Flagship
The Conversation
Weekdays · 09:00–11:00
Two hours of unhurried talk — the people shaping the week, the books on the bedside table, and the stories that refuse to fit a headline.
Live · Weekdays 09:00The voice
The voice
behind the
conversation.
Broadcaster, interviewer and author. Three decades on air, a shelf of books, and a standing invitation to pull up a chair.
30+
Years on air
3
Weekly shows
1,200+
Interviews
3
Books published
AboutA career spent
A career spent
listening.
Jenny Crwys-Williams has spent the better part of three decades on the air — asking, listening, and making room for the long answer. From the flagship talk slot to the open line and the standing Saturday book review, her work is a study in what radio does best: it keeps company.
Off air, she is a bestselling author, a festival host, and the person a producer calls when the guest list is impossible and the hour is short.
The interviewer
A gift for the unhurried question — the one that lets a guest finally say the thing they came to say.
The broadcaster
Three decades behind the glass: live radio, current affairs, and the steady hand of a long-running show.
The author
A shelf of essays and anthologies, and a memoir about twenty years on the open line.
The host
A sought-after chair for literary festivals, panels and the kind of dinner that needs a steady gavel.
On Air
The programmes
Three slots, one unmistakable voice. A weekly rhythm of talk, books, and the open line.
Live
Open Line
Weekdays · 11:00–12:00
The lines open and the country talks back. Unfiltered, unscripted, and occasionally unmissable — your voice sets the agenda.
Weekly
The Book Review
Saturdays · 10:00–12:00
A standing appointment with the printed word. New releases, quiet gems, and the titles everyone in the book club is about to argue over.
Selected interviews
Conversations worth keeping
A rolling archive of the people who came to the studio and left something behind. Pull up a chair.
On writing a country into being
with A. Mphahlele · Author · 24 min
Public health, plainly spoken
with Dr. R. Naidoo · Epidemiologist · 18 min
The theatre and the truth
with L. Botha · Playwright · 31 min
Climbing toward something
with S. Khumalo · Mountaineer · 22 min
Off-air
The books
When the microphone goes off, the writing carries on. A shelf of essays, anthologies and a memoir about life on the other side of the glass.
Bestselling author · three titles in print
Essays
The Company of Voices
A broadcaster's notebook
Anthology
Love Books
A reader's companion
Memoir
Call In
Twenty years on the open line
Bookings & enquiriesBring the conversation
Bring the conversation
to your stage.
Speaking engagements, hosting, moderation and media appearances. Tell us about the room and the date — we'll take it from there.
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