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Monday – 30th May 2022
Five minutes with Onke Mazibuko, author of the debut novel The Second Verse
Read an interview with Onke Mazibuko about his debut novel The Second Verse, out now from Penguin Random House.
Kyk! Bibi Slippers lees een van haar gedigte voor uit Mixtape van die liefde, saamgestel deur Antjie Krog
‘Ek’s die tipe vrou wat slegs met een hand aan die stuur vashou’ – Bibi Slippers, Mixtape van die liefde
Moonshot – the exclusive, first-hand story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer’s CEO Dr Albert Bourla
Moonshot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible by Albert Bourla is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 27th May 2022
Moenie die bekendstelling van Om beter te kan moor deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels in Pretoria misloop nie! (11 Jun)
Penguin Random House SA en The Book Keeper Shop nooi jou na die bekendstelling van Om beter te kan moor deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels in gesprek met Ilse Salzwedel!
Don’t miss the launch of Beyond Fear: Reflections of a Freedom Fighter by Ebrahim Ebrahim at UJ (30 May)
The University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC), in collaboration with Jacana Media, invites you to the launch of Beyond Fear: Reflections of a Freedom Fighter by Ebrahim Ebrahim.
Cover reveal! Find out more about Stephen King’s spellbinding new book Fairy Tale – out in September 2022
Jonathan Ball Publishers is delighted to reveal the bewitching cover for Fairy Tale, the spellbinding new novel from Stephen King, coming out in September this year.
Thursday – 26th May 2022
‘Een kunstenaar in die familie is meer as genoeg, dankie’: Bloedbande-outeur Jeanette Stals beantwoord vier vinnige vrae
In die blitsonderhoud gesels Jeanette Stals oor die boeke, mense en dinge wat haar inspireer.
Rewriting history, writing legacy – join a conversation with authors June Bam, Athambile Masola, Xolisa Guzula and Sylvia Vollenhoven (26 May)
Jacana Media invites you to join June Bam, Athambile Masola and Xolisa Guzula in a discussion about knowledge.
Going Beyond Limitations: Saray Khumalo, the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest, on her book My Journey to the Top of the World
Saray Khumalo was the first black African woman to summit Mount Everest, in a feat that took her four attempts. Many would have called it quits, but for Saray, this was about more than climbing a mountain; this was her purpose, and she would do whatever it took to see it fulfilled.
Deeply personal, brutally honest and riveting: Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
The eagerly anticipated memoir from the multi-award winning actress and producer traces an inspirational path from Viola Davis’ upbringing in Rhode Island to her critically acclaimed performances in Hollywood and on Broadway.
Wednesday – 25th May 2022
Gebaseer op ’n ware verhaal: Kom vier die bekendstelling van Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo in Klerksdorp! (4 Jun)
LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag uit na die boekbekendstelling van Toe als groen was deur An-Mari do Carmo – die aangrypende verhaal van ’n jong meisie wat uit ’n kultus ontsnap.
SLAPP Suits and Jack Boots – what happens when the powerful attempt to silence publishers and authors? (25 May)
Join Rehana Rossouw as she reveals the details of a R20-million SLAPP suit brought against her and Jacana Media.
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris – an extraordinary novel of life after slavery
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris – an Obama Summer Reading Choice and New York Times Best Seller!
The Unburnable Book: Margaret Atwood aims a flamethrower at an ‘unburnable’ edition of The Handmaid’s Tale to protest book banning
Margaret Atwood has produced a special fireproof edition of her classic, and often banned, novel The Handmaid’s Tale, to protest the banning of books in America and around the world.
Tuesday – 24th May 2022
[Potgooi] ‘Dis nooit, ooit te laat nie. Staan op, daar is ’n lewe daar buite’: Ilse Verster gesels op Radio Overberg oor So lyk ’n vrou…
Hoe oorleef mens 40 jaar saam met ’n narsis? Ilse Verster gesels met Anne-Marie Burger oor haar debuut, So lyk ’n vrou. Plus, lees ’n resensie op LitNet!
‘Toe val die jong soldaat’: Lees ’n aangrypende uittreksel uit Tenk deur Pieter Stoffberg
Penguin Random House SA het ’n boeiende uittreksel gedeel uit Tenk deur Pieter Stoffberg – ’n klinkende stuk historiese fiksie wat lig werp op een van die grootste veldslae met Suid-Afrikaanse tenks in Angola.
Listen to an excerpt from Sarah Lotz’s new novel Impossible – a story with more twists than most
Listen to an excerpt from Impossible by Sarah Lotz – with a twist you won’t see coming, this is the bestseller that everyone’s talking about in 2022!
Join David Dison for a discussion of his new novel The Good Nigeran in Joburg (24 May)
Jacana Media and the Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre invite you to the launch of David Dison’s latest novel, The Good Nigerian.
Monday – 23rd May 2022
Skud af die koue en verslind vier nuwe liefdesverhale, nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers!
Nuut by LAPA! Vier nuwe liefdesverhale deur René van Zyl, Kristel Loots, Dina Botha en Corné van Rooyen.
‘The round slid smoothly into the chamber of his Kalashnikov’ – Read an excerpt from The Heist Men by Andrew Brown
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Andrew Brown’s new novel The Heist Men!