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Friday – 20th March 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive, first-look excerpt from Gail Schimmel’s new thriller Two Months!
‘Today is actually the twenty-first of April. It’s a Saturday. You’ve lost about two months.’
Joburgers! Love Books remains open and is ready to deliver books (and wine!) to your door
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop, Love Books, is waiting for your order! Joburg’s favourite independent bookshop Love Books is offering a free courier …
Capetonians! Don’t want to leave the house? Get The Book Lounge to come to you!
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop, The Book Lounge, is ready and waiting for your order! Cape Town’s favourite independent bookshop The Book Lounge …
As jy van moord droom deur Deborah Steinmair: Wat gebeur as ’n kind wat ontvoer is 20 jaar later terugkom?
Deborah Steinmair se jongste verhoudingsriller As jy van moord droom het pas op LAPA se rakke verskyn, en vind oorsprong in die storie van Gert van Rooyen en Joey Haarhoff.
The Secret Messenger – the highly awaited new novel from Mandy Robotham, the bestselling author of The German Midwife
Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII, for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
Thursday – 19th March 2020
10 vrae aan Rosita Oberholster: ‘Skryf ’n boek! Ek het eers op 40 begin skryf en weet nie hoekom nie’
LAPA het onlangs met Rosita Oberholster gesels om die skrywer beter te leer ken.
Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams – Jamil F Khan interrogates the intersections of Islam, Colouredness and the hypocrisy of respectability
Khamr: The Makings of a Waterslams by Jamil F Khan is out in April from Jacana Media.
Is there a serial killer at work in Joburg? NR Brodie returns with Three Bodies
In Three Bodies, NR Brodie’s formidable duo (from her debut novel Knucklebone) are fighting time to figure out who is killing women in and around Joburg … is there a serial killer on the loose?
Financial Freedom Through Property – how anyone can make money in property, regardless of the resources available to them
Financial Freedom Through Property – a step-by-step, practical guide on how to purchase your first investment property, written in easy-to-understand, conversational language that explains complex concepts simply.
Inspired by real events, from the Boer War to brutal camps for teenage boys now – You Will Be Safe Here, the debut novel by Damian Barr
The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me.
Wednesday – 18th March 2020
‘Something terrible has happened … She ended up under a train.’ – Read an excerpt from Irna van Zyl’s heart-stopping new thriller, Blood Stone
Detective Warrant Officer Storm van der Merwe’s mother did not fall under the train on Paddington Station by accident. No, she’d been pushed.
‘Mens moet altyd alles bevraagteken en jou verstand gebruik. Selfs in jou eie geloof’ – René van Zyl gesels oor Die Alfadokument
René van Zyl gesels oor haar samesweringsriller, Die Alfadokument, wat handel oor ʼn berugte internasionale geloofsorde in Kaapstad.
A hard-hitting exposé of the profit-driven multinational running Mangaung private prison – The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison
The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison by Ruth Hopkins is out at the end of March 2020 from Jacana Media.
Join the Virtual Book Launch for Irna van Zyl’s new novel Blood Stone on Twitter (18 Mar 2020)
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, The Reading List will host a virtual book launch for Irna van Zyl’s new crime novel Blood Stone this evening! (6 pm, Wednesday 18 March 2020.)
Tuesday – 17th March 2020
‘Mens se kop kan jou vyand word in die reis met kanker’ – Madelein Rust oor haar boek Kanker schmanker! (Potgooi plus uittreksel)
In Kanker schmanker! vertel Madelein Rust van haar stryd teen borskanker. Luister na die potgooi oor haar boek en lees ‘n uittreksel.
A Poor Season for Whales by Michiel Heyns, ‘a clever, bitingly funny novel’
A Poor Season for Whales, the new novel from award-winning author Michiel Heyns, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Out now! The Authenticity Project is the feel-good novel of 2020
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley – the 2020 debut novel everyone is talking about.
Brian Willan stars at Human and Social Science Awards evening
Brian Willan’s Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 was named joint winner of the Best Biography Award at the Human and Social Science Awards last week.
Wandile Sihlobo advises caution as South Africans begin panic-buying amid coronavirus outbreak
Wandile Sihlobo, whose book Finding Common Ground will be published by Pan Macmillan in April 2020, has shared some words of caution in light of the coronavirus epidemic.
Monday – 16th March 2020
’n Ballade vir Nkunzi deur Ben Viljoen: ’n Kroniek van smart, verraad en ’n goeie skeut galgehumor
Daar is min verhale in Afrikaans wat armoede uitbeeld soos ’n Ballade vir Nkunzi deur Ben Vijoen, nou by LAPA beskikbaar.