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Wednesday – 27th March 2019
When You Read This – a sparkling debut about love, life, and all the emails you really wish you’d never sent
When You Read This is a warm, heartbreaker of a novel, and just as you think you might be on the verge of tears, it will tip you over into laughter instead.
The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award call for submissions
If you are an aspiring author and want the chance to get published, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
Tuesday – 26th March 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Whatever, the frank and hilariously dark memoir of 19-year-old Saskia Bailey, at The Book Lounge (10 April)
MFBooks Joburg invites you to the Cape Town launch of Saskia Bailey’s debut book, Whatever: A 21st-century Memoir.
Spice up your weekend with Marlene van der Westhuizen’s delicious oven-baked chicken with green olives, prunes and coriander
‘This must be one of the most popular party dishes I have ever come across, thanks to the good people of Paarl.’
Hayley Chewins launches her captivating debut novel The Turnaway Girls at Love Books
Pan Macmillan and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Turnaway Girls by Hayley Chewins.
Fighting for the Dream – what RW Johnson believes is required to get South Africa out of this morass
RW Johnson’s bestselling book How Long Will South Africa Survive? was described by Alec Hogg as ‘a masterpiece in unblemished reality’.
Monday – 25th March 2019
Join Marlene van der Westhuizen for the launch of Plate at Exclusive Books i’langa Mall (3 April)
Exclusive Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen in Mbombela.
Don’t miss the launch of Whatever, the frank and hilariously dark memoir of 19-year-old Saskia Bailey, at Love Books (4 April)
MFBooks Joburg invites you to the launch of Saskia Bailey’s debut book, Whatever: A 21st-century Memoir.
Don’t miss the Cheeky Natives in conversation with Rekgotsofetse Chikane at the Live Literature Market in Newtown
This Sunday, Word N Sound and the Cheeky Natives bring you a conversation with Rekgotsofetse Chikane about his first book, Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation: The Politics Behind #MustFallMovements.
Renowned Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama will be in South Africa for the launch of his new book Identity
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition by Francis Fukuyama.
Friday – 22nd March 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s thrilling historical novel Blood and Sugar
If you’re looking for thrilling historical fiction with beautifully drawn characters, Blood and Sugar is a must-read.
Join Marlene van der Westhuizen for the launch of Plate at Orange Restaurant
Penguin Random House invites you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Cover reveal! Fiona Snyckers’s new novel, Lacuna – a response to JM Coetzee’s Disgrace from the point of view of Lucy Lurie
Pan Macmillan has revealed the cover for Fiona Snyckers’s forthcoming novel, Lacuna!
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal – a one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan
Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal – a one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan.
Don’t miss a book discussion of We Are No Longer at Ease at the Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival (22 Mar)
Is free higher education a human right? Join Jacana Media for a book discussion and intergenerational conversation at Constitution Hill.
Wednesday – 20th March 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Carsten Rasch’s memoir Between Rock and a Hard Place at Love Books (28 Mar)
MFBooks Joburg and Love Books invite you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch, ‘a survivor from the South African punk and new wave scene of the eighties’.
Watch the book trailer for Gail Schimmel’s new novel The Accident – ‘a story of healing and redemption told with humour and heart’
Pan Macmillan has revealed the book trailer for The Accident, the new novel by Gail Schimmel!
Throw Madam from the Train by Nandipha Gantsho wins 2019 City Press/Tafelberg Nonfiction Award
Nandipha Gantsho has been announced as the winner of the prestigious City Press/Tafelberg Nonfiction Award for her manuscript Throw Madam from the Train. …
Join Marlene van der Westhuizen for the launch of Plate at Exclusive Books Hyde Park, followed by a dinner
Exclusive Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Percy Tau and Chad Le Clos – the latest books in the Road to Glory series for younger readers
Chad le Clos and Percy Tau are the sixth and seventh books in the Road to Glory series, which covers South African sporting legends as they set out on their journeys to becoming national and international stars.