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Thursday – 22nd March 2018
Poetry Potion 13 cover revealed
Poetry Potion is an online poetry journal that goes into print once ever quarter.
Tuesday – 20th March 2018
A story of unparalleled greed and western complicity – Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
A vivid, heart-breaking portrait of the fate that so many African countries suffered after independence.
Get the most bang for your buck from the taxman: How to Get a SARS Refund by Daniel Baines
Increase your chances of getting a refund from SARS with a new book from Penguin Random House SA!
Former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram reveals details of Zuma involvement in the news channel
Bongani Bingwa spoke to Rajesh Sundaram on Radio 702 about his new tell-all book Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, which reveals the true nature of the Zuma-Gupta cabal.
‘Nthikeng Mohlele is now my favourite contemporary South African novelist’ – Eusebius McKaiser’s rave review of Michael K
Eusebius McKaiser and Karabo Kgoleng explore the novel Michael K by South African author Nthikeng Mohlele.
Jolyn Phillips wins the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Tjieng Tjang Tjerries
Modjaji Books is thrilled to announce that Modjaji author Jolyn Phillips has won the 2018 Humanities and Social Science Award for her book Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories.
Support independent bookshops and publishers on Indiebookday! (24 March 2018)
On Saturday 24 March, independent publishers and booksellers propose readers to celebrate Indie Book Day.
Monday – 19th March 2018
‘An ecological fable for modern times’: Listen to an excerpt from The Melody by Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author Jim Crace
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The Melody by Jim Crace, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Harvest.
CM Elliott’s Zimbabwean crime novels optioned for a TV series
CM Elliott’s series of Jabulani Sibanda detective novels have been optioned for possible adaption as a television series by Anant Singh and Brian Cox of Videovision Entertainment.
Three siblings separated in infancy find each other as teens in Far From the Tree, the new novel from Robin Benway
When 16-year-old Grace gives up her baby for adoption, she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother.
New Jamie Oliver cookbook to be released in July 2018
From his early days working with Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo to his famous stint at the River Café, Italian food has influenced Jamie from the very start of his career. It’s a country that’s always been close to his heart.
Friday – 16th March 2018
5 reasons to read The Wren Hunt, the thrilling new book by Mary Watson
The Wren Hunt is part thriller, part love story: a captivating Young Adult novel about a girl caught in a battle between two ancient magics.
The crime author everyone’s talking about: Don’t miss Fiona Cummins’s new book The Collector
The Collector is the taut and terrifying new psychological thriller from Fiona Cummins, the author of Rattle.
‘It was time to speak out’ – Tracy Going on her memoir Brutal Legacy
‘It was time to speak out’ – Tracy Going discusses her new memoir, Brutal Legacy.
Murder is on the menu in Irna van Zyl’s new thriller, Death Cup
Detective Storm van der Merwe and Andreas Moerdyk are back in Death Cup – the brand new thriller by Irna van Zyl, author of Dead in the Water.
Thursday – 15th March 2018
Revealing the kind of ruler Nicholas II believed himself to be: Read an excerpt from Last of the Tsars
A short, slight man, Nicholas had succeeded his huge bear of a father, Alexander III, in 1894.
BlackBird Books new book alert: An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang
BlackBird Books has announced a new publication: An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang.
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer – now a Netflix original film
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer – The Southern Reach Trilogy begins with this Nebula Award-winning novel.
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Digitalback Books acquires a license for the iconic Heinemann African Writers Series
The legendary Heinemann African Writers Series will be revived by a new digital license agreement with Digitalback Books.
Win a copy of James Patterson’s 17th Suspect PLUS a R1,000 Blu Betty voucher
A killer who chooses victims personally gets too close to Detective Lindsay Boxer in James Patterson’s newest Women’s Murder Club thriller, 17th Suspect.