All About Writing Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
All About Writing on X
Online and face to face writing courses taught by novelist Jo-Anne Richards and Richard Beynon, script writer. Links with 3 publishers.

The Unfortunates
B. S. Johnson
Want to be surprised? How about reading 'The Unfortunates' by @J_K_Chukwu, who wrote her debut novel as an academic thesis? Here's a review from the @nytimesbooks by @zakiya_harris https://t.co/S5lQbGDxCn #amreading #books #publishing #bookreviews #reading #theunfortunates
Hardcover, 2009
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Island
Karen Jennings
Amazing opportunity for debut novelists from Africa to submit the opening 3 chapters/10,000 words of a finished novel for #theislandprize awarded by Karen Jennings, @HhouseBooks & @KaravanPress, publishers of her Booker-longlisted novel AN ISLAND. #writers #writerscommunity https://t.co/DCa2NmatFN
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blues for the White Man: Hearing Black Voices in South Africa and the Deep South
Fred De Vries
In “The Words Behind the Music” session at @booksonthebay, Fred de Vries talks to Xavier Nagel about his book, Blues for the White Man (@PenguinBooksSA). It's a journey into the roots of music and racism in America’s .Deep South and South Africa. https://t.co/o4AQMPjh2U
Out of stock

The Promise: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)
Damon Galgut
How fabulous, #BookerPrize winning author Damon Galgut's The Promise is coming to the stage, directed by @SylvaineStrike @MarketTheatre https://t.co/hZ0mmoTxLX
Paperback, 2022
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Couplets: A Love Story
Maggie Millner
A love story (and a review) with a difference. Something very special for today. Maggie Millner’s book 'Couplets' (@fsgbooks ) is written in verse, and so is @AdrienneRaphel’s review. https://t.co/2inBOHclX3 #amreading #ValentinesDay https://t.co/0tVYD1sAnq
Out of stock

Lost on the Map: A Memoir of Colonial Illusions
Bryan Rostron
How will I be remembered: Legacy Stories @KingsmeadBF. Bryan Rostron (Lost on the Map), Jan Glazwski (Blood and Silver) and @JoanneJowell (I am Ella) talk to @sewela_langeni about what happened before and what it means now. https://t.co/5GRNmNKsWx
Paperback, 2022
$20.99$10.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma
Weekend reading: Akhil Sharma on rewriting his first novel, An Obedient Father, and putting his characters to rest. Check it out! #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting https://t.co/zpm9mipKBv
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Tears of the Weaver
Zaheera Jina
Quality not Quantity: The art of Short Story Writing. @JoanneHichens (Fluid: The Freedom to Be), Zaheera Jina Asvat (The tears of the Weaver), @TA_4Short and Chase Rhys talk to @KarinaMSzczurek about less sometimes being more. #kbf23 https://t.co/BcCBJ1tRpw
Paperback, 2022
$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Unfortunates
J. K. Chukwu
Want to be surprised? How about reading 'The Unfortunates' by @J_K_Chukwu, who wrote her debut novel as an academic thesis? Here's a review from the @nytimesbooks by @zakiya_harris https://t.co/S5lQbGDxCn #amreading #books #publishing #bookreviews #reading #theunfortunates
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Psychologically Speaking What Are We Really Saying?: The Music Behind The Music Behind The Words
Kenneth L. Fischer Phd
In “The Words Behind the Music” session at @booksonthebay, Fred de Vries talks to Xavier Nagel about his book, Blues for the White Man (@PenguinBooksSA). It's a journey into the roots of music and racism in America’s .Deep South and South Africa. https://t.co/o4AQMPjh2U
Paperback, 2016
$11.95$5.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book