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Thursday – 14th July 2022
Mandela: Saint or Sell-out? Don’t miss a Jacana Media Don’t Shut Up conversation on correcting the Mandela myth (18 Jul)
Many are familiar with two versions of Nelson Mandela. Both versions render the man a myth, requiring that he is either venerated as single-handedly achieving democracy or demonised for the shortcomings of that very same democracy.
Monday – 11th July 2022
Ferial Haffajee interviews Mark Gevisser, author of Thabo Mbeki: A Dream Deferred, in the new episode of Pagecast
In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Ferial Haffajee chats to Mark Gevisser about his prize-winning biography Thabo Mbeki: A Dream Deferred.
Giving Voice to the Silenced – an interview with number one bestselling author Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is the number one bestselling author of her hugely successful Rizzoli and Isles series, of which the latest is the highly anticipated Listen to Me.
Friday – 8th July 2022
‘Skerp en toeganklik’: Jan-Jan Joubert resenseer Terreur en Bevryding deur Leopold Scholtz
Min mense kan by Leopold Scholtz kers vashou, meen Jan-Jan Joubert. Lees sy resensie oor Terreur en Bevryding.
Online event: Adventures of a Field Biologist – Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana by Mike Bruton
Penguin Random House SA and the Struik Nature Club invite you to a Kirstenbosch talk titled ‘Adventures of a Field Biologist: Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana’ by Mike Bruton.
Thursday – 7th July 2022
WEN al 3 boeke in Irma Joubert se Oorlogstrilogie PLUS ’n paar Veldskoen vellies ter waarde van R999! (31 Jul)
Teken in op LAPA se nuusbrief voor 31 Julie 2022 en jy kan dalk wegstap met ’n pragtige Irma Joubert-geskenkpak – en in splinternuwe vellies!
Join Bulelani Ngcuka at the Albany Museum in Makhanda for the launch of The Sting in the Tale (11 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an insightful discussion of Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale by Marion Sparg.
Book signing: Sifo: The Cooking Husband will be at Exclusive Books Gateway (9 Jul)
Join Sinoyolo Sifo at Exclusive Books Gateway and get your copy of Sifo: The Cooking Husband signed! Sifo is a husband that …
Wednesday – 6th July 2022
Nuwe uitgawe van Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert!
Verbode drif deur Irma Joubert is ’n heruitgawe van ’n geliefde titel. Nou beskikbaar by LAPA!
‘Dis asof jy aan hulle kan raak of hul hoor gesels’: Louise Viljoen resenseer Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in kleur deur Tinus le Roux
Louise Viljoen het onlangs ’n resensie geskryf oor Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in kleur deur Tinus le Roux – die heel eerste boek oor die oorlog wat in volkleur verskyn het!
Don’t miss One Night Only with the Legends of Crime Fiction! (27 Jul)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books are delighted to bring you One Night Only with the Legends of Crime Fiction!
Tuesday – 5th July 2022
‘Ek volg net my hartseer / en die naambord is jy’: Lees 3 gedigte uit Mixtape van die liefde, saamgestel deur Antjie Krog
LAPA Uitgewers deel graag drie gedigte uit Mixtape van die liefde deur Antjie Krog, Ingrid Jonker en Gilbert Gibson!
Uit sy hart uit: Moenie die bekendstelling van Hoerkind deur Herman Lategan by Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront misloop nie! (21 Jul)
Penguin Random House SA en Exclusive Books nooi jou uit na die bekendstelling van Hoerkind deur Herman Lategan.
If you’re suffering from a crisis of meaning, you’re not alone. Don’t miss the launch of Who Do We Become? by John Sanei (14 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to launch of Who Do We Become? by John Sanei.
Monday – 4th July 2022
Hoerkind: Die memoires van ’n randeier deur Herman Lategan – ’n aangrypende relaas oor verlies en oorwinning
Hoerkind is ’n aangrypende relaas oor verlies én oorwinning wat jou sal laat lag, en jou hart ’n paar keer breek.
Kom ontmoet An-Mari do Carmo en kry jou kopie van Toe als groen was geteken by Bargain Books in Rustenburg! (9 Jul)
LUCA en Bargain Books Platinum Square in Rustenburg nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Wamuwi Mbao chats to Yewande Omotoso about her new novel An Unusual Grief
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Friday – 1st July 2022
‘Ek was banger vir my ma om dit te lees as om dit in die res van die wêreld in te stuur!’ An-Mari do Carmo gesels oor Toe als groen was
Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo het onlangs by LUCA verskyn! Cliffordene Norton het met die skrywer gesels oor haar treffende debuut wat gebaseer is op ware gebeure …
Lus vir iets soets? Probeer Elmarie Berry se flop-vrye Gebakte Souskluitjies-resep uit haar kookboek, Kosbaar
Net betyds vir die koue wintermaande! Elmarie Berry deel haar ma se resep vir flop-vrye Gebakte Souskluitjies uit haar kookboek, Kosbaar.
Do you contemplate quitting your job 3 or 4 times a day? Don’t miss the launch of Impossible Bosses for some expert advice on your career (14 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Impossible Bosses: Secret Strategies to Deal with 8 Archetypal Managers by Vivienne Lawack, Hanlie Lizette Wessels and Robert Craig.