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Tuesday – 12th May 2020
‘Anyone who wants to know what happened needs to read this book.’ – Oscar van Heerden’s Two Minutes to Midnight: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC Survive? impresses political minds
Two Minutes to Midnight: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC Survive? by Oscar van Heerden is out now from Jacana Media.
Try Sarah Graham’s speedy Butternut and Chickpea Korma from her cookbook Super Natural
Hmm, what’s for dinner tonight? May we suggest a bowl of this speedy Butternut and Chickpea Korma from Super Natural by Sarah Graham?
Monday – 11th May 2020
‘We’d got to be friends, Karl Udengaard and me, mostly because of the Nazis.’ Read an extract from Mark Winkler’s new novel Due South of Copenhagen
Umuzi has shared an extract from Due South of Copenhagen, the new novel from Mark Winkler.
Kyk na die virtuele bekendstelling van Deborah Steinmair se nuutste boek As jy van moord droom op Boekemakranka
Kyk na Boekemakranka se virtuele boekbekendstelling en gesprek met Deborah Steinmair oor haar nuuste boek, As jy van moord droom, uitgegee deur LAPA Uitgewers.
Find out more about The Heart of the Matter – showcasing some of Africa’s most talented writers and encapsulating the struggle of the African LGBTQI+ community
The third volume of The Gerald Kraak Anthology, The Heart of the Matter, is out now from Jacana Media.
Watch Jakkie Cilliers’s NWU Optentia Research Focus Area presentation on ‘Igniting Africa’s Growth Revolution’
Igniting Africa’s Growth Revolution
How your business can avoid a reputation disaster – Nicola Kleyn chats to Bruce Whitfield about her new book When Crisis Strikes
Nicola Kleyn, co-author of When Crisis Strikes, chatted to Bruce Whitfield on his ‘How it Works’ feature recently about how to avoid a reputation disaster.
Friday – 8th May 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from You Are Not Alone – a psychological thriller filled with suspense by bestselling authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Staying in this evening? Of course you are! Get comfortable …
Sophia Kapp gesels oor Kanaän: ‘Ek skryf vroue wat in moeilike omstandighede sterk word’
Sophia Kapp gesels oor haar jongste liefdesroman, Kanaän: Die verhaal van Chrisjan en Catherine, ’n eenvoudige Afrikanerboer uit die Vrystaat en ‘n gesofistikeerde dogter van ’n skatryk Engelse sakeman.
[Video] Watch Ivan Vladislavić reading an excerpt from his novel The Distance
In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy falls in love with Muhammad Ali.
Join Heather Morris, bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, as she shares her Stories of Hope in lockdown (11 May)
Heather Morris, the bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey, is reaching out to her fans and readers across the world in a series of Facebook Live videos to discuss her writing and first ever non-fiction project, Stories of Hope.
First look at Juby Mayet’s autobiography Freedom Writer – a unique insight into one of the few women writers at Drum
Freedom Writer: My Life and Times, the autobiography of legendary journalist Juby Mayet, will be out from Jacana Media in September 2020.
Thursday – 7th May 2020
Iets onheilspellend broei by hierdie bruilof – Lees ’n uittreksel uit Bloedfamilie deur Elsa Hamersma
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Elsa Hamersma se jongste roman, Bloedfamilie – die aangrypende verhaal van ’n familie wat worstel met ’n dodelike geheim en obsessie.
Lees ’n onderhoud met Irna van Zyl oor Bloedsteen PLUS luister na haar voorlesing uit die roman [Video]
Lees ’n onderhoud met Irna van Zyl oor haar jongste misdaadroman, Bloedsteen, en kyk na ’n voorlesing deur die skrywer op Penguin Random House SA se Facebookblad.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 – An unforgettable, powerful novel that scrutinises the misogyny and paternalism of South Korean society
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 – the multi-million copy international bestseller by Cho Nam-Joo – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Uber Eats is now delivering books from Exclusive Books in South Africa
Exclusive Books has joined forces with Uber Eats to deliver books to word-hungry South Africans.
What is a national crisis and how can it be turned into an opportunity? Listen to the Asian Aspiration podcast
‘When you have a crisis, you’re able to push forward dramatic reforms which otherwise could potentially prove to be politically fatal …’
Help South Africa’s beloved indie bookshops keep their doors open during lockdown
The latest edition of Burn After Reading tells you everything you need to know about supporting your local independent bookshop.
Wednesday – 6th May 2020
Amabookabooka: The Quarantine Chronicles – Lowdown on health horror with Marcus Low’s novel Asylum
Listen to this episode of Amabookabooka, a novel podcast about books and the people who write them, in which Marcus Low talks about his incredible post-apocalyptic novel, Asylum.
‘Hei, klein dief,’ roep die sersant my. ‘Hier’s jou lawyer.’ Lees ’n uittreksel uit Geen engel nie deur André Krüger
In André Krüger se jongste roman, Geen engel nie, neem ’n man ná ’n lewe in die skadu’s stelling in, rewolwer in die hand, om sy allerlaaste misdaad te pleeg. Lees ’n uittreksel waarin die man onthou hoe hy as jongmens in die tronk beland het.