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Friday – 15th September 2017
Win a copy of the ‘ingenious and thrilling’ new John le Carré novel!
Three winners stand a chance to receive a copy of A Legacy of Spies – the new book from John le Carré.
Achmat Dangor says he hopes young people will read his new book, Dikeledi
‘For young people there will be resonances – about how young people cope with the heritages of the past but also with the challenges of the future – and with traditions.’
Thursday – 14th September 2017
How to manipulate a blesser – Read an excerpt from Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Blessed Girl
I barely scraped through matric and I have never spent a single day in a university lecture hall. What I lack in academic qualifications, I more than make up for in my street smarts. My role model is Donald Trump.
Wednesday – 13th September 2017
Sisonke Msimang reveals the cover for her upcoming memoir, Always Another Country
Sisonke Msimang’s first book, a memoir titled Always Another Country, will be out from Jonathan Ball Publishers in October.
70-year-old debut author’s novel sold in major deal 48 hours after she submits it to publisher
70-year-old writer Anne Youngson has proved it is never too late to get your big break in books.
A vital new book – Khwezi: The remarkable story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo by Redi Tlhabi
Khwezi: The remarkable story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo, the new book by Redi Tlhabi, is out this week.
2017 Man Booker Prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced.
Judging the Man Booker Prize: how I read 145 novels in seven months
A daunting prospect. Thomas Hawk, CC BY-NC-SA Back in 2014, Dinah Birch explained what it was like to be a Man Booker …
Read a first excerpt from Origin, the new novel by Dan Brown
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Origin – the spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code.
An evening with Lorenzo Fioramonti, author of Wellbeing Economy, at The Book Revue
The Book Revue invites you to an evening of economic theory and a new way of looking at growth.
Tuesday – 12th September 2017
2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award for all South Africa’s official languages – longlist announced
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the 63 poets who have been selected for publication in the 7th annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology.
Celebrating the words of Steve Biko 40 years after his death
Steve Biko, legendary anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness movement, died in detention at just 30 years old on 12 September 1977, 40 years ago.
Yewande Omotoso will be chatting to Fiona Melrose about her new book Johannesburg at Love Books
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Johannesburg, the new novel by Fiona Melrose.
Join historian Nicki von der Heyde at the launch of Guide to Sieges of South Africa at Love Books
Penguin Random House invites you to the launch of Guide to Sieges of South Africa by Nicki von der Heyde.
Monday – 4th September 2017
‘Black is Beautiful challenges the belief which makes someone negate himself’ – Read an excerpt from The Testimony of Steve Biko
When Steve Biko entered the courtroom in Pretoria in 1974 as a star witness in the trial of nine student leaders, those …
An interview with bestselling author Ali Land ahead of her SA tour
Ali Land, the author of Good Me Bad Me – ‘one of the most extraordinary, controversial and explosive literary debuts of 2017’ – is in South Africa.
Jonathan Ball Publishers is giving away a book a day in September
For the whole month of September Jonathan Ball Publishers will be giving away one book every day on Twitter! All you have …
Friday – 1st September 2017
Remember Can Themba on the 50th anniversary of his death at the launch of The House Of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala
The House of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala – a play inspired by the life of Can Themba – will be launched this month.
New isiZulu publishing company Kwasukela Books launches with call for submissions
New isiZulu fiction publishing company Kwasukela Books is launching with a call for submissions for its first anthology of short stories.
Join Glynnis Breytenbach and Jessica Pitchford in Pretoria for the launch of Rule of Law
Exclusive Books and Pan Macmillan invite you to join us to celebrate the launch of Rule of Law by Glynnis Breytenbach.