Non-fiction
The indignity of pit toilets and the importance of Thuli Madonsela’s lesser-known reports
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela by Thandeka Gqubule. Gqubule has …
Karina M Szczurek chats about her life with Andre Brink and her new memoir The Fifth Mrs Brink
Ingrid Winterbach spoke to Karina M Szczurek at the Woordfees literary festival recently about her life with one of South Africa’s most …
Win a copy of The Republic of Gupta: A Story of State Capture by Pieter-Louis Myburgh
The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa have got three copies of The Republic of Gupta: A Story of State …
Philip Lymbery, author of Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat, announces South Africa tour
Philip Lymbery, author of Farmageddon and Dead Zone, will be in South Africa in July. Lymbery will visit Johannesburg and Cape Town …
Pan Macmillan SA to publish debut novel by award-winning author Peter Harris
Pan Macmillan South Africa is delighted to announce it will publish the debut novel of award-winning author Peter Harris. The book will …
How one family managed to transform an entire country into the Republic of Gupta
The Guptas rose to national infamy when a commercial airliner packed with guests for a family wedding was allowed to land at …
Celebrate Freedom Day with the ultimate South African story
Confluence tells the uplifting true story of the Dusi Canoe Marathon partnership of Piers Cruickshanks and Siseko Ntondini. Cruickshanks was a seasoned paddler who had …
Submit your manuscript to Pan Macmillan during an open submissions window in May
Pan Macmillan South Africa does not as a rule accept unsolicited manuscripts, but has an open submissions window from 8 to the 12 May …
A searing critique of what’s gone wrong in South Africa: Dreams, Betrayal and Hope by Mamphela Ramphele
The impact of Black Consciousness on the struggle for liberation needs to be harnessed to help us find our voice again. – Mamphela Ramphele …
Rachel Dolezal is coming to South Africa
Rachel Dolezal, who is currently on a book tour, is coming to South Africa for a dialogue on race. Dolezal, who was …
You needed money to study at ‘Robben Island University’ – Ahmed Kathrada recalls prison life in Conversations with a Gentle Soul
During his 26 years in prison, Ahmed Kathrada earned four university degrees: a BA (in History and Criminology); a B Bibliography (in …
Ahmed Kathrada’s open letter to President Jacob Zuma
“You don’t lose hope in the country because of a president, or the style of a presidency.” – Ahmed Kathrada In …
Check out Penguin Random House SA’s book club selection
Penguin Random House Book Club If you love to read and belong to a book club then this is where you can …
Meet the Black Mambas – South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit
In 2013, six young women recruits signed up to become Black Mambas: a pilot anti-poaching project on the Olifants West region of …
Pan Macmillan to publish Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa’s Dare Not Linger in 2017
I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. …
The many lives of the Nelson Mandela comic
Jeremy Boraine, Publishing Director at Jonathan Ball, on the many lives of the Nelson Mandela Comic: We first published Nelson Mandela: The …