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Friday – 27th November 2020

Find out how to get your book published with Writers Write and Pan Macmillan South Africa

After you’ve typed ‘the end’ on your book manuscript, what do you do next?

Don’t miss Jacana Media’s classes in publishing, writing, and other forms of insanity!

From 2 to 15 December, Don’t Shut Up Jacana Masterclasses will offer a series of seven two-hour seminars for interested readers, practicing writers and publishers longing for a fresh take.

Thursday – 26th November 2020

Kom, trek aan jou voorskoot en Bak dit self met 50 feestelike koekresepte in Marlene Schoeman se jongste kookboek

Bak dit self: 50 feestelike koeke om baba te vier deur Marlene Schoeman is nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers!

[Watch] How did Rassie’s Springboks win the World Cup? Lloyd Burnard launches his new book Miracle Men

How did Rassie’s Springboks win the World Cup? Find out at the launch of Lloyd Burnard’s new book Miracle Men.

Wednesday – 25th November 2020

Kolisi: The first black Springbok captain – read an excerpt from Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard

Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard.

Oor en weer deur Trisa Hugo en Analize Viljoen is nou beskikbaar!

Die Boekemakranka-span Trisa Hugo en Analize Viljoen se debuutroman Oor en weer is nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers (25 Nov)

The University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, in collaboration with Jacana Media, invite you to the virtual book launch of The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers.

[Watch] Dewald van Rensburg discusses his compelling new book VBS: A Dream Defrauded

Dewald van Rensburg chatted to Polity SA recently about his book VBS: A Dream Defrauded.

Don’t miss Sue Nyathi in conversation with The Cheeky Natives about her new novel A Family Affair (1 Dec)

Sue Nyathi will be chatting to Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane and Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele of The Cheeky Natives about her new novel, A Family Affair.

Monday – 23rd November 2020

Don’t Shut Up Jacana Conversation: The Unlikely Mr Rogue book launch (26 Nov)

Join Jacana Media for the launch of The Unlikely Mr Rogue: A Life with Ivan Pillay by Evelyn Groenink.

‘Aitsa, sy boots het stars … Hy’s John Wayne in Afrikaans!’ God praat Afrikaans deur HemelBesem is nou beskikbaar by LAPA

In God praat Afrikaans nooi die gewilde kletsrymer HemelBesem jou om saam te stap op sy lewenspad. Nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers.

Boekuittreksel: Wat in jou lewe is nie afgehandel nie? Dis die kernvraag in Die Boek van Twee Weë deur Jodi Picoult

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die Boek van Twee Weë deur Jodi Picoult – ’n aangrypende roman oor lewe en dood, en verspeelde kanse.

Listen to a playlist of music selected by Barack Obama, to accompany his memoir A Promised Land

Barack Obama has shared a playlist of music to accompany his new memoir, A Promised Land.

[Watch] Ken Follett has a special message for his South African readers!

From the bestselling author Ken Follett, The Evening and the Morning is a historical epic that will end where The Pillars of the Earth begins.

Friday – 20th November 2020

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard (25 Nov)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Lloyd Burnard’s new book Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup.

Thursday – 19th November 2020

New book alert! Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi: History, Criticism, Celebration by Sabata-mpho Mokae and Brian Willan

Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi: History, Criticism, Celebration by Sabata-mpho Mokae and Brian Willan is out in November from Jacana Media!

Celebrate African literature across social media during #ReadingAfrica Week 2020 (6-12 Dec)

LAPA Publishers and Catalyst Press invite you to join in and share the best in African literature this 2020 Reading Africa Week!

Wednesday – 18th November 2020

Maar kan jy braaibroodjies maak? Natuurlik! Probeer hierdie gratis resep vir Griekse Braaibroodjies uit Karlien kan nie kook nie

Probeer hierdie resep vir Griekse Braaibroodjies uit Karlien kan nie kook nie – 50 maklike resepte saamgestel deur leefstylsjef Izelle Hoffman wat na baie moeite lyk, maar geen moeite is nie!