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Wednesday – 6th January 2021
Read an interview with Anne Biccard, author of Saving a Stranger’s Life – the true story of an emergency room doctor facing off against Covid-19 in Joburg
Doctor, writer, stray dog collector – get to know Anne Biccard, the doctor we know you’d want on call.
Make the most of every corner of your garden with Gardening in the Shade in South Africa by Allan Haschick
Gardening in the Shade in South Africa by Allan Haschick is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith – a pioneering book that sets the record straight
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The world faces a ‘giant storm’ of stress and burnout. Stressproof by Richard Sutton provides a game-changing action plan
Stressproof, the new book by Richard Sutton, out in January 2021 from Pan Macmillan SA!
Festive wishlist 2020: 10 lekker local recipe books for the foodies in your life
The festive season is a time for feasting on delicious, proudly South African dishes. Have a browse of these recently published recipe books for inspiration!
Festive wishlist 2020: 10 of the hottest reads of the year for an epic summer vacation
What you take to the beach is up to you, so why not fill your tote with the hottest titles of 2020? From award-winning local fiction to international bestsellers, our selection has something for everyone.
Festive wishlist 2020: 10 riveting local biographies and memoirs of noteworthy South Africans
The festive season is a time for giving, and what better gift is there than a book? Have a browse of these recently published biographies and memoirs for inspiration!
Festive wishlist 2020: 10 quirky international recipe books to spice up your cooking this holiday season
Want to impress the family with your festive cooking skills? Or are you looking for the perfect gift for the bakers and makers in your life? Have a browse of these recently published recipe books for inspiration!
[Video] Holiday Gift Guide: Unwrap the joy of reading with Pan Macmillan SA’s best of 2020 fiction books
Video: From award-winning authors to thrilling page-turners and gripping debut novels, unwrap the joy of reading this festive season with Pan Macmillan SA’s top 2020 fiction releases, perfect for holiday reading!
A missing bride. A bloodied dress. NYPD Red’s deadliest case yet – NYPD Red 6, by the world’s bestselling thriller writer James Patterson
In the sixth book in James Patterson’s NYPD Red series, the wedding of the century invites the most brazen kidnapper in New York City to make the bride disappear.
The Return by Nicholas Sparks – often, to move forward we must return to the place where it all began
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with The Return – a moving new novel about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.
[Podcast] World-renowned wildlife tracker Alex van den Heever explains what it takes to track animals in the wild
Andrew Barry chatter to Alex van den Heever, co-author of the book Changing a Leopard’s Spots: The Adventures of Two Wildlife Trackers, on his podcast How Did You Learn That?
Tuesday – 22nd December 2020
Naomi Bütow deel 8 wenke vir entrepreneurs in Welvaartskeppers: Strategieë wat jou lewe kan verander deur Riaan Botha
Hoe behaal mens sukses in die sakewêreld? Mommy Mall South Africa se Naomi Bütow deel haar geheime en topwenke in Welvaartskeppers deur Riaan Botha. Lees ’n uittreksel.
New by David Bristow! Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco Activists: 20 Environmental Stories from South Africa
Big Pharma, Dirty Lies, Busy Bees and Eco Activists – the exciting third book in David Bristow’s Stories from the Veld series – covers everything environmental in South Africa that you always wanted to know about.
Monday – 21st December 2020
A compelling diary of a very bad year: 1986 by William Dicey – coming in January 2021
1986 was a pivotal year in South African history. It was the year of the vigilante, the year of the necklace – but also the year the talking began. Coming soon in 2021, 1986 by William Dicey.
How I Learned to Understand the World – Hans Rosling’s own story of how a young scientist became a revolutionary thinker
The moving, playful memoir of the late Hans Rosling – Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfulness.
Saving a Stranger’s Life by Anne Biccard – the true story of an emergency room doctor in Johannesburg facing off against Covid-19
Dr Anne Biccard writes of the camaraderie and dogged determination of health workers holding fast in the face of the Covid-19 nightmare as they battle, every day, to save a stranger’s life.
Friday – 18th December 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from All That Glitters – the new book from Danielle Steel, the world’s favourite storyteller!
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. From New York to London to St Tropez, All That …
Saul Sithole dedicated 62 years of his life to the scientific world of birds and fossils: Read an extract from The Forgotten Scientist
Read an extract from The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole by Lorato Trok – the untold story of a pioneering black scientist who made a great contribution to the fields of anthropology and ornithology in South Africa.
20 black women writers ask ‘what’s next?’ in Loud Black Girls by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
Loud Black Girls – an important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible.