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Tuesday – 14th January 2020
Reggie and Me – the new novel from James Hendry – the author of the bestselling A Year in the Wild and Back to the Bush
James Hendry’s new novel Reggie and Me is out from Pan Macmillan this February!
Monday – 13th January 2020
‘Wit, rebellion and sizzling sex’ – Ronnie Kasrils chats to Sue Grant-Marshall about his memoir, Catching Tadpoles
Ronnie Kasrils chatted to Sue Grant-Marshall on Radio Today’s Reading Matters about his extraordinary coming-of-age memoir, Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel.
Caroline Kurtz explores what it was like to grow up between cultures in her memoir, A Road Called Down on Both Sides
In her memoir, A Road Called Down on Both Sides: Growing Up in Ethiopia and America, Caroline Kurtz writes about what it was like to grow up between the two countries.
This year forget big resolutions. Dip into Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, the world’s leading expert on habit formation
Struggling to stick with that New Year’s resolution already? For real change start small. Try any habit, make it tiny, find where it fits naturally in your life and nurture its growth.
New book alert! Rodney Trudgeon’s Concert Notes – A Selection of Favourite Orchestral Masterpieces
Rodney Trudgeon’s Concert Notes – A Selection of Favourite Orchestral Masterpieces is out in mid-January 2020 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Don’t miss the Literary Alliance book discussion of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure (15 Feb)
Join the Literary Alliance for a Valentine’s Day book discussion of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure, with author Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng.
Friday – 10th January 2020
Calling all book lovers in Stone Town Zanzibar! Make sure to diarise the launch of Ndileka Mandela’s memoir I Am Ndileka
StepOne will be hosting Ndileka Mandela in Zanzibar’s first event of its kind as she launches her new book I Am Ndileka.
Genesis – a medical mystery thriller from the master of the genre, Robin Cook
Bestselling author Robin Cook takes on the ripped-from-the-headlines topic of using DNA tracking to catch a killer in Genesis, an unforgettable medical thriller.
Footnotes, January 2020: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye …
Thursday – 9th January 2020
Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher: The true story behind the chaos when an Afrikaans doctor operated on Nelson Mandela
What happened in the late 1980s when a white, Afrikaans doctor performed surgery on Nelson Mandela? Willem Laubscher tells all in Operation Mandela.
Do you know how to play the game you’re in? The Infinite Game – the new book by bestselling author Simon Sinek
Why do some businesses achieve long-lasting success and others don’t?
Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday – powerful new wisdom from the bestselling author of Ego is the Enemy
Slowing down will get you ahead …
The groundbreaking science of healthy permanent weight loss – How Not To Diet by Michael Greger
How Not To Diet – put an end to dieting and replace weight-loss struggles with this easy approach to a healthy, plant-based lifestyle from the bestselling author of How Not to Die, Dr Michael Greger.
Don’t miss the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger at the Two Oceans Aquarium (2 Feb)
Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger.
‘A cross between Game of Thrones and Black Panther’ – Listen to an excerpt from Tomi Adeyemi’s new book Children of Virtue and Vengeance
Tomi Adeyemi’s much-anticipated Children of Virtue and Vengeance is out now in stores!
Verlustig jou in vyf lekkerlees-liefdesverhale – net betyds vir die feesseisoen
Vyf lekkerlees-Romanza’s het pas op LAPA se rakke verskyn – net betyds vir die vakansie!
The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith – the breathtaking new Arkady Renko novel
The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith – from the revered author of crime classic Gorky Park comes the brilliant ninth novel featuring the iconic Arkady Renko!
Monday – 30th December 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Sylvester Chauke’s book Stand Against Bland at Book Circle Capital in Melville (6 Feb)
Book Circle Capital invites you to the launch of Stand Against Bland by Sylvester Chauke in Melville.
Leesstof vir die lang vakansie – Fanie Viljoen se jongste tienerdrama, Môre as ons groot is, is hier!
Nuut by LAPA: Fanie Viljoen se jongste tienerdrama, Môre as ons groot is
Friday – 20th December 2019
Friday Night Book Club exclusive: Read the first chapter of The Confession by Jessie Burton, the bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse
The Confession is a luminous, powerful and deeply moving novel about secrets and storytelling, motherhood and friendship, and how we lose and find ourselves.