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Tuesday – 31st July 2018
Listen: Karabo Kgoleng reviews Craig Higginson’s new novel The White Room on 702
Literary critic Karabo Kgoleng shared her views about The White Room, the new book from Craig Higginson, on Talk Radio 702.
Monday – 30th July 2018
‘For me, writing is like being an actress’ – Sue Nyathi chats about getting into her characters’ heads and her new novel The Gold Diggers
Sue Nyathi, author of The Polygamist and now The Gold Diggers, chatted to Africa’s Lit about her writing and the inspiration for her new novel.
Don’t miss the launch of Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge at The Book Lounge
Landa Mabenge will launch his new book Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph at The Book Lounge in August.
Find out more about the African Penguin in this excerpt from Cat Among the Pigeons, the new book from David Muirhead
Penguin eggs became a highly popular item in South African kitchens at the start of the 20th century.
New release by PE author: Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett
From Afghanistan to Johannesburg, from Libya to London, a team of highly-trained undercover operatives is engaged in a race against time.
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai – an ‘expansive, huge-hearted novel that conveys the scale of the trauma of the early Aids crisis’
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai: two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world.
Friday – 27th July 2018
Friday Night Book Club: Read the introduction and first chapter of Becoming Iman by Iman Rappetti
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
New book alert! Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman
Inside the Trump White House: The shocking truth will be revealed in Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman.
House of Stone – Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s unflinching epic about the fall of Rhodesia and the turbulent birth of Zimbabwe
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone is a masterful, haunting debut set during the tumultuous beginnings of Zimbabwe that explores the creative – and often destructive – act of history-making.
Thursday – 26th July 2018
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? Get ready for South Africa’s most erotic novel ever: The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes is a sexy, intelligent and sometimes shockingly candid story. Loaded with desire and obsession, it promises to be South Africa’s most erotic novel ever.
Much-loved linguist Melusi Tshabalala launches Melusi’s Everyday Zulu at Love Books
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of Melusi’s Everyday Zulu by Melusi Tshabalala.
One for the animal lovers: Cat Among the Pigeons by David Muirhead – stories that mix humour, facts and folklore
Cat Among the Pigeons, the new book from David Muirhead, is out now from Penguin Random House SA!
Win a pair of page-turning thrillers by Jessica Knoll
Addicted to page-turning, suspense-ridden psychological thrillers? Then you need to enter this Jessica Knoll competition right now!
Wednesday – 25th July 2018
Tumelo Buthelezi’s debut novel The Last Sentence out now from BlackBird Books
From BlackBird Books, the pioneering publisher of An Image in a Mirror, Nwelezelanga, Sweet Medicine and If I stay right here, a new story …
Win a copy of Beyers de Vos’s gripping debut novel, Talion or Wrok
Three winners will each receive a copy of Beyers de Vos’s gripping literary debut, Talion (English edition) or Wrok (Afrikaans edition)!
Listen to an excerpt from The Hunters by Kat Gordon – a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past
The Hunters by Kat Gordon is a sweeping, coming-of-age story set against the richly atmospheric backdrop of colonial Kenya in the 1920s.
Listen to an excerpt from Robin by David Itzkoff, the revelatory new biography of Robin Williams
Robin by Dave Itzkoff is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
Born trapped in a girl’s body – Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge
In April 1981, Landa Mabenge enters this world, trapped in a girl’s body.
Tuesday – 24th July 2018
2018 Man Booker Prize longlist announced
The 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced, including a graphic novel for the first time.
An evening with Mpho Dagada: On Bitcoin and growing your wealth
Join Mpho Dagada for a book event at Bridge Books Maboneng.