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Thursday – 16th April 2020
Bokke! The ebook of Winging It by Liam Del Carme is today’s Jacana Media Solidarity Read – 21% off for 21 days
Solidarity Reads: Delivering the best ebooks Jacana Media has to offer at very special prices – 21% off for 21 days. For …
Wednesday – 15th April 2020
Settle back, close your eyes and listen to a South African audiobook from Pan Macmillan
In these unsettling times, what greater pleasure than relaxing to the soothing tones of your favourite book being read aloud? As an …
Nou kan jy die inperking omhekel met 14 Hekelpatrone vir 14 dae deur Nadia de Kock en Hilda Steyn (e-boek)
Nog nooit was daar ’n beter tyd vir hekel nie! Geniet dié 14 patrone, ’n keur uit ons terapeutiese boek Hekel en word heel, en vind weer sin en betekenis in die huislike en alledaagse.
Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu? – Now available as an ebook!
A secret torment for some, a proud responsibility for others, ‘black tax’ is a daily reality for thousands of black South Africans. In this thought-provoking and moving anthology, a provocative range of voices share their deeply personal stories.
Tuesday – 14th April 2020
‘I had a night of scattered dreams. They filled the room.’ Read an excerpt from The Beekeeper of Aleppo, the bestselling novel by Christy Lefteri
Read an excerpt from Christy Lefteri’s moving, powerful and compassionate novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
A time for reading – resources for the kids, from Pan Macmillan South Africa
To help keep the little ones (and yourself) entertained and inspired our authors and colleagues have put together various resources for you.
’n Storieboek maak ’n reuse verskil: Christien Neser vertel hoekom kinders nou meer as ooit boeke nodig het
Help! My kind is anders is ’n praktiese gids met bruikbare wenke wat ouers toerus met die nodig kennis en riglyne om atipies kinders groot te maak. Ook beskikbaar as e-boek op LAPA se webwerf en Amazon.
Virus-Proof Your Small Business – South African business coach Douglas Kruger guides small business owners to survive Covid-19
South African business author and coach Douglas Kruger has written Virus-Proof Your Small Business: 50 Ways to Survive the Covid-19 Crisis.
Solidarity Reads: Coloured lives matter, told two ways
Authors, whether in fiction or memoir, present us with either a mirror with which to see our own lives or a window for others to see through.
Monday – 13th April 2020
Jan Tuisbly se wiele pap? Sit ’n huppel in jou stap met 8 heerlike Afrikaanse e-boeke, net vir jou
Jan Tuisbly se wiele pap? Sit ’n huppel in jou stap met agt van die beste Afrikaans boeke, nou in e-boekformaat beskikbaar! Laai hierdie heerlike Afrikaanse e-boeke hier af: bit.ly/3dYR35n
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, in conversation with Efemia Chela
Join The Reading List and Jonathan Ball Publishers for the virtual book launch of Christy Lefteri’s bestselling novel, The Beekeeper of Aleppo.
Friday – 10th April 2020
Read an excerpt from Peter Church’s thriller Crackerjack, part of LAPA’s Quarantine Reading List of ebooks
Lapa Publishers has shared an excerpt from Crackerjack, book one of Peter Church’s Dark Web Trilogy.
Thursday – 9th April 2020
Visions of Corona by Mphuthumi Ntabeni
[To be read with Bob Dylan’s Visions of Johanna and Rodriguez’s Crucify Your Mind on loop]
A roadtrip through an imagined post-pandemic America – watch a video of Lauren Beukes talking about the research for her new novel Afterland
Lauren Beukes’s new novel Afterland – a high-concept feminist dystopian thriller – is out now from Umuzi!
Solidarity Reads: In memory of Chris Hani, 27 years after his death
Solidarity Reads: Delivering the best ebooks Jacana Media has to offer at very special prices – 21% off for 21 days.
Wednesday – 8th April 2020
‘Jy mag niks geniet nie, want jy het iets verskrikliks aangevang’: Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Liewe mamma deur Esther Verhoef
Liewe Mamma deur die Nederlandse skrywer Esther Verhoef is ’n angswekkende roman oor ’n vrou se skynbaar perfekte lewe wat kruis met dié van ’n jong gewoontemisdadiger. Lees die uittreksel.
Missing the ocean? Dive into She Down There, an underwater love story by debut author and master diver Lynton Francois Burger
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from She Down There, the debut novel by Lynton Francois Burger.
Amabookabooka: The Quarantine Chronicles – Brent Meersman’s A Childhood Made Up, a poignant memoir
Amabookabooka, the literary podcast produced by Jonathan Ancer and Dan Dewes, travels into the heart of the lockdown to bring you quick and quirky interviews with South Africa’s finest authors via Zoom.
Solidarity Reads: Ronnie Kasrils – from spy chief to bestselling author – get the ebooks at 21% off for 21 days
For the 21-day lockdown period Jacana Media is curating a series of ebook special offers from its extensive catalogue of titles.
Tuesday – 7th April 2020
[Luister] Waldimar Pelser: ‘Ek fokus op oneerlikheid, dubbele standaarde, en mense wat ons land skade aandoen’
Rapport redakteur en bekroonde joernalis en skrywer Waldimar Pelser was ‘n gas op Podlitiek op Maroela Media waar hy met Paul Maritz en Ernst van Zyl gesels het oor sy jongste boek, In gesprek met Waldimar: Sy 100 beste ontledings, inleidings en beledigings