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Friday – 19th June 2020
Friday Feast with Sababa – delicious and easy Middle Eastern and Mediterranean family recipes
Can’t decide what to have for dinner tonight? Don’t worry, Jacana Media has got you covered!
This Saturday, bring your kids to the virtual launch of Emily Child’s new picture book, Listen to Your Diddalum (Plus: review and video)
Anna Stroud reviews Listen to your Diddalum by Emily Child, a story about exploring and loving your inner self, out now at Imagnary House.
Agter grendels deur Erla-Mari Diedericks, nou beskikbaar by Wenkbrou
Emmanuel sal altyd haar kryptonite wees. Hy was eens haar beste vriend, maar hulle het uitmekaargedryf ná ’n insident op Stellenbosch. Nou herken Natasja nie die Emmanuel wat ’n bekende fotograaf in New York is nie. Sy herken nie die man wat sy bed met die een model na die ander deel nie.
Recht Malan Prize 2020 winner: One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg
Jonathan Ball Publishers are proud to present the winner of the 2020 Recht Malan Prize for Non-fiction: One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg!
Thursday – 18th June 2020
‘Dear reader’ – Abbie Greaves reveals the inspiration for her debut novel The Silent Treatment
‘I hope that The Silent Treatment will move you and stay with you and make you think of all the things that may go unsaid in your own relationships.’
Die man langsaan deur Cynthia Robertson – Mens hoef nie volmaak hoef te wees om liefgehê te word nie
Die man langsaan deur Cynthia Robertson: Paloma het 20 jaar gelede alle mans afgesweer toe sy die dag voor haar troue uitvind dat haar verloofde haar verkul.
Free book to teach children about coronavirus available as ebook and audiobook
Not sure how to properly explain the coronavirus to your kids? Download a free children’s book, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler.
Rémy Ngamije seals international publishing deal for his debut novel The Eternal Audience of One
Rémy Ngamije’s debut novel The Eternal Audience of One will soon be published in the United States! The Eternal Audience of One was published …
Wednesday – 17th June 2020
‘Haar arms is om sy nek voor sy kan sê shiraz’: Lees ’n stomende uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se e-rotiese roman, Perke
Voel jy ingeperk? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se stomende, sissende e-rotika, Perke.
A celebration of the diversity of African birds – Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife, out now!
Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife is a celebration of the diversity of African birds, focusing on families that occur only in Africa as well as iconic families and species that, despite having close relatives in other parts of the world, seem to embody something of Africa.
New Kazuo Ishiguro novel announced! To be published in March 2021
From the bestselling and Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a luminous tale about the human heart and what it means to love.
Join journalist Philippa Garson for a Zoom talk about life on the frontline in the last years of apartheid (17 June)
The Life, in a Garden team will be hosting a Zoom chat with Philippa Garson to discuss her new book Undeniable: Memoir of a Covert War.
Love Vera? Love Shetland? Love audiobooks? Listen to an excerpt from The Long Call, the first in a new series by Ann Cleeves
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The Long Call, the captivating first novel in a brand new series from the bestselling creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.
Monday – 15th June 2020
Former US president Bill Clinton and master storyteller James Patterson collaborate on second novel
Penguin Random House SA is proud to announce the publication of The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
The Farm by Max Annas – an explosive mix of psychological thriller and neo-Western, with a deeply political subtext
New from Catalyst Press and LAPA Publishers – The Farm by Max Annas.
Don’t miss Mubanga Kalimamukwento and The Cheeky Natives in a Lockdown Takeover on Instagram Live (15 June)
Mubanga Kalimamukwento will be chatting to The Cheeky Natives on Instagram about her debut novel The Mourning Bird.
Find out more about Don’t Shut Up – a new virtual book theatre launched by Jacana Media
Jacana Media is offering a virtual book theatre on its new platform Don’t Shut Up!
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – a tense, gripping, thought-provoking drama
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Don’t miss Angela Makholwa discussing the best of this year’s comedy fiction by women (17 June)
Angela Makholwa will be taking part in A Digital ThinkIn event featuring the best of this year’s comedy fiction by women!
Friday – 12th June 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Peter James’s new plot-twisting page-turner Find Them Dead
It’s the weather to snuggle up with a good book. Get comfortable this evening with a mug of hot chocolate and an excerpt from Find Them Dead, the new Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author Peter James.