Latest news
Find and share the best in books – daily!
Wednesday – 10th March 2021
Don’t miss a Daily Maverick webinar with Colin Bryar and Bill Carr, the authors of Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon (11 Mar)
In this event, Daily Maverick CEO Styli Charalambous gets the insider’s account of Amazon’s approach to work, culture and leadership from two top level executives, Colin Bryar and Bill Carr.
Tuesday – 9th March 2021
Drie vroue kry die kans om oor te begin, die keer vir altyd, in Cecilia Nortjé se jongste roman, ’n Kans op vir altyd
Drie suksesvolle vroue met vervulde lewens, of só wil dit voorkom. ’n Kans op vir altyd, die opvolg van ’n Huis vir altyd deur Cecilia Nortjé, is nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers.
Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Jeanette Stals gesels met Phyllis Green oor haar historiese roman, Diep spoor (9 Maart)
Penguin Random House SA en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die aanlynbekendstelling van Diep spoor deur Jeanette Stals. Moenie dit misloop nie!
Join Adekeye Adebajo for the launch of his novella The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes, with John Kani and Rebecca Davis (18 Mar)
Join Jacana Media and The Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation to celebrate the launch of Adekeye Adebajo’s new book The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes.
The story of The Missing Sister, the seventh book in Lucinda Riley’s multimillion-selling epic series The Seven Sisters, is on its way!
The Missing Sister by Lucinda Riley is available now for pre-order from Pan Macmillan!
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family – the first, epic and true story of the Sussexes’ life together
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 8th March 2021
‘Jy het my baba vermoor, Meinhardt’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die lewe vir beginners deur Bernette Bergenthuin
Lees die eerste hoofstuk van Die lewe vir beginners deur Bernette Bergenthuin: ’n storie van begin, weer begin en óórbegin …
Een minuut met SJ Naudé: Lees The Penguin Post vir ‘n eksklusiewe onderhoud met die Dol Heuning-outeur
Die jongste uitgawe van The Penguin Post het pas geland! Slaan dit oop na bladsy 3 en lees ’n eksklusiewe onderhoud met SJ Naudé.
What If We Stopped Pretending? Jonathan Franzen’s controversial climate crisis essay, published as a single volume
What If We Stopped Pretending? by Jonathan Franzen is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Watch author Joanna Nadin reading an excerpt from her new book The Talk of Pram Town, a story about mothers, daughters and second chances …
Written in Joanna Nadin’s trademark dazzling prose, The Talk of Pram Town tells the story of three generations of Earnshaws and asks whether it always has to be like mother, like daughter …
Friday – 5th March 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from the deliciously dark and devious People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
‘Wat is dit tog met haar en weeskinders?’ Lees die eerste hoofstuk uit Stillewe deur Marie Spruyt
In Stillewe deur Marie Spruyt beland joernalis Lizette de Klerk op ’n speurtog na Italië waar sy die ware betekenis van la dolce vita leer ken. Lees die eerste hoofstuk hier.
Yum, yum, yum. Try these binge-worthy Halloumi fries from Low-Carb Express by Vickie De Beer
Get the recipe for these binge-worthy Halloumi fries from Low-Carb Express, the new cookbook by Vickie de Beer!
Footnotes, March 2021: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye. …
Watch Emmanuel Taban introducing his new book The Boy Who Never Gave Up: A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph
The Boy Who Never Gave Up: A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph by Emmanuel Taban and Andrew Crofts is out in March from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 4th March 2021
Wat is die moeilikheid met Piña Coladas? Vind uit in Elsa Winckler se stomende erotiese verhaal in Lyfskap [Uittreksel]
Lees hier die eerste hoofstuk van bekroonde skrywer Elsa Winckler se erotiese verhaal in Lyfskap.
New book alert! The Rabbit Hole – Mike Nicol’s new Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn thriller
The Rabbit Hole by Mike Nicol is now available from Penguin Random House.
His Only Wife, the sparkling debut novel from Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Full of surprises, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett will blow your mind
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett is out now from Pan Macmillan.
Introducing the Cheeky Chats! Don’t miss The Cheeky Natives in conversation with Jamil F Khan, author of Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams
The Cheeky Natives are launching #CheekyChats, a new series of intimate author-focused conversations, and the first guest will be Jamil F Khan, author of Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams.