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Monday – 12th October 2020
Video: Peter Hain’s The Rhino Conspiracy tells a tale of brave activists who expose state-sponsored corruption and poaching in SA
Video: Peter Hain talks about his new novel The Rhino Conspiracy – an epic tale of corruption, collusion and courage set in contemporary South Africa.
Video: ‘Gangster State is full of damning evidence that Ace Magashule has stolen money’ – Political analyst Prince Mashele
Political analyst Prince Mashele says he doesn’t understand why ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule is still free, given the evidence in Pieter-Louis Myburgh’s awardwinning book, Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture.
Join CNA for a Learning Under Lockdown webinar with award-winning journalist Bongekile Macupe, Professor Jonathan Jansen and Fulbright Scholarship winner Emily O’Ryan
CNA will be hosting a Learning Under Lockdown webinar – not to be missed!
Don’t miss a civil society dialogue with Justice Dikgang Moseneke, hosted by Section27, Maverick Citizen and Pan Macmillan SA (15 Oct)
Join Section27 and Pan Macmillan South Africa for the All Rise webinar with former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.
Thursday – 8th October 2020
‘This story is bigger than me, it’s bigger than us, it’s bigger than all of us’ – Read an excerpt from So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture by Anton Harber
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture by Anton Harber.
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of So, For the Record by Anton Harber, in conversation with Jacques Pauw (8 Oct)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers, Love Books and The Reading List for the launch of Anton Harber’s new book So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture.
New book alert! VBS: A Dream Defrauded by Dewald van Rensburg – a compelling account of the epic VBS Mutual Bank heist
VBS: A Dream Defrauded by Dewald van Rensburg is out now from Penguin Random House.
Monday – 5th October 2020
‘It’s very important that journalists hold themselves accountable’: Anton Harber talks to Mandy Wiener about So, for the Record (Plus: Book trailer)
Anton Harber was a recent guest on The Midday Report on 702 where he spoke to Mandy Wiener about his disquieting new exposé So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture.
‘It’s pleasant to pretend that men don’t rape children’ – Deon Wiggett uncovers a culture of complicity in My Only Story: The Hunt for a Serial Paedophile
In November 2019, Deon Wiggett’s sensational weekly podcasts held South Africa in thrall as he hunted down the paedophile who raped him as a schoolboy. Now, in My Only Story, he completes his exposé of Willem Breytenbach, the once brilliant teacher and later media luminary who led a predatory life.
WIN 1 of 2 copies of Become an Influencer by Elma Smit, in English or Afrikaans – hurry, competition ends 6 October 2020!
You can stand a chance of winning 1 of 2 copies of Become an Influencer by Elma Smit. Enter on Bargain Books’s Facebook page before 6 October 2020 to win!
Watch Ken Follett in conversation with Jenny Crwys-Williams about his new novel The Evening and the Morning, the epic prequel to The Pillars of the Earth
Pan Macmillan has shared a video conversation featuring international bestselling author Ken Follett and South African media personality Jenny Crwys-Williams!
New book alert! Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max – a delightful and educational picture book for young readers interested in space travel
Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max is out now from Jacana Media, in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa and isiZulu!
Friday – 2nd October 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from A Family Affair, the new novel from bestselling author Sue Nyathi
Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and an excerpt from bestselling author Sue Nyathi’s new novel A Family Affair!
Footnotes, October 2020: 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. …
20th Anniversary SA Book Awards winners announced during virtual ceremony – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah wins grand prize
South African booksellers have voted and the overall winner of the 2020 SA Book Awards is Trevor Noah for the child adaptation of Born a Crime, published by Pan Macmillan SA.
Thursday – 1st October 2020
Book excerpt: Bouwer Bosch shares his secrets to success in Conversations with Influencers by Elma Smit
In this excerpt from Conversations with Influencers by Elma Smit, Bouwer Bosch talks about how he became an influencer, his vulnerability in the public eye, his divorce from actor Leandie du Randt and the advice he would give to his 16-year-old self.
See the world. Then make it better. A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and Vision for the Future – a legacy-defining book from Sir David Attenborough, reflecting on his life’s work, the dramatic changes to the planet he has witnessed, and what we can do to make a better future.
POSTPONED Don’t miss the virtual book launch of House of Glass by Hadley Freeman, in conversation with Terry Shakinovsky
Jonathan Ball, Love Books and The Reading List invite you to the launch of House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family by Hadley Freeman.
[Watch] ‘We have to advocate for a change in the way the law protects them’ – Mandy Wiener introduces her new book, The Whistleblowers
‘If we want to motivate whistleblowers to continue to hold power to account, we have to stack the cards in their favour. We have to advocate for a change in the way the law protects them …’
[Must watch] A powerful conversation on Femme Erasure: Our Queer Undoing, with Dr Bev Ditsie, Mona Eltahawy and Jamil F Khan
Jacana Media hosted a Don’t Shut Up Conversation titled ‘Femme Erasure: Our Queer Undoing’ yesterday.