HOW TO STOP BEING A NAAI

221pp., paperback, Kwela, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780795711442

A satirical take on the self-help genre.

Lucian, a philanderer, alcoholic and sell-out on the brink of a separation, disillusioned at work and desperately clinging to his time as a DJ, confronts the toxic truth about himself and attempts to become a better person.

Mia Arderne is the author of the novel, Mermaid Fillet, and the young adult romance, A Thousand Eyes on You. She has bylines in the Mail & Guardian, Daily Maverick, New Frame and Ground Up. She lives in Cape Town.