

[City Editor] Behind every story, think of the writer—Niq Mhlongo on the new stage adaptation of his short story ‘Nailed’

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment

There’s a film that stands the test of time and still resonates with my friends and me: The Shawshank Redemption….

Fiction

‘Dark history is good for literature’—Bongani Kona chats to Argentine author Mariana Enriquez about her English debut, Things We Lost in the Fire

July 2, 2018September 2, 2018Bongani Kona1 Comment

Mariana Enríquez, a writer and editor based in Buenos Aires, will be at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town…

Essays

Diane Awerbuck mostly does not review Stephen and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties, but mostly remembers her mother, horror fan supreme

February 5, 2018Diane AwerbuckLeave a Comment

Second-wave feminism, mansplained: Diane Awerbuck finds much to disappoint in Stephen and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties. Sleeping Beauties Stephen King…