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Wednesday – 27th May 2020
Teach your child about diversity with the new rhyming picture book I Have Brown Skin and Curly Hair
I Have Brown Skin and Curly Hair by Karen Theunissen is out now from Jacana Media!
The Moment of Lift – a bestselling debut from Melinda Gates, a timely and necessary call to action for women’s empowerment
The bestselling debut from Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift, is now available in paperback from Pan Macmillan!
New hardback edition of the multi-million copy bestseller: Discover your innate creativity with The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
A lavish new hardback edition of the multi-million copy bestseller The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 26th May 2020
Ontdek die ster in jou anderster kind in Help! My kind is anders deur Christien Neser, nou as e-boek beskikbaar
Nou beskikbaar as e-boek by LAPA Uitgewers: Help! My kind is anders deur Christien Neser.
Bestselling author Sophie Kinsella to release an irresistible new standalone novel in October 2020
Penguin Random House is delighted to announce a new Sophie Kinsella novel for October 2020: Love Your Life.
Celebrate research produced by Africans for African solutions with a free download of the new book Epidemics and the Health of African Nations
To celebrate Africa Day, MISTRA is offering free access to one its publications, Epidemics and the Health of African Nations.
Listen to Wandile Sihlobo, author of Finding Common Ground, on Power FM
Pan Macmillan has shared the recording of Wandile Sihlobo’s interview with Tumisang Ndlovu, presenter of POWER Business.
A Conspiracy of Bones – Kathy Reichs is at the top of her game in her 19th Temperance Brennan thriller
A Conspiracy of Bones – bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her 19th riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan!
Monday – 25th May 2020
Find out what’s cooking with Chef Lesego Semenya (and his new puppy) – Jacana Media’s Author of the Month for May
Jacana Media’s Author of the Month for May is Chef Lesego Semenya a.k.a. Lesdachef!
’n Jong, roekelose joernalis ondersoek die moord op ’n regter in Malene Breytenbach se nuwe spanningsverhaal, Skadumagte
Is jy reg vir Malene Breytenbach se nuwe spanningsverhaal? Skadumagte is nou beskikbaar by LAPA as e-boek
Join John Webb for the virtual book launch of his new novel Nine Letters, with Nancy Richards (9 June)
Join Penguin Random House and The Reading List for the virtual launch of Nine Letters by John Webb – an uplifting novel that celebrates the power of letter writing.
Find out more about Buried – the first in an exciting new series by Lynda La Plante
Buried – the first book in a brand new thriller series by the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Win a copy of Mohale Mashigo’s short story collection Intruders in Pan Macmillan’s Africa Day competition
To celebrate Africa Day, Pan Macmillan is giving away three copies of Mohale Mashigo’s short story collection, Intruders!
Friday – 22nd May 2020
‘’n Puik roman en meer as belowend’: Zola deur Johan Jack Smith wen gesogte Eugène Marais-prys
Johan Jack Smith se debuutroman, Zola, het pas die Eugène Marais-prys van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns ontvang. Die prys word aan ’n eerste or vroeëre werk toegeken.
Thursday – 21st May 2020
Video: Anneleigh Jacobsen’s thriller Corporation Games explores the greed, sex and power imbalance of the corporate world
Watch the video: The Boekemakranka team Trisa and Analize recently chatted to Anneleigh Jacobsen about her fictional corporate thriller, Corporation Games.
Wednesday – 20th May 2020
Don’t miss South Africa’s bestselling crime writer Deon Meyer LIVE online and on CapeTalk (21 May)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers, Exclusive Books and CapeTalk for a deep dive into the mind of South Africa’s bestselling crime writer.
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Fifty-two | Twee-en-vyftig by Philip Myburgh, with Michiel Heyns (26 May)
Join The Reading List for a virtual book launch, as Philip Myburgh introduces his new collection of poetry Fifty-two | Twee-en-vyftig. Myburgh will …
Monday – 18th May 2020
‘It starts with the striking of a match’ – Read an excerpt from Firewatching, the ‘clever and compulsive’ debut thriller by Russ Thomas
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Firewatching, the debut novel from Russ Thomas!
The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves – an original and moving debut novel from a talented new voice
Frank hasn’t spoken to his wife Maggie for six months. Is this where their story ends? Or where it begins?
Sielskos vir moeë, ingeperkte mense: ’n Huis vir altyd deur Cecilia Nortjé
Milan se lewe is ’n gemors: Haar man is oorlede; sy is vir die eerste keer in haar lewe arm, en haar enigste besitting is ’n vervalle huis op Vaalkrans. Lees haar storie in ’n Huis vir altyd deur Cecilia Nortjé – nou by LAPA beskikbaar as e-boek.