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Wednesday – 7th August 2019
Pan Macmillan South Africa makes an exciting investment into local children’s books
Pan Macmillan South Africa is delighted to announce its new publishing initiative focused on contributing to the growth and development of the local children’s book industry:
Tuesday – 6th August 2019
Excerpt from The Stellenbosch Mafia: ‘Floyd Shivambu was one of Johann Rupert’s go-to men in his informal intelligence network’
Read an extract from The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit.
Join former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas at the Joburg launch of After Dawn (13 August)
How can we free South Africa from corruption? Find out at the launch of After Dawn: Hope After State Capture by Mcebisi Jonas.
Toni Morrison, celebrated novelist and Nobel Laureate, has died
Toni Morrison, celebrated novelist and Nobel Laureate, has died, aged eighty-eight.
Monday – 5th August 2019
Join Gaongalelwe Tiro at the launch of Parcel of Death: The Biography of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro at Exclusive Books (22 Aug)
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Parcel of Death: The Biography of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro by Gaongalelwe Tiro.
A cryptic killer cruising the streets of Joburg – Don’t miss the launch of Johan Jack Smith’s debut novel Zola at Love Books (22 Aug)
Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the launch of Zola, the debut novel by Johan Jack Smith.
Jonathan Ball Publishers joins the audiobook revolution: Now you can listen to your favourite South African books!
A leader in the field of local publishing in history, politics and current affairs, Jonathan Ball Publishers has now joined the audiobook revolution!
Friday – 2nd August 2019
The programme for the 2019 Open Book Festival has been revealed!
The full programme has been announced for the ninth Open Book Festival!
New book alert! Rockonomics: What the Music Industry Can Teach Us About Economics (and Our Future)
In Rockonomics, Alan Krueger uses the music industry, from rock artists to music executives, from managers to promoters, as a way in to explain the principles of economics, and the forces shaping our economic lives.
Edward Snowden tells his story for the very first time in his memoir Permanent Record – out in September 2019
Edward Snowden’s memoir Permanent Record will be published globally by Macmillan Publishers on 17 September 2019.
New book alert! Women take centre stage in Perfect Imperfections by Makanaka Mavengere-Munsaka
Perfect Imperfections, the debut novel by Makanaka Mavengere-Munsaka, is out mid-August 2019 from BlackBird Books!
You can’t escape this ride from hell! Watch the book trailer for Zola, the debut novel by Johan Jack Smith
Zola: A Novel by Johan Jack Smith is out now in English and Afrikaans from Penguin Random House.
Sign up for Read This! – a new voice note show, hosted by The JRB and Volume
The Johannesburg Review of Books and Volume have launched a new books show called Read This!, where you can discover what’s hot in the world of literature.
Thursday – 1st August 2019
To have, to hold, to betray – listen to an audiobook excerpt from Your Truth or Mine? by Trisha Sakhlecha
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Your Truth or Mine?, the excellent debut thriller by Trisha Sakhlecha.
Read an excerpt from Train Man, the brilliant and profoundly affecting novel by Andrew Mulligan
Journeys intersect. People find people when and where they least expect it. A missed connection needn’t be a disaster: it can save your life.
Attention fly fisherman! Yet More Sweet Days by Tom Sutcliffe is in stores now
Yet More Sweet Days, the new book by Tom Sutcliffe, is now available in bookstores and fly shops throughout South Africa.
‘What we’re seeing in Cape Town is just a fragment of transnational organised crime’ – Watch an interview with Caryn Dolley on her new book The Enforcers
Caryn Dolley chatted to Open News recently about her new book The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles.
Wednesday – 31st July 2019
Read an extract from Knife, the gripping new book in Jo Nesbo’s intense and brilliant Harry Hole crime series
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Knife, the brand new Harry Hole thriller from Jo Nesbo, where Harry comes face to face with a deadly foe.
Don’t miss the launch of Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story by Gabi Lowe at Exclusive Books Cavendish (6 August)
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story by Gabi Lowe.
The Rapture – the debut novel by Claire McGlasson – is the history of a religious cult and a psychological thriller
The Rapture by Claire McGlasson – as captivating as The Girls, with the period sensibility of Sarah Waters, this riveting novel is based on a true story …