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Thursday – 12th October 2017
A new book by EL James – Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian – will be published in November
E L James’s new book Darker: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian will be hitting the shelves on 28 November 2017.
Win a hamper of limited edition books from Pan Macmillan SA!
Pan Macmillan is celebrating 70 years of glorious paperbacks by giving away a hamper of limited edition classics.
Z Pallo Jordan says the assassination of Ruth First was no mistake
Z Pallo Jordan says there is no doubt in his mind that Ruth First was specifically targeted with the letter bomb that took her life.
Wednesday – 11th October 2017
Jonathan Franzen at the Book Lounge!
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are proud to announce that Jonathan Franzen will be in South Africa in November.
House of Stone, the debut novel from Novuyo Tshuma, eagerly anticipated in the UK
Novuyo Tshuma’s first novel House of Stone will be published by Atlantic Books in the UK in June 2018.
Win a John Green hamper with Penguin Random House SA!
John Green’s new novel Turtles All the Way Down is out now, and two lucky winners will each receive a prize hamper!
Join Chwayita Ngamlana at Bridge Books for a reading from her new novel If I Stay Right Here
BlackBird Birds invites you to a reading from If I Stay Right Here, the electric debut book by Chwayita Ngamlana.
Calling all writers! Pan Macmillan is considering unsolicited manuscripts in November – get ready
Pan Macmillan South Africa will be accepting manuscripts during an open submissions period from 20 to 24 November 2017.
Tuesday – 10th October 2017
The standard by which we judge men and leaders in general was lowered for Jacob Zuma – Redi Tlhabi
Redi Tlhabi says President Jacob Zuma should have owned up to the fact that he exploited his power with regards to Khwezi.
Don’t miss Siphiwo Mahala’s hit play The House of Truth at The Theatre on the Square
Siphiwo Mahala’s play The House of Truth will be showing at The Theatre on the Square at Nelson Mandela Square from 31 October.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa at The Book Lounge
The Book Lounge and Pan Macmillan invite you to join them for the Cape Town launch of The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa.
Twitchers – don’t miss the launch of Kingdom of Daylight: Memories of a Birdwatcher at Kalk Bay Books
Join author Peter Steyn in conversation with Vernon Head about his life with birds and his new book Kingdom of Daylight: Memories of a Birdwatcher.
Read an excerpt from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s new book Reflecting Rogue: Inside the Mind of a Feminist
During a panel with four feminist writers, moderator Mohale Mashigo, Yewande Omotoso and Nnedi Okorafor, at the 2016 Open Book Festival in Cape Town, Kabura Nganga asked “how do you/we cultivate feminist joy?”
Monday – 9th October 2017
Join Richard Steyn in Cape Town for the launch of Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship by Richard Steyn.
John Green introduces his new book, Turtles All the Way Down
The wait is over! John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, is back!
Read the first chapter of A Column of Fire, the new book by Ken Follett
Read an exclusive extract of Ken Follett’s new novel, A Column of Fire, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End.
Don’t miss the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s electric debut novel If I Stay Right Here
BlackBird Books and African Flavour Books invite you to the launch of If I Stay Right Here by Chwayita Ngamlana.
2 thrillers by debut South African author and blogger Amy Heydenrych snapped up in international deal
Bonnier Zaffre, a new fiction publisher based in London, has acquired two suspense thrillers from South African writer Amy Heydenrych.
Friday – 6th October 2017
Mandla Langa on writing Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom
In one of the biggest book events of the year, the sequel to Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom will be published this month.
A new book from Zakes Mda – Justify the Enemy: Becoming Human in South Africa
Justify the Enemy: Becoming Human in South Africa is a new collection of non-fiction by the prolific author Zakes Mda.