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Thursday – 23rd November 2017
Keorapetse Kgositsile’s Homesoil in My Blood – a selection from his life’s work – out soon from Xarra Books
A new book of poetry by Keorapetse Kgositsile will be out soon from Xarra Books. The book, titled Homesoil in My Blood: …
One of the reasons I wrote this book was the Fees Must Fall activists: Rehana Rossouw at the launch of her new novel New Times
Fees Must Fall, journalism in the 1980s, same-sex relationships, the Bo Kaap community and the idea that Nelson Mandela was a ‘sell-out’ …
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ considers key questions around the misreading of African literature in The Rise of the African Novel
The Rise of the African Novel: Politics of Language, Identity, and Ownership, a new book by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, will be out in March 2018 from University of Michigan Press’s African Perspectives series.
How to Survive A Plague by David France wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
David France has won the Baillie Gifford Prize, the UK’s leading award for non-fiction, for his book How To Survive A Plague.
Tuesday – 21st November 2017
Win 1 of 10 R1000 vouchers or a book hamper with the Exclusive Books Christmas catalogue, edited by Nik Rabinowitz
The Exclusive Books Christmas Catalogue 2017 is out and it’s edited by the hilarious Nik Rabinowitz. The catalogue contains over 130 books to …
Don’t miss the launch of Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would Be King by Ray Hartley
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers at Exclusive Books Brooklyn for the launch of Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would Be King by Ray Hartley.
Full Abantu Book Festival programme revealed – get your tickets now!
The full programme for the Abantu Book Festival has been revealed!
Essential reading: Don’t miss the launch of The Black Consciousness Reader in Newtown
Published in the year of the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s murder, The Black Consciousness Reader is an essential collection.
Join Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros at the Rand Club for the launch of Lore of Nutrition
The Rand Club invites you to a lunch, talk and Q&A with the authors of Lore of Nutrition, the esteemed Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros.
Join the Literary Alliance at Bridge Books for a discussion with Achmat Dangor about his latest novel Dikeledi
Owing to popular demand, the Literary Alliance is hosting one more book discussion before the end of the year!
Monday – 20th November 2017
‘We have never declared war with the ANC’ – Bantu Holomisa chats about his new book The Game Changer
Bantu Holomisa chatted to Morning Live about his new biography Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer.
What I learned from Ben Okri about creative writing
Midway through his sentence Ben Okri stands up and turns to the whiteboard. “Who knows their work well?” he asks. The students in the class look at each other. “Someone give me a line, a line of your work”.
African artists: Apply for the Africa Centre’s Artist In Residency programmes
Africa Centre is accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency (AIR) Programmes in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States.
Poetry publishers and self-published poets invited to enter the 2018 Ingrid Jonker Prize
THE 2018 INGRID JONKER PRIZE FOR ENGLISH POETRY This is a call for submissions for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2018. Publishers or …
Entries open for Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
Submissions are open for the 2018 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.
Two sisters with two very different destinies: Dip into Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing
The night Effia is born, a fire devastates her father’s land – and so begins a sequence of events that reverberate through the lives of her family for generations.
Join Zapiro for a coffee morning at Love Books to celebrate his new book
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to a coffee morning with Zapiro to chat about new book Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Zinzi Clemmons: Women of colour must divest from Lena Dunham
Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has condemned Lena Dunham’s ‘hipster racism’, saying: ‘She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us.’
Friday – 17th November 2017
Presenting the new book by Ben Okri – The Magic Lamp: Dreams of Our Age, illustrated by Rosemary Clunie
A new collection of meditations and stories from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, and illustrated by Rosemary Clunie.
Reading to Write: Don’t miss this Abantu Book Festival warm-up event with Athambile Masola and Sihle Khumalo
Kaya FM and the Abantu Book Festival bring you their first book club meeting of the summer!