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Tuesday – 13th September 2022
At My Desk with author Johan Vlok Louw
How many times must a cannon ball fly? Many, many times, it seems … before one sentence ‘pops’, tumbles down, and glues itself onto a page, writes Johan Vlok Louw.
Monday – 12th September 2022
Homegrown Honeys – a selection of proudly South African reads to celebrate Heritage Day
To celebrate Heritage Day this year, Penguin Random House SA has rounded up a list of some of our favourite books written by proudly South African authors.
Ideaal vir enigeen wat elke dag goeie kos op die tafel wil sit – Low Carb is Lekker Drie deur Inè Reynierse is nou beskikbaar!
Met Low Carb is Lekker Drie sit Inè Reynierse die reis voort wat sy in 2015 begin het toe haar bekroonde kookboek, Low Carb is Lekker, die land stormenderhand verower het.
‘What do you do if you suspect your husband is planning to murder you?’ Maggie O’Farrell introduces her new book The Marriage Portrait
In her new book The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell turns her talents to Renaissance Italy in an extraordinary portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.
Kom hou piekniek saam met An-Mari do Carmo by die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was in Bellville! (27 Sep)
Aandag, alle Kapenaars! LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo.
Tuesday – 6th September 2022
Was Hans van Rensburg regtig ’n verbete Afrikaner-fascis? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Afrikaner-Sondebok? deur Albert Blake!
Uittreksel: Ossewabrandwag-leier Hans van Rensburg word dikwels as ’n verbete Afrikaner-fascis beskryf, maar die werklikheid is meer kompleks, skryf Albert Blake in sy boek Afrikaner-Sondebok? wat pas benoem is vir ’n ATKV-Woordveertjie!
Kom kuier saam met François Bloemhof, Elsa Winckler en nog skrywers by die Welgemoed Kunstefees se Boek-en-Koek! (22 Sep)
Jy word hartlik uitgenooi na die Welgemoed Kunstefees se Boek-en-Koek!
Spotted the imaginary beings among your succulents yet? Join the launch of Vetplant Fairies in Cape Town! (13-14 Sep)
Penguin Random House SA invites you to the launch of Vetplant Fairies by Fiona Moodie, Antjie Krog and Ingrid de Kok in Cape Town!
Monday – 5th September 2022
Perfect gift alert! Vetplant Fairies – also in Afrikaans as Vetplantfeetjies – by Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok and Fiona Moodie
An enchanting new classic – Vetplant Fairies is a collection of verse for children about indigenous succulents and the imaginary beings who live among them!
Debut author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou talks about her new fantasy novel The Last Feather with Kelly Commaille in the new episode of Pagecast!
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Friday – 2nd September 2022
Kom vier die bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human deur Connie Luyt by die Pretoria Kunsvereniging (10 Sep)
Het jy die Pretoria-bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human deur Connie Luyt misgeloop? Kom ontmoet die skrywer by die Pretoria Kunsvereniging!
Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard benoem vir ’n ATKV-Woordveertjie 2022!
Aandag! Die finaliste vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022 is pas bekendgemaak met Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard op die kortlys vir die ATKV-Prosaprys!
Afrikaner-sondebok deur Albert Blake en Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse benoem vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022!
Aandag! Die finaliste vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022 is pas bekendgemaak met Afrikaner-sondebok deur Albert Blake en Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse op die Prys vir Niefiksie-kortlys!
Write a review of Wilbur Smith’s new novel Titans of War and win a trip to Egypt worth over R80,000!
To celebrate the publication of Wilbur Smith’s new novel Titans of War, Jonathan Ball Publishers is giving away a magnificent 7-day trip for two to Egypt worth over R80,000!
Thursday – 1st September 2022
Video: Louise Viljoen wen die Orde van die Beiteltjie in Augustus 2022!
Aandag! Cordis Trust se Afrikaanse Woordkunsakademie het sopas die Orde van die Beiteltjie in Augustus 2022 toegeken aan Louise Viljoen!
New book alert! Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution by André Odendaal
Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution by André Odendaal is out now from Penguin Random House!
The Mandela Brief: Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid – a biography of South Africa’s most prominent anti-apartheid advocate
The Mandela Brief: Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid by Thomas Grant is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 31st August 2022
Sy’s ’n boeremeisie, hy ’n Jood … Kom vier die nuwe uitgawe van Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert in Wellington! (31 Aug)
LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou hartlik uit na die bekendstelling van Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert!
Tuesday – 30th August 2022
Irma Joubert, Chanette Paul, Dina Botha, Marie-Louise Cronjé en Elsa Winckler benoem vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022!
Aandag! Die finaliste vir die ATKV-Woordveertjies 2022 is pas bekendgemaak en vyf LAPA-skrywers skitter op die kortlys!
Don’t miss the launch of General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa by David Brock Katz (8 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Bookdealers invite you to the launch of General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914–1917 by David Brock Katz.