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Book Choice

Fine Music Radio

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

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Book Choice - 28 Oct 25

Book Choice ·

2025/10/28

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.

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Dr Adriana Marais - Out Of...

Book Choice ·

2025/10/28

An out of this world ten-minute interview, legend, Twanji Kalula chats to Dr Adriana Marais, on her work in space exploration.

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Richard Osmond - We Solve...

Book Choice ·

2025/10/28

In this five minute book short, Beverley Roos-Muller reviews the latest by cosy crime king, the immensely tall Richard Osmond.

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Book Choice: Book Short _ Jane Austen - Six Weeks By...

Book Choice ·

2025/10/28

In this 5 minute podcast Vanessa talks all things Austen to celebrate her 250th birthday.

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44:22

Book Choice - 22 July 25

Book Choice ·

2025/07/22

A slew of reviews and three massive interviews, one on Proteas of the Fynbos, one on Juliet Prowse’s new biography and an interview with household name and global bestselling Irish author, John Connolly.

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58:56

Book Choice - 19 Mar 24

Book Choice ·

2024/03/19

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 a book.

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BOOK CHOICE - 09 JAN 24

Book Choice ·

2024/01/09

It's the very first Book Choice: Publishers' Choice for 2024. So whatever your New Year's resolution, be sure to listen tomorrow, 9 January, at 12 noon. Join Paige Nick and top publishing houses: Jonathan Ball Publishers Penguin Random House Pan Macmillan South Africa and number one bookseller Exclusive Books #finemusicradio #books

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54:59

BOOK CHOICE - 26 DEC 23

Book Choice ·

2023/12/26

Book Choice is presented by Paige Nick with her team of bookworms. They will entertain and inform you as they chat about the latest fiction and non-fiction on the shelves. From popular to literary works, you can enjoy author interviews and giveaways.

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BOOK CHOICE - PUBLISHERS' CHOICE - 12 DEC 23

Book Choice ·

2023/12/12

This week’s book choice is one of our popular Publishers’ Choice editions, which means, we’ll be joined today by three of South Africa’s top publishers, Penguin Random house, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Pan Macmillan Publishers, as well as South Africa’s number one Book Seller, Exclusive books, and each of them will introduce us to their current authors, titles, events and news

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BOOK CHOICE - 28 NOV 23

Book Choice ·

2023/11/28

Welcome to Book Choice on Fine Music Radio, the only show on South African radio that offers you an hour long extravaganza of books with me your host, Paige Nick. I’m looking forward to keeping you in good book company for the next hour

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Book Choice - Publishers Choice - 14 Nov 23

Book Choice ·

2023/11/14

Well hello there book friends, welcome Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice, on Fine Music Radio. I’m your host Paige Nick and I’m delighted to bring you this show every month. If you’re a regular to the show, then you’ll know that every two weeks, we host the Publishers’ Choice version of this show. In it we invite three of South Africa’s top publishers, Penguin Random house, Jonathan Ball Publishers, Pan Macmillan Publishers, as well as South Africa’s number one Book Seller, Exclusive books, to join

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Book Choice Publishers Choice - Read_It - 31 Oct 23

Book Choice ·

2023/10/31

Book Choice: Publisher’s Choice brings you a special edition of Read it! Learners from Gardens Commercial High School and Rustenburg Girls' High School, Cape Town soared through the air as they discussed "The Theory of Flight" by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu. We were fortunate to have Siphiwe join us via Zoom and the discussion was hosted by headmaster Marc Falconer.

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Book Choice - Publishers Choice - 17 Oct 23

Book Choice ·

2023/10/17

Good morning and good afternoon, and a big book welcome to Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice, on Fine Music Radio. I’m your host Paige Nick and I’m delighted to bring you this show every month. Publisher’s Choice holds a special place in my heart, because we’ve partnered with some really special people, and it’s the only show of it’s kind that I know of in South Africa, perhaps even in the world. In this show we welcome three of South Africa’s top publishers.

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57:49

Book Choice - 03 Oct 23

Book Choice ·

2023/10/03

Welcome to Book Choice on Fine Music Radio, the only show on South African radio that offers you an hour long extravaganza of books, we’ve got five great book reviews and another four massive interviews to keep you informed and entertained for the next hour. I’m your host, Paige Nick, and I’m looking forward to keeping you in good book company, sponsored as always by exclusive books.

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Book Choice - 19 Sept 23

Book Choice ·

2023/09/19

Well hello there and huge welcome to Book Choice, Publishers’ Choice, on Fine Music Radio. I’m your host of Book Choice, Paige Nick, every month we have this very special book show because we welcome three of South Africa’s top publishers and South Africa’s number one Book Seller, Exclusive books, to come into the FMR studio to tell us about what they’re publishing right now, also what they’re reading and selling right now what new authors they’ve got coming out.

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57:38

Book Choice - 05 Sept 23

Book Choice ·

2023/09/05

It’s Tuesday, it’s September, and it’s time for hopefully your favourite book show on the radio. You’re tuned in to Book Choice on Fine Music Radio, with me your host, Paige Nick, sponsored as always by exclusive books. We’ve got a huge jam packed show lined up for you today. The first half of the show is all reviews, mostly fiction, and the second half of the show we delve into three big author interviews. Two of them are non-fiction and one of them is fiction.

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Book Choice - Plublishers Choice - 22 Aug 23

Book Choice ·

2023/08/22

Each of the people we’ll be hearing from today today and their publishing teams, spend their days and often their nights, deciding what books to bring out working on publishing them, the production process, picking covers, picking paper weight picking fonts, there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes in the world of book publishing. And we’re so proud every month to invite them into the studio to hear what they’ve got going on right now on their desks.

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Book Choice - 08 Aug 23

Book Choice ·

2023/08/08

On this edition of Book Choice you can enjoy seven reviews of current local and international fiction, and two massive interviews. Join Paige Nick and her team of reviewers for books, books and more books!

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Book Choice - Publishers Choice - 25 July 23

Book Choice ·

2023/07/25

On Book Choice: Publishers’ Choice, with editor 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.

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Book Choice - Publishers Choice - 11 July 23

Book Choice ·

2023/07/11

It's winter which means it's the perfect time to curl up, get cosy and read. And to help you choose just the right book is Paige Nick and her team of reviewers with fascinating reviews and interviews.

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