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Tuesday – 26th April 2022
Wat’s lekker by LAPA in April? Drie maklike maniere om opwindende boekbondels te wen!
Wil jy graag wegstap met boekbondels ter waarde van soveel as R2,000? Neem vandag nog deel aan LAPA Uitgewers se opwindende kompetisies vir die maand April.
SJ Naudé wen die Hertzogprys vir Prosa en die 2022 UJ-prys vir sy bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning! (Plus: Uittreksel)
SJ Naudé se tweede bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning, is die wenner van die gesogte Hertzogprys vir Prosa asook die 2022 UJ-prys! Veels geluk aan die skrywer!
An interview with Robby Kojetin, author of Mind Over Mountain: A Mental and Physical Climb to the Top, in the new episode of Pagecast
In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Robby Kojetin is in conversation with Pippa Hudson about his new book Mind Over Mountain: A Mental and Physical Climb to the Top.
Friday – 22nd April 2022
Footnotes, April 2022: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.
Wednesday – 20th April 2022
‘The hammerman is that kind of man. She will shoot him three times in the chest.’ – Read an excerpt from Mike Nicol’s new thriller Hammerman
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Hammerman: A Walking Shadow, the new Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn thriller from Mike Nicol.
Win a hamper of brilliant books – Run Rose Run, The Milk Tart Murders and Again, Rachel!
Penguin Random House is giving away a hamper of three brilliant books!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! A conversation with Dr Leopold Scholtz, author of Terreur En Bevryding
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
‘These stories are nothing short of miraculous.’ – Find out more about Terry-Ann Adams’s latest book, White Chalk
White Chalk, the new novel from Terry-Ann Adams, will be out from Jacana Media this month!
Tuesday – 19th April 2022
Jy handle dit net deur Eleanor Lombard is nou beskikbaar! Perfek vir kinders 11 jaar en ouer
Drikus voel soos God se afskeepkind, maar dan ontmoet hy vir Donovan, ’n straatkind met ’n unieke uitkyk op die lewe.
A Home Is An Atmosphere
Kemi, a young woman with a budding and promising career as a lawyer, is about to make the most important decision of her life.
The Heist Men – the explosive new crime thriller from award-winning author Andrew Brown
The Heist Men is a thrilling, poignant triumph, once again revealing Andrew Brown as a vital voice on the local crime fiction scene.
Neither saint nor sellout – find out more about Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries by Paul S Landau
Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries by Paul S Landau will be out from Jacana Media at the end of May.
Read an excerpt from The Paris Apartment – the new page-turning thriller from Lucy Foley
From the bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide …
Thursday – 14th April 2022
‘Some men speak of angels and devils.’ – Read an excerpt from the new Orphan X thriller Dark Horse!
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Dark Horse, the new Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz.
Hoe dien ’n hedendaagse gesin God? Vind uit in Gesinstyd met God deur Louise Viljoen
In Gesinstyd met God deel Louise Viljoen praktiese wenke oor hoe om gesinstyd met God spesiaal te maak. Nou beskikbaar by LUCA!
A moving novel about lovers, fathers and sons – listen to an excerpt from Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu!
Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu, read by Clifford Samuel.
Wednesday – 13th April 2022
Boek en Koek is terug! Kom gesels met Ilse Verster oor So lyk ’n vrou in Pretoria (21 Apr)
LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou hartlik na ’n Boek en Koek-geleentheid saam met die skrywer van So lyk ’n vrou, Ilse Verster.
Een plaas. Drie dogters. Groot probleme. Stella se dogters deur Helene de Kock is nou op die rakke!
Aandag alle Helene de Kock-aanhangers! Haar jongste roman, Stella se dogters, is nou beskikbaar by Penguin Random House SA.
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Listen to an interview with Ian Goldin, author of Rescue: From Global Crisis to a Better World
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Tuesday – 12th April 2022
New book alert! Find out more about Hammerman by Mike Nicol (and win a copy!)
Hammerman, the new novel by Mike Nicol, is out now from Penguin Random House!