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.
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Winners announced for BlackBird Books Writer’s Residency for young African womxn
BlackBird Books has announced the two writers who have won places on it’s new writer’s residency.
Don’t miss the Jacana Media book sale – 6,000 books at discounted prices (25 Sep to 31 Oct)
Join Jacana Media for a glass of wine at their massive book sale!
These stories will excite, entertain and enthral you – Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa
Of Hominins, Hunter-gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa by David Bristow offers spellbinding stories of some amazing, little-known places in South Africa.
Is 2019’s election the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994? Find out in the new book Election 2019
Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy, edited by Collette Schulz-Herzenberg and Roger Southall, is out now from Jacana Media.
Join Steven Boykey Sidley for the launch of his new novel Leaving Word at Exclusive Books Cavendish Square
Celebrate MFBooks Joburg’s 40th book birthday with the launch of Leaving Word by Steven Boykey Sidley.
Leaving Word – the startling new literary mystery novel by Steven Boykey Sidley – hits the shelves
Steven Boykey Sidley’s new novel Leaving Word is out now!
2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award shortlist announced!
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2019 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award.
Join Steven Boykey Sidley for the launch of his new novel Leaving Word at Exclusive Books Hyde Park
Celebrate MFBooks Joburg’s 40th book birthday with the launch of Leaving Word by Steven Boykey Sidley, introduced by Mandla Langa.
Save the date! Mphuthumi Ntabeni will visit the Between the Covers Book Club for a discussion of The Broken River Tent
Join Mphuthumi Ntabeni and the Between the Covers Book Club for a discussion of The Broken River Tent!
This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga shortlisted for the $50,000 St Francis College Literary Prize
Tsitsi Dangarembga’s latest novel This Mournable Body has been shortlisted for the $50,000 (over R750,000) St Francis College Literary Prize in Brooklyn, New York.
[Video] Eminem, the Spice Girls, Emo, African funk and jazz – Rémy Ngamije shares the music behind his debut novel The Eternal Audience of One
BlackBird Books recently shared a video of Rwandan-born Namibian writer Rémy Ngamije talking about music, pop culture and his debut novel, The Eternal Audience of One.
‘Sizwe Motaung’s BMW was petrol bombed’ – Clive Barker recalls a political fight between AmaZulu and Sundowns fans in an excerpt from Coach
Jacana Media has shared an extract from Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker.
Introduce children to the local art scene with Explore! Awesome South African Artists by Cobi Labuscagne
Explore! Awesome South African Artists by Cobi Labuscagne is out in September from Jacana Media.
Watch Mphuthumi Ntabeni introduce his novel The Broken River Tent, and listen to an excerpt
Wordfest South Africa recently asked Mphuthumi Ntabeni to introduce his entrancing novel The Broken River Tent.
[Video] ‘I would classify it as a comedy but there’s a tragic aspect to it’ – Rémy Ngamije introduces his debut novel The Eternal Audience of One
Rémy Ngamije chats about his new novel, The Eternal Audience of One.
‘It was normal for me to base the stories in Lenyenye, where I come from’ – Keletso Mopai chats about her book If You Keep Digging
Keletso Mopai chatted to SABC about her new book of short stories, If You Keep Digging.
Meet Yusuf Daniels, author of Living Coloured (Because Black and White were Already Taken), and get your book signed!
Yusuf Daniels, author of the hit memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White were Already Taken), will be signing books at two Bargain Books stores in Cape Town.
Cover reveal! The Educated Waiter: Memoir of an African Immigrant by Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga
Out in October 2019 from MFBooks Joburg – The Educated Waiter: Memoir of an African Immigrant by Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga.
Join The Book Revue for a morning of conversation with Letshego Zulu about her gripping memoir, I Choose to Live (17 Aug)
Jacana Media and The Book Revue invite you to a morning with Letshego Zulu, author of the gripping memoir I Choose to Live.
Don’t miss the launch of Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story by Gabi Lowe at Exclusive Books Hyde Park (14 August)
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story by Gabi Lowe.