In this 10-minute podcast, Vanessa Levenstein chats to 9-year-old author, Unarine Phaswana, FMR personality and artist, Chantal Coetzee, chats to Riana Scheepers, the author of Christelientije, about the magic of her real-life Christelientije.

In this Publishers’ Choice edition, we’re joined by Penguin Random House, Pan Macmillan, Jonathan Ball and Exclusive books, with a mix of international and local hits, including fiction, non-fiction and kids books, sponsored by Exclusive Books.

In this 10-minute podcast, we go from food love stories to werewolf fiction, mining investigative journalism and romance, with the Jonathan Ball team

The Symphony Choir of Cape Town under the baton of Levi Alexander debuts South African born Shane Woodborne's completed Mass in C minor by Mozart on 6 & 7 June 2026 in the Cape Town City Hall. Otto van der Walt spoke to Shane about this project and how he tackled this monumental work.

Cape Town City Ballet is presenting "Orpheus in the Underworld", based on Offenbach’s music and choreographed by Veronica Paeper. On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon spoke to Tracy Li, the Artistic Manager at CTCB, about the production and about her career in ballet

This Morning's talk was on the principles of tree pruning to prevent storm damage to your property. We also discussed the indigenous aloes that are winter flowering.

Dr Winnie Bowman, Cape Wine Master

Private Clients Portfolio Manager at Vunani, Warwick Lucas, and economist at the North-West University Business School, Professor Raymond Parsons

Victoria Reuvers, MD of WealthStart

Today’s Diary on FMR, Friday, 22 May, 2026 was presented by Mike Mills. The guests he interviewed were:-

•Anderson Carvalho (Curator), representing ACDC Duet Xchange

•Ann Barr (Founder), representing Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival

•Faeron Wheeler (Producer), representing A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

•Pascal Haas and Ramon Alexander, representing the documentary - Untold Courage

•Charl du Plessis, representing Mozart, Mamba & Merlot

•Philip Todres, representing Arts Round Up, talks to Natalie Du Preez of the Century City Arts Foundation