A new magazine for book worms

Zulu Planet Publishers will launch consumer title Books & Leisure, aimed at book fanatics in southern African, at all major book retailers on 15 November 2006. B&L will be a quarterly magazine with over 200 book reviews, interviews with authors and other articles dealing with books and related subject matter.

B&L aims to make books and reading fun and desirable and is targeted at all readers of magazines and books from all age groups.

The content will be split between 70% book issues and 30% leisure-related topics that go hand-in-hand with books and reading - wine, food, travel and good living. The feature articles will be written by some of South Africa's top journalists.

B&L has launched a book club, wine club and cigar club and a coffee club is on the way.

The publishers will be giving away over 60 books in the launch issue.

For competition junkies, B&L will have a host of crosswords relating to the magazine's content and the most popular titles.

B&L will be distributed by RNA.