Jacana Media
Jacana Media is an African publisher specialising in a range of different books - fiction, non-fiction, travel, natural history, current affairs, maps, cookbooks, lifestyle, art and educational and custom publishing.
Submitted
Brian Willan stars at Human and Social Science Awards evening
Brian Willan’s Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 was named joint winner of the Best Biography Award at the Human and Social Science Awards last week.
Jacana Media Author of the Month: Chike Frankie Edozien
Chike Frankie Edozien is Jacana Media’s Author of the Month for March!
New book alert! Philippa Garson’s unputdownable new book Undeniable: Memoir of a Covert War – a brilliant account of a harrowing period in South African history
Undeniable: Memoir of a Covert War by Philippa Garson is out in March from Jacana Media.
New book alert! From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies
From Ivory Towers to Ebony Towers: Transforming Humanities Curricula in South Africa, Africa and African-American Studies by Tella Oluwaseun and Shireen Motala is out from Jacana Media in March 2020.
Plague, Pox and Pandemics: A Jacana Pocket History of Epidemics in South Africa – a timely new book from Jacana Media
Plague, Pox and Pandemics: A Jacana Pocket History of Epidemics in South Africa by Howard Phillips will be published by Jacana Media in …
‘Striving to get hold of fleeting memories and slippery images of the past’ – Ronnie Kasrils on the writing of his book Catching Tadpoles
In Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel Ronnie Kasrils answers the question that he has been asked innumerable times: ‘What made a young white boy give up privilege and join the liberation struggle?’
Join Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut for the launch of Understanding South Africa at Love Books (12 Mar)
Join Jacana Media at Love Books for the launch of Understanding South Africa by Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut.
Understanding South Africa – a go-to guide for confused South Africans, by Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut
Understanding South Africa by Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut is out in March 2020 from Jacana Media.
Don’t miss Tracy Going, Landa Mabenge and Desiree-Anne Martin chatting about writing their lives at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town
Memoirists Landa Mabenge, Tracy Going and Desiree-Anne Martin will be in conversation with Cathy Park at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town.
Bill Gates honours author and doctor Kopano Matlwa Mabaso’s ‘incredible’ work in his ‘Heroes in the Field’ campaign
Kopano Matlwa Mabaso’s work with under-nourished children has caught the attention of business magnate and philanthropist Bill Gates.
‘I have reason to suspect you will find this tale unusual, but not without beauty.’ Read an excerpt from the new edition of Small Things by Nthikeng Mohlele
Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from the new edition of Nthikeng Mohlele’s novel Small Things. The novel, first published in 2013, …
Anniversaries spark renewed readings of South Africa’s celebrated Sol Plaatje
Anniversaries spark renewed readings of South Africa’s celebrated Sol Plaatje
Rešoketšwe Manenzhe wins the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel Scatterlings
The Jacana Literary Foundation, in partnership with Exclusive Books, has announced the winner of the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
Don’t miss Liam Del Carme, author of Winging It, at Woordfees 2020, with former Springbok captain Corné Krige, former Bok McNeil Hendricks and Erns Grundling (12 Mar)
Jacana Media and Queillerie invite you to a three-course meal and rugby discussion at SU Woordfees 2020!
The incredibly detailed Birds of Southern Africa and their Track and Signs – essential for all bird lovers’ bookshelves
Birds of Southern Africa and their Track and Signs – a user friendly field guide that provides a fresh approach to bird watching in southern Africa.
Cover reveal! Feast your eyes on the Catalan Edition of Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut
Kopano Matlwa’s novel Coconut has been published in Catalan by València-based publisher Sembra Llibres!
The winner of the 9th Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award has been announced!
Zukiswa Adonis has won the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for her poem ‘Ubumama’.
Don’t miss the Jacana People’s Book Sale in Cape Town – 3 days only, thousands of books, cheap as chips
Cape Town bookworms – get your coins ready! Jacana Media is heading your way with The Jacana People’s Book Sale!
Don’t miss the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award winner announcement and award ceremony in Cape Town
The Jacana Literary Foundation in association with the European Union Delegation to South Africa will announce the winners of the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award at a relaxing evening of poetry, cheese and wine.
Don’t miss the announcement of the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award winner in Joburg (20 Feb)
The Jacana Literary Foundation and Exclusive Books invite you to the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award announcement!