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Thursday – 2nd November 2017
‘Writing helped me understand my own feelings’ – Lauren Segal chats about her book Cancer: A Love Story
Four-time cancer survivor Lauren Segal chatted to eNCA anchor Ayanda-Allie Paine recently about her new book, Cancer: A Love Story.
Don’t miss the launch of Dion Leonard’s inspirational book Finding Gobi in Cape Town
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Bargain Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard.
Wednesday – 1st November 2017
Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma’s rape trial has finally hit home
What’s different this time is that Redi Tlhabi speaks into a South Africa that has changed. The pact of complicity that surrounded Zuma has broken.
Wole Soyinka’s Inaugural Lecture at the University of Johannesburg
Professor Wole Soyinka joined the University of Johannesburg as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University’s Faculty of Humanities this year.
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering wins international book award
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering won the prize for best international fiction at this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, the world’s third largest book fair, in the United Arab Emirates.
Huge ebook sale on local books at Penguin Random House South Africa!
A selection of Penguin Random House SA’s top local fiction and non-fiction ebook titles are available for download for only R50 each.
Good news for fans of Jack Reacher! The Midnight Line by Lee Child is out now
Jack Reacher is back, and he’ll stop at nothing.
Don’t miss the launch of Olami: Simple Nourishing Fresh by Nirit Saban
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of Olami: Simple Nourishing Fresh by Nirit Saban.
New book alert: Oliver Tambo Remembered, edited by Zweledinga Pallo Jordan
Oliver Tambo Remembered is a salute to one of South Africa’s most remarkable individuals.
Tuesday – 31st October 2017
Don’t miss the launch of How To Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay by Crispian Olver at Fogarty’s Bookshop
Fogarty’s Bookshop and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of How To Steal a City by Crispian Olver.
Join Bantu Holomisa, Eric Naki and Songezo Zibi for the launch of Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer
Exclusive Books and Pan Macmillan invite you to celebrate the launch of Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer by Eric Naki.
Love Books to host the launch of Ronnie Kasrils’s new book A Simple Man, with Nomboniso Gasa
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to the launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma by Ronnie Kasrils, the gripping page-turner that courageously exposes the threats to our young democracy.
George Bizos chats about his friendship with Nelson Mandela, documented in his new book 65 Years of Friendship
‘With his second marriage to Winnie, he phoned me and said, “George, I’ve married trouble.”‘
Monday – 30th October 2017
Interracial relationships, wokeness and the politics of black women: The Cheeky Natives chat to Sisonke Msimang
In her much anticipated memoir, Sisonke Msimang writes about her exile childhood in Zambia and Kenya, young adulthood and college years in North America, and returning to South Africa in the euphoric 1990s.
Try this butternut soup with a twist from Safaris and Spices: An African Food Journey
Safaris and Spices: An African Food Journey is an African cookbook that takes inspiration from all over the world, highlighting specific African regions and food cultures.
The ‘biggest political exposé of the year’: The President’s Keepers by Jacques Pauw
An explosive new book is making waves in South Africa.
Angela Makholwa chats to The Cheeky Natives at the launch of The Blessed Girl
Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Blessed Girl was launched at Exclusive Books Rosebank recently.
Tim Noakes’s new book Lore of Nutrition, co-authored with Marika Sboros, to be launched at Love Books
The King of Comrades Bruce Fordyce will be talking to that quiet maverick Prof Tim Noakes and co-author and veteran journalist Marika Sboros about their critical new book, Lore of Nutrition.
Friday – 27th October 2017
South Africans are not buying local fiction: Jacana Media aims to Save Our Stories with a new crowdfunding campaign
Jacana Media has kicked off an project called Storied, which aims to help African stories thrive – long term – and reach worldwide audiences.
Join James Clarke for a talk on his new book, Overkill: The Race to Save Africa’s Wildlife
Has Africa’s wildlife reached its lowest ebb or are we about to witness the turn of the tide?