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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New book alert! Former television journalist Vanessa Govender’s shocking memoir Beaten but not Broken

This is a story of possibilities and hope; it is the story of a true survivor.

A Tree for the Birds – the follow-up to Vernon RL Head’s international success The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World

In this long-awaited follow-up to his international success, The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World, Vernon Head once again reveals his mastery of the genre of nature writing.

We Don’t Talk About It. Ever. – a brilliant new local addiction memoir by Desiree-Anne Martin

Celebrate an inspiring woman during Women’s Month with We Don’t Talk About It. Ever., the brilliant debut memoir by ex-heroin addict and ex-hooker, now mom and 14-years-clean addictions counsellor, Desiree-Anne Martin.

Unearthing new southern African fiction – 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award longlist announced

The longlist for the 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award has been announced!

2018 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award shortlist announced, including poetry in isiZulu and Tshivenda

The shortlist for the 2018 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award has been announced!

Don’t miss the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje at Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town

Clarke’s Bookshop and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.

Don’t miss the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life at African Flavour Books

African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.

Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed

Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed.

New from Zapiro! WTF: Capturing Zuma – A Cartoonist’s Tale

WTF is renowned cartoonist Zapiro’s account of the Zuma years in 400 brilliant cartoons and the stories behind them.

New book alert! Business as Usual after Marikana – society looks on as miners are exploited, oppressed and dehumanised

Leave it to the president, government and ‘big business’ and we will die. This is the lesson learned from the Marikana massacre. At least it should have been, but still society looks on as miners are exploited, oppressed and dehumanised in the land of their birth.

Africa! Submissions are open for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology

Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology: An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.

Why write? Why publish? Why read? Find out at the launch of This Is How It Is: True Stories from South Africa

The Life Righting Collective and Love Books invite you to the launch of This Is How It Is: True Stories from South Africa.

Details of Panashe Chigumadzi’s South African author tour for her new book These Bones Will Rise Again

A timeous book, with Zimbabwe’s elections having taken place on 30 July, These Bones Will Rise Again responds to the November 2017 ousting of Robert Mugabe, exploring events leading up to the ‘coup not coup’ that brought his 37-year rule to an end.

Don’t miss Panashe Chigumadzi at African Flavour Books for the launch These Bones Will Rise Again

African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.

Don’t miss the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again

Jacana Media invite you to the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.

Don’t miss the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again at Exclusive Books Brooklyn in Pretoria

Jacana Media and Exclusive Books Brooklyn Mall invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.

Don’t miss the launch of Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge at The Book Lounge

Landa Mabenge will launch his new book Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph at The Book Lounge in August.

Still hungry after Fifty Shades? Get ready for South Africa’s most erotic novel ever: The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes

Still hungry after Fifty Shades? The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes is a sexy, intelligent and sometimes shockingly candid story. Loaded with desire and obsession, it promises to be South Africa’s most erotic novel ever.

Born trapped in a girl’s body – Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge

In April 1981, Landa Mabenge enters this world, trapped in a girl’s body.