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Tuesday – 4th April 2017
Chimurenga Chronic – Food
Latest Chronic out now. This edition considers food from various angles. And of course: books, music, politics, photography and more.
You needed money to study at ‘Robben Island University’ – Ahmed Kathrada in Conversations with a Gentle Soul
It’s a little-known fact that prisoners needed family money to study at “Robben Island University” – which is why Jacob Zuma didn’t receive any academic certificates.
The I.O.U. by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The New Yorker’s March 20th fiction piece is a previously unpublished story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Imbolo Mbue wins 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for debut novel Behold the Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue has won the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers.
Tymon Smith reviews new Craig Williamson book
Spy: Uncovering Craig Williamson by Jonathan Ancer is in the spotlight at the Sunday Times.
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀ shortlisted for 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction
The 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced.
Extract from The Relatively Public Life of Jules Browde by Daniel Browde
Daniel Browde is one of several authors longlisted for this year’s Alan Paton Award. The Relatively Public Life of Jules Browde stands out as a moving memoir of his relationship with his grandfather, Jules.
Monday – 3rd April 2017
How to use this site
The Reading List is a new place to find and share the best in books. Hooray! On this site, you can submit …
The 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards: Alan Paton Award longlist
The longlist for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction has been announced.
The 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards: Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist
The 2017 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize longlist has been announced.
Stranger than fiction: How a forbidden book was smuggled out of North Korea
The harrowing story of how the work of a dissident writer made it out of North Korea.
Need a read? Have a browse of Penguin Random House SA’s book club selection
If you love to read and belong to a book club then this is where you can discover our latest suggestions. In this section, we pick the perfect book club reads; those books we know will delight and enthrall anyone who’s passionate about reading.
African Book Trust launched: Giving South African books to South African libraries
Griffin Shea has launched the African Book Trust, a new non-profit dedicated to donating local books to South African libraries and schools.
Meet the Black Mambas – South Africa’s all-female anti-poaching unit
In 2013, six young women recruits signed up to become Black Mambas: a pilot anti-poaching project on the Olifants West region of Balule Nature Reserve near the Kruger National Park.
Sunday – 2nd April 2017
Niq Mhlongo writes about The Marabi Dance by Modikwe Dikobe for PEN SA
There is a book that when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was your old friend or a relative of yours that you could call up on a phone and congratulate them on the excellent work. That is what Modikwe Dikobe’s Marabi Dance did to me. The book left me with a sense of satisfaction and completeness.
‘Searching for work that celebrates black joy’ – Koleka Putuma chats to Africa in Dialogue
Koleka Putuma, who is is scheduled to release her debut collection of poems, Collective Amnesia, in April 2017, was interviewed by Gaamangwe Mogami for Africa in Dialogue recently.
Saturday – 1st April 2017
Review of Sean Christie’s Under Nelson Mandela Boulevard
Gareth Langdon lauds Sean Christie’s excellent account of stowaways living on the margins of a quickly gentrifying Cape Town.
Thursday – 30th March 2017
Stephen King is excited about the new Deon Meyer
UK readers, you have a nice surprise coming. No, not Brexit, FEVER, by Deon Meyer. Reminiscent of THE STAND and THE PASSAGE. …