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2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards longlists announced
South Africa’s most prestigious literary awards are back with two thrilling fiction and non-fiction longlists, and a dedicated new sponsor.
20th Anniversary SA Book Awards winners announced during virtual ceremony – Born a Crime by Trevor Noah wins grand prize
South African booksellers have voted and the overall winner of the 2020 SA Book Awards is Trevor Noah for the child adaptation of Born a Crime, published by Pan Macmillan SA.
Wonder wat jy gaan doen vir die volgende 21 dae? Jou gunsteling LAPA titels is nou as e-boeke beskikbaar
Die nasionale inperking het aangebreek, en jy weet nie hoe jy deur 21 dae gaan kom nie … Ons het die antwoord! Jou gunsteling titels is nou as e-boeke beskikbaar.
Get blown away by James-Brent Styan and Anneleigh Jacobsen at this year’s Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town (11-14 Mar)
Come and meet James-Brent Styan and Anneleigh Jacobsen at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town.
Het jy al jou kaartjies gekoop vir die US Woordfees 2020? Hier is al die LAPA skrywers om na uit te sien
Die US Woordfees vind plaas vanaf 5 tot 16 Maart 2020. Het jy al jou kaartjies gekoop? Hier is al die LAPA skrywers wat jy dié jaar op die fees kan raakloop.
Exposing and revealing, brilliantly appealing, Zapiro does it again in Which Side is Up?!
Which Side is Up? – the 2019 Zapiro annual – out now from Jacana Media!
Out now! The Bosasa Billions: How the ANC Sold its Soul for Braaipacks, Booze and Bags of Cash
The Bosasa Billions: How the ANC Sold its Soul for Braaipacks, Booze and Bags of Cash by James-Brent Styan and Paul Vecchiatto is out now from LAPA.
The bestselling books in South Africa – July 2019
Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous …
The bestselling books in South Africa – June
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 6 June 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.
2019 South African Book Fair – find out more about the authors and events!
The 2019 South African Book Fair will take place from 6–8 September at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.
The bestselling books in South Africa – May
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 2 May 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.
Give Us More Guns – how millions of rands’ worth of guns got into the hands of South Africa’s crime bosses, and the bloodbath that ensued
Give Us More Guns: How South Africa’s Gangs were Armed by Mark Shaw is out in March from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Read an excerpt from Hidden Valley Road – an account of an American family with 12 children, six diagnosed with schizophrenia
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker.
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!
‘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.
Read an excerpt from The Enforcers, revealing a brazen plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela at his inauguration
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley.
Don’t miss the launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley at The Book Lounge (11 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley.
New book alert! The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley
The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley is out in June 2019 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Read Chapter 1 of The Mastermind – the true story of Paul Le Roux, the brilliant international crime boss from Krugersdorp
Read an excerpt from The Mastermind – the incredible true story of Paul Le Roux, the coder from Krugersdorp who became an international crime boss.
The Mastermind – The extraordinary story of Paul Le Roux from Krugersdorp, who became an international digital-age crime boss
The extraordinary story of Paul Le Roux – one of the world’s most prolific criminals – and the US government’s clandestine efforts to bring him down.