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Monday – 4th February 2019
Read an excerpt from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s extraordinary, bestselling debut, Friday Black
Friday Black is a piercingly raw debut story collection from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America.
Friday – 1st February 2019
The Friday Night Book Club: Read a short story from Phumlani Pikoli’s ‘intense and provocative’ The Fatuous State of Severity
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
‘One of the year’s most powerful debuts’ – Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman
Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman – a haunting, whip-smart debut novel about second chances and the lengths one young woman will go to keep her dark secrets sealed in the past.
Confronting Inequality: The South African Crisis, edited by Michael Nassen Smith, with papers by Thuli Madonsela, Ben Turok and Kgalema Motlanthe
South Africa’s distorted distribution of wealth is one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s economy, with unemployment sitting at an unsustainable 27.7%.
Cover reveal! Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
Penguin Random House is excited to share the cover for Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments.
Thursday – 31st January 2019
Win 1 of 2 hampers containing 2000 Family Meals and 2000 Healthy Meals PLUS a R1000 Woolworths voucher
Penguin Random House is giving away two hampers, each containing copies of 2000 Family Meals and 2000 Healthy Meals, PLUS a R1,000 voucher from Woolworths!
One of the most anticipated books of 2019 – The Au Pair, the debut novel from Emma Rous
Emma Rous’s debut novel The Au Pair – a tautly plotted mystery of dark family secrets, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
A life well lived, extremely elegantly told – Vintage Love and Other Essays by Jolyon Nuttall
Vintage Love and Other Essays by Jolyon Nuttall is out now from Jacana Media.
Develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body with Just Eat It by Laura Thomas
Just Eat It by Laura Thomas isn’t just a book, it’s a straight-talking guide for everything you need to develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body.
Wednesday – 30th January 2019
Read an excerpt from EL James’s new novel The Mister – a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire
Life has been easy for Maxim, but when tragedy strikes, he inherits his family’s nobility, wealth and estates, and a role he is not ready for. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an enigmatic young woman, Alessia, who’s just arrived in England. Read on for an extract from The Mister, the new novel by author EL James.
Career Limiting Moves: Ghetto Tuition. Corporate Ambition.
The story of a young ‘coloured’ man from Mitchell’s Plain who dreams of becoming a CEO or big Exec.
An Anonymous Girl – a mind-blowing thriller of betrayal, obsession and dangerous truths
In stores this February, An Anonymous Girl is an electrifying psychological thriller about doubt, passion and deadly obsession …
Join Eva Mazza for the launch of her debut novel Sex, Lies and Stellenbosch at Love Books
MFBooks Joburg and Eva Mazza invite you to the launch of the sizzling Sex, Lies and Stellenbosch, a novel that peeks into the lives of the privileged men and women of the winelands.
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham – ‘a timely and incredibly readable book on this rising power’
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
New book alert! Manchester Happened – a new collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, author of Kintu
Manchester Happened is the masterful new collection of short stories by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi.
Tuesday – 29th January 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Ivan Vladislavic’s new novel The Distance at Love Books (20 Feb)
Umuzi and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Distance, the latest novel from Ivan Vladislavić.
Join Ivan Vladislavic at The Book Lounge for the launch of his new novel The Distance (12 Feb)
Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Distance, the latest novel from Ivan Vladislavić.
First look at Ivan Vladislavic’s new novel The Distance – an intricate puzzle of a book
The Distance – the highly anticipated new novel from Ivan Vladislavić – will be out from Umuzi on 6 February 2019.
Moira Forjaz captures the life stories of the inhabitants of Ilha de Moçambique in The Islanders
There are centuries of history among the island’s coral stone town and macuti (palm leaf) huts, with stories that need to be told, but this time by the people and not by the historians.
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5 AM Club is a book that will transform your life. Forever.