Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books

Mila de Villiers is the editor of the Sunday Times' books website. She has a penchant for chronically re-reading old favourites, penning articles which far exceed the (expected) limit of 1,500 words, and including Saffa-isms wherever she can. Lekker.

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
Celebrating 50 years of the National Arts Fest

The latest iteration of the annual Makhanda cultural happening offers another wide-ranging and inclusive platform for the creative arts

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
I had a massage in Africa: #luxe at two lodges in Limpopo's Waterberg

A quick getaway to Letamo and Babohi lodges in the Qwabi Private Game Reserve delivers G&Ts, stargazing and close encounters of the feline kind

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
All the gems of the Franschhoek Literary Festival

See the festival programme for all you can taste, hear, learn and experience this year in the beautiful Western Cape town.

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
When storm clouds gather

Vanessa Chan’s debut novel tells the story of a family’s struggles through troubled times in the 1930s and 1945

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
2024 International Booker Prize shortlist announced

The six books featured on this year’s list were penned by authors from Argentina, Germany, Sweden, Korea, the Netherlands and Brazil

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
What's On in April: From Mozart, political satire & a walk on the wild side

April is no joke as it brings you a calendar filled with fun and laughter

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
Q&A with Danelle Murray on ‘Wild Adventures with Lazzy the Otter’

'Wild Adventures with Lazzy the Otter', a book aimed at younger readers, was published after the success of 'Return to the Wild'.

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
Part horror, part romance: Shubnum Khan's new novel is perfectly Gothic

Lives intertwine across two centuries inside a grand, but neglected haunted house in Shubnum Khan's second novel, 'The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil'.

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
Manhattan It girl Julia Fox lets it all hang out

Drugs and sex imbue the pages ... yet her vulnerability is tangible as she shares childhood memories devoid of a sense of belonging and family

Mila de Villiers Digital editor: Sunday Times Books
Halala, Tyla! Your Grammy win heralds the dawn of a new African cultural ...

Barack Obama is a fan of her Amapiano-meets-R&B melodies. The music video for her debut single Getting Late got millions of Mzansi’s citizens ...