This column first appeared in The Sunday Times on 25th September 2016. OCTOBER CONCH – By Paige Nick LONG SEX VS SHORT SEX ‘What’s a Jewish ménage a trois?’ my tax accountant asked me last Wednesday. ‘I don’t know,’ I responded, which is pretty much my standard response to any question my tax accountant asks…
Force Thuli to presidency
This column first appeared in The Times on 5th September: SHE SAYS/HE SAYS – IDEAL PRESIDENT SHE SAYS – by Paige Nick People around the world are fishing for new presidents right now. And those who aren’t probably should be. I’m looking at you Zimbabwe. So Jason and I decided to play a little round…
Cunning breakup tricks – Conch
This column first appeared in Sunday Times – 4th September 2016 SEPTEMER CONCH – By Paige Nick THE BREAKUP KING After 20 years of serial dating, which is a different thing to cereal dating (when you date someone who appears yummy and good for you at first, but you later discover what they’re actually made of…
Reviews by strangers
Introducing a new series here on the blog, ‘Reviews by Strangers’. It’s one thing to have your mom or your BFFFFF or guy you once dated three times, say something about your book online, nice or not nice. But it’s another kettle of prawns entirely when it’s someone you don’t know and have never met….
1 book, 3 covers, 3 titles
A funny thing happened to me on the way to getting published. How does one book get published with three different titles and three different covers? I finished writing Dutch Courage in January 2015. Incredible agent and selling machine, Oli Munson of AM Heath, sold Dutch Courage to Penguin SA. And to Harper Collins in the UK, who…
Pokemon better than sex
This column first appeared in the Sunday Times LifeStyle section on 7th August CONCH – AUGUST 2016 POKEMON GO BETTER THAN SEX – By Paige Nick Suddenly Pokemon Go is better than sex. I personally do it as often as I can. Not Pokemon Go, I’ve never done that, I mean sex. Bizarrely, three weeks…
How many books get sold in SA every year?
6 August 2016 – By Paige Nick (This column first appeared in The Good Book Appreciation Society August Newsletter) Ever wonder how many books get sold in SA every year? What SA publishing looks like from the inside? How many books the average South African author sells? I’ve spent a lot of time this week,…
Chick flicks vs dick flicks
This article first appeared in The Times on 1 August 2016. SHE SAID/HE SAID – Chick Flicks vs Dick Flicks SHE SAID – By Paige Nick I once vomited on a first date. And it had nothing to do with tequila, like the previous time that happened. It was the guy’s fault; he took me…
Election posers
More in the category of ‘you couldn’t make this shit up if you tried’, I stumbled across a weird election poster for a political party called The PA: Huh? I’ve written a lot of pay-off lines in my time, but#JouDingMoetPyn wins. Forgive my ignorance, but who? what? So I went to Google: There’s so much here, I…
Sunday Times Review
Fab review of Dutch Courage by Ayesha Kajee in today’s Sunday Times. And, right below another fab review of one of my favourite authors and friend, Edyth Bulbring‘s latest novel, Snitch.