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Wednesday – 14th June 2017
Win a copy of Arundhati Roy’s new book The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Penguin Random House SA is giving away three copies of Arundhati Roy’s long-awaited new novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness!
Watch a video of Sally Andrew reading from her second Tannie Maria mystery, The Satanic Mechanic
I was maybe too hungry for love and ended up with murder on my plate.
Eusebius McKaiser chats to Thandeka Gqubule about her new biography of Thuli Madonsela
Eusebius McKaiser was in conversation with journalist and author Thandeka Gqubule about her book No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela on his show on 702 earlier today.
The spy who became England’s first successful female writer
Aphra Behn made a name for herself in Restoration-era England, when most women still relied on their husbands.
‘Very thrilling indeed’ – Pamela Power reviews Gail Schimmel’s The Park
Pamela Power has given Gail Schimmel’s new novel The Park a glowing review for the Sunday Times.
Writers and photographers: The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology call for submissions
An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Tuesday – 13th June 2017
Read the opening chapter of The Woman in the Wood, the latest novel from Lesley Pearse
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Lesley Pearse’s new novel: The Woman in the Wood.
The End of the Day, the stunning new novel by Claire North
The End of the Day is the stunning new novel by Claire North, author of word-of-mouth bestseller The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
Monday – 12th June 2017
Good books begin as bad drafts
The next time you are struggling with your own writing, recall this selection of pages from the drafts of great novels.
Read an excerpt from Sarah Perry’s award-winning novel The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry’s new novel The Essex Serpent is a celebration of love, and the many different shapes it can take.
Join Steven Boykey Sidley and Richard Poplak at Love Books for the launch of Free Association
Join Steven Boykey Sidley and Richard Poplak at Love Books this Wednesday for the launch of Free Association!
Rule-breaking quotations from rebel women, including Charlotte Bronte, Frida Kahlo and Amelia Earhart
Empowering, moving and inspirational, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls introduces true fairy tales for heroines who definitely don’t need rescuing.
Friday – 9th June 2017
The indignity of pit toilets and the importance of Thuli Madonsela’s lesser-known reports
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela by Thandeka Gqubule.
Thursday – 8th June 2017
‘I want my legs back’: A personal history of catastrophe by para-athlete Palesa ‘Deejay’ Manaleng
The JRB brings you an exclusive excerpt from a work in progress by Deejay Manaleng, which tells the story of how she became a top South African para-athlete.
Young and queer in London and Port Harcourt: Olumide Popoola’s debut novel When We Speak of Nothing
When We Speak of Nothing launches a powerful new voice onto the literary stage. The fluid prose, peppered with contemporary slang, captures what it means to be young and queer in London and Port Harcourt. If grime music were a novel, it would be this.
Wednesday – 7th June 2017
UK cover for Masande Ntshanga’s novel The Reactive revealed
The cover for the United Kingdom edition of Masande Ntshanga’s debut novel The Reactive has been revealed!
Writing tips from John Grisham
Bestselling author John Grisham’s 30th novel, Camino Island, is out now from Jonathan Ball.
Bongani Madondo remembers Jozi’s Bassline in the latest issue of The JRB
In the latest issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books, Bongani Madondo reads a new book on the life and times of the Bassline, and throws his bones.
Listen to Mohale Mashigo chat to The Cheeky Natives about her book The Yearning
The Cheeky Natives sat down with Mohale Mashigo over a conversation filled with lightbulb moments, realisations and introspections delivered in the casual, easy manner which comes from someone whose magic is inherent.
Listen to Arundhati Roy read from her long-awaited second novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
“How to tell a shattered story? By slowly becoming everybody. No. By slowly becoming everything .”