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Friday – 11th December 2020
Win 1 of 3 copies of The Promised Land by Barack Obama
Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of Barack Obama’s powerful and compelling memoir, A Promised Land. Here’s how you can win!
Thursday – 10th December 2020
The how-to-self-publish guide – a Jacana Masterclass (12 Dec)
Jacana Media brings you The How-to-Self-Publish Guide – a Masterclass for those looking to do it for themselves, but who are too nervous to ask how it works.
Tuesday – 8th December 2020
Uittreksel: Die ontdekking van ’n dooie baba in ’n skuur dreig om ’n jong vrou se lewe te verwoes in Die Belydenis deur Jodi Picoult
Het die agtienjarige Katie Fisher haar baba vermoor? Kan Ellie Hathaway, ’n ontnugterde advokaat, haar help om haar onskuld te bewys? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die Belydenis deur Jodi Picoult.
Wat is die geheim van selfgemaakte miljoenêrs? Vind uit in Riaan Botha se jongste boek Welvaartskeppers
Welvaartskeppers deur Riaan Botha bevat 68 welvaartstrategieë asook suksesstories wat jou lewe kan verander.
Virtual event invitation: Talking wild dogs – the scientists’ perspective (10 Dec)
Wild Dogs are commanding the spotlight when it comes to passion, curiosity, intrigue and research.
New book alert! David Baldacci’s Daylight … reveals the deadliest secret of all
Daylight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy and A Minute to Midnight, featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers David Baldacci.
Monday – 7th December 2020
Video: Moet ons waai? Drie politieke kenners debateer die groot vraag op Die Groot Ontbyt
‘Moet ons waai?’ Dit was onlangs die groot vraag op Die Groot Ontbyt met Johrné van Huyssteen. Drie politieke kenners wat elkeen bygedra het tot Moet ons waai deur Alet Law het die kwessie van emigrasie bespreek.
Sophie Kinsella introduces Love Your Life, an irresistible new novel about falling in love with someone – but not with their life …
Number one bestselling author Sophie Kinsella returns with Love Your Life, out now from Penguin Random House SA.
New book alert! The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery by Sophie Hannah and Agatha Christie
The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile – returns to solve a fiendish new mystery.
Listen to an excerpt from Luster, Raven Leilani’s razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged and socially disruptive debut novel
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Luster, Raven Leilani’s razor sharp, darkly comic, sexually charged and socially disruptive debut novel.
Friday – 4th December 2020
10 new Wilbur Smith books are on the way – including a brand new series!
Wilbur Smith has a major new 10-book deal – including a return to Egypt with a thrilling new series!
Die vyfde bundel in die Romanza Nostalgie-reeks is hier! Lees twee van Alma Carstens se heel eerste liefdesverhale
’n Nuwe Bruidegom and Verlore jare deur Alma Carstens is nou weer beskikbaar in ’n spesiale Romanza Nostalgie versamelbundel.
South African Advent-ure: Week 1 – win a hamper of 7 books from Penguin Random House SA
Win an incredible hamper of seven local books from Penguin Random House SA!
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Shuggie Bain, the Booker Prize-winning debut novel by Douglas Stuart
Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain is the talk of the town, after it was recently awarded the 2020 Booker Prize.
Don’t miss a Jacana Masterclass on The How of Publishing, with John Oakes from New York publishing firm OR Books (7 Dec)
Jacana Media is hosting a Masterclass titled The How of Publishing, where you will have a chance to meet John Oakes from New York publishing firm OR Books.
Thursday – 3rd December 2020
Baster deur Jan Vermeulen, die naaswenner in LAPA se Jeugromankompetisie vir 2019, is nou beskikbaar!
Baster deur Jan Vermeulen is die storie van Karel, ’n seun wat met honde kan praat, en Hêppie, ’n liefdevolle brak wat gedwing word om ’n straatvegter te word.
The lost art of letter writing – read an interview with John Webb about his novel Nine Letters
Penguin Random House SA chatted to John Webb recently about his new book Nine Letters – an uplifting novel that celebrates the power of letter writing.
Exhibition: Roger Ballen’s new book and photographic series Roger the Rat – surreal, refined and disturbing (6 Dec)
The Daville Baillie Gallery and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the opening of the exhibition Roger the Rat by renowned photographer Roger Ballen.
‘I have been writing this book since I was 20 so it has been quite a journey’ – Read an interview with Sue Nyathi about her new novel A Family Affair
Bestselling author Sue Nyathi’s third novel A Family Affair is out now!
Wednesday – 2nd December 2020
Die perfekte kerskousgeskenk is hier! Die Ickabog deur JK Rowling is nou beskikbaar (Plus: Kyk na die wen-illustrasies)
Video: Die Ickabog deur JK Rowling is nou beskikbaar met 34 kinders tussen die ouderdom van 7 en 12 se wen-illustrasies.