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Thursday – 15th March 2018
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.
Wednesday – 14th March 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Mary Watson’s The Wren Hunt at The Book Lounge, with Sally Partridge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson.
Line-up of local and international authors announced for 2018 Franschhoek Literary Festival
The programme for the 2018 Franschhoek Literary Festival has been revealed!
Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV – revealing the true nature of the Zuma-Gupta cabal
Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV is Rajesh Sundaram’s story of launching ANN7, with the power-grabbing and money-hungry mogul Atul Gupta and his cronies breathing down his neck.
Tuesday – 13th March 2018
Join Johan Raath for a Recce Story Night in Pretoria
Date: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Event: SASFA Story Evening
Venue: Ruimsig Country Club, Johannesburg
Time: 18:30 for 19:00
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The most anticipated YA release of 2018: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Blood and Bone is a West African Fantasy about a girl who must fight against the monarchy to bring magic back to her people.
Win a hamper of this year’s best debut novels
Some exciting debut novels are out from Penguin Random House SA this year – and you stand a chance to win them!
The Polish cover of Kopano Matlwa’s Period Pain revealed
Kopano Matlwa’s latest novel Period Pain will be published soon in Poland.
Children’s book celebrates the science behind skin colour: Skin We are In by Sindiwe Magona and Nina G Jablonski
One of South Africa’s literary stalwarts, Sindiwe Magona, has teamed up with world-renowned American anthropologist, Nina G Jablonski, to create Skin We are In, a much-needed book about race and skin colour for children.
Monday – 12th March 2018
Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey through the World’s Strangest Brains by Helen Thomson
Imagine getting lost in a one-room flat, seeing auras, never forgetting a moment, a permanent orchestra in your head, turning into a tiger, life as an out-of-body experience, feeling other people’s pain, being convinced you are dead, becoming a different person overnight …
Watch the book trailer for Nthikeng Mohlele’s new novel, Michael K
In this response to JM Coetzee’s classic masterpiece, Life & Times of Michael K, Nthikeng Mohlele dabbles in the artistic and speculative to unpack the dazed and disconnected world of the title character, his solitary ways, his inventiveness, but also to show how astutely Michael K holds up a mirror to those whose paths he inadvertently crosses.
Join Claire Robertson and Diane Awerbuck at The Book Lounge for the launch of Under Glass
Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Under Glass by Claire Robertson.
Don’t miss the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems in Gansbaai
Marine Dynamics and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems.
Former TV star Tracy Going opens up about abusive relationship in her new book, Brutal Legacy
Tracy Going chatted to Cape Talk’s Sara-Jayne King about her new memoir, Brutal Legacy.
Friday – 9th March 2018
Join Johan Raath, author of Blood Money, for a Recce Story Night in Roodepoort
Blood Money: Stories of an ex-Recce’s Missions as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq is out soon from Jonathan Ball Publishers. Shortly …
‘There are a few crazy stories in it!’ – Phumlani Pikoli chats about his debut book The Fatuous State of Severity
‘There’s a whole thing with some talking squirrels that meet a very interesting demise …’
Gau-Trained: Poems and Stories by Flow Wellington – an honest account of what it takes to make it in the big city
A candid dive into the underbelly of Joburg. Gau-Trained is Flow Wellington’s emotional account of the grit and glitz of the fabled City of Gold.
Join Koleka Putuma to celebrate Collective Amnesia’s one-year anniversary at The Book Lounge
we are going to have wine, read from the book, sign the book, celebrate the book. It has changed my life & I couldn’t have done it without you.
If you are in CPT come through.
Collective Amnesia Merchandise & Copies of the Books will be on sale!