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Friday – 23rd November 2018
Sign up for the Penguin Book Club and stand a chance to WIN a hamper of 8 books!
Sign up for the Penguin Book Club and stand the chance to WIN eight of the best new releases for your reading group!
Thursday – 22nd November 2018
‘Probably one of the most important books published this year’ – Eusebius McKaiser on The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas
Eusebius McKaiser chatted to Richard Pithouse about The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas calling it ‘probably one of the most important books published this year in our country’.
‘I stopped hating on the Rainbow Nation narrative’ – Rekgotsofetse Chikane explains why it’s the perfect metaphor for South Africa
Rekgotsofetse Chikane chatted to David O’Sullivan on Kaya FM about his new book Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation.
Join Sihle Khumalo for a Brand New Book Bash at UPPERcase Books, to celebrate his new book Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse (5 Dec)
Join Umuzi and UPPERcase Books for an evening with Sihle Khumalo, to celebrate and introduce his new book Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse.
Get your copy of Set a Table signed by Karen Dudley at Bargain Books in Cape Town (24 Nov)
Jacana Media and Bargain Books invite you to a book signing of Set a Table by Karen Dudley.
This book does not condemn Winnie Mandela, nor does it seek to exonerate her: Sisonke Msimang on why she wrote The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela
Sisonke Msimang has shared a video in which she talks about why she decided to write her new book, The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela.
Win a copy of Past Tense – Jack Reacher’s latest adrenaline-fuelled adventure!
Win 1 of 3 hampers with a copy of Past Tense PLUS a R1000 gift voucher from Tread and Miller!
Wednesday – 21st November 2018
Join Sihle Khumalo at Bridge Books Maboneng for the launch of his new book Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse (29 Nov)
Join Umuzi at Bridge Books Maboneng for the launch of Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse, the new book by Sihle Khumalo, the bestselling author of Dark Continent My Black Arse and Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Terry Kurgan’s new book Everyone is Present (22 Nov)
Fourthwall Books and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Everyone is Present: Essays on Photography, Memory and Family by Terry Kurgan.
Abantu Book Festival organisers announce new additions to this year’s programme – including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
Abantu Book Festival organisers have announced some additional international guests of this year’s event, namely Odafe Atogun, Lola Shoneyin and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. …
‘Writing at least one book a year, I have to be disciplined’ – An interview with Tony Park, author of Scent of Fear
Tony Park chatted to Pan Macmillan about his writing process, influences and research for his African themed books, including the upcoming Scent of Fear!
Her enemies will learn the true meaning of fear … Dean Koontz’s new novel The Forbidden Door is out now
The No.1 New York Times bestseller and master of suspense Dean Koontz returns with the new Jane Hawk blockbuster – The Forbidden Door!
Tuesday – 20th November 2018
The final book from one of the greatest minds in history – Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Professor Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking, the world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Time, leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe’s biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work, Brief Answers to the Big Questions.
Wildlife of Southern Africa – the perfect app for your summer holiday – on special now!
Wildlife of Southern Africa is an all-in-one guide to the animal and plant life in southern Africa.
A hilarious compendium of iconic South Africanness – Hagen Engler’s new book Black Twitter, Blitz and a Boerie as Long as Your Leg
As they tend to say on Idols shortly before eviscerating some poor aspiring singer’s performance, this comes from a place of love.
Win a Krugerrand with Jeffrey Archer and Pan Macmillan!
Pick up a copy of Jeffrey Archer’s new book, Heads You Win, and you could win a Krugerrand!
Monday – 19th November 2018
Read an excerpt from Lee Child’s new Jack Reacher adventure Past Tense – the most hotly anticipated thriller of 2018
Don’t believe us? Read an extract here: https://bit.ly/2Eeqdse then rush out to get your own copy of Jack Reacher’s most stomach-clenching, hair-raising, blood-curdling ticking time bomb of an adventure yet.
An intimate look at one man’s relationship with the American people – To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair by Jeanne Marie Laskas
To Obama: With Love, Joy, Hate and Despair by Jeanne Marie Laskas – one of the most important politics books of the year.
Don’t miss Vanessa Govender in Chatsworth discussing her book Beaten but not Broken and 16 Days of Activism
Vanessa Govender will be in Chatsworth, Durban to chat about her new book Beaten but not Broken, and commemorate the annual 16 Days of Activism campaign.
Scent of Fear by Tony Park – a novel from the front lines of the war on poaching
Tony Park’s new novel Scent of Fear releases in South Africa in December and draws on the real life war on poaching for inspiration.