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Tuesday – 12th April 2022
Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in Kleur deur Tinus le Roux is nou beskikbaar! Plus, sien foto’s wat nog nooit tevore gepubliseer is nie
Honderde boeke het die afgelope 120 jaar oor die Suid-Afrikaanse Oorlog verskyn, maar Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in Kleur deur Tinus le Roux is die eerste een in volkleur.
Kom vier die bekendstelling van Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert in Bloemfontein! (20 Apr)
LUCA nooi jou hartlik uit na die bekendstelling van Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert.
The Shattered Vessel – a pioneering work by Ivor Chipkin, who has led the way in exploring state capture in South Africa, announced
Jacana Media is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of The Shattered Vessel: A Political History of Contemporary South Africa by Ivor Chipkin.
Monday – 11th April 2022
The Kahlamba Infiltration
In a story that stretches from Tehran in Iran to Durban, South Africa, the ugly face of international espionage rears its head.
Don’t miss a Daily Maverick webinar with Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall dishing the dirt on pivotal turning points in SA’s history (14 Apr)
Join Daily Maverick senior journalist Rebecca Davis with journalists and authors Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall as they dish the dirt on pivotal turning points in South Africa’s history.
Spanning more than 35 years, the first comprehensive collection of work by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston, edited and with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates, Jr and Genevieve West, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 8th April 2022
Don’t miss the launch of Fred Khumalo’s new novel Two Tons o’ Fun at Exclusive Books Cresta (13 Apr)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Two Tons o’ Fun, the new novel by Fred Khumalo.
‘Kophou, Luna’: Lees ’n kort en kragtige uittreksel uit Bloedbande deur Jeanette Stals!
Die vierde boek in Jeanette Stals se Luna Joubert-reeks, Bloedbande, het onlangs die rakke getref! LAPA Uitgewers deel ’n uittreksel.
Age Proof – a revealing and enjoyable account of what ageing is and how we can tackle it
Age Proof by Rose Anne Kenny is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thursday – 7th April 2022
Perfek vir ’n groot familiefeesmaal! Probeer Sjef Mynhardt Joubert se Papawersaadkoek-resep uit My Stasie Straat Kombuis
Penguin Random House SA deel graag ’n Papawersaadkoek-resep uit My Stasie Straat Kombuis deur Sjef Mynhardt Joubert!
Find out more about Our Missing Hearts – the new novel by Celeste Ng – out later this year!
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng will be released in October 2022, out from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 6th April 2022
‘Sy moes na Oupa geluister het’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart deur Constant van der Merwe
Uittreksel: Die ontdekking van ’n ou kaart in haar Italiaanse oupa se solder laat alle hel losbars in Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart deur Constant van der Merwe.
Milner: Last of the Empire Builders – the new book by bestselling biographer Richard Steyn
Milner: Last of the Empire Builders by Richard Steyn is out in April from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 5th April 2022
Wie is Ludo Labuschagne nou eintlik? Kyk na François Bloemhof se voorlesing uit Die duiwel maak my hart so seer om uit te vind
[Video] ‘Jare voor Agatha Christie in my lewe sou kom, het die getuienis teen my begin opbou’: François Bloemhof lees voor uit Die duiwel maak my hart so seer.
Don’t miss a Daily Maverick webinar on Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks (7 Apr)
Join Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon Dingle for a Daily Maverick webinar to discuss their book Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks.
Monday – 4th April 2022
Hoe oorleef mens 40 jaar saam met ’n narsis? Lees twee uittreksels uit So lyk ’n vrou … deur Ilse Verster
In So lyk ’n vrou … vertel Ilse Verster van ’n leeftyd se mishandeling deur ’n narsis – en wat dit verg om jouself te red.
‘She knows her place.’ Read an excerpt from Quraisha Dawood’s debut novel Stirring the Pot
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Stirring the Pot, the debut novel by Quraisha Dawood.
Book signing: The Lazy Makoti and Cooking with Zanele – come and get your books signed by your favourite chefs!
Join Mogau Seshoene, author of Hosting With The Lazy Makoti, and Zanele van Zyl, author of Cooking With Zanele, for a book signing this weekend!
Friday – 1st April 2022
Een minuut met Constant van der Merwe: ‘Van my studentedae af was ek mal oor reis en om ander wêrelde te ontdek’
’n Spannende avontuur met geskiedenis, kaarte, ’n skat en draai in die Vatikaan in Rome – Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart beskik oor al die regte bestanddele.
Don’t miss the launch of Liz McGregor’s new memoir Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer (7 Apr)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer by Liz McGregor.