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Thursday – 31st March 2022
[Om te skryf] ‘Skrywers is nooit eensaam nie’ vertel Jeanette Stals in The Penguin Post
Jeanette Stals, wat al aksie-verhale, geskiedkundige romans én liefdesverhale die lig laat sien het, meen sy het nooit te min geselskap nie.
A Pocketful of Happiness – an intimate and uplifting memoir by Richard E Grant – to be published in September 2022
Jonathan Ball Publishers is delighted to be bringing Richard E Grant’s memoir, A Pocketful of Happiness, to South Africa this September!
New book alert! Marikana: A People’s History by Julian Brown – ‘the authoritative book on its topic’
Marikana: A People’s History by Julian Brown is out now from Jacana Media.
Tuesday – 29th March 2022
Kry jou kind tjoeftjaf aan die lees met Toe ons in Ghrieshuis was deur Maretha Maartens (PLUS: Wen ’n kopie voor 31 Maart!)
’n Deernisvolle verhaal oor verlies, hoop en geloof: Toe ons in Ghrieshuis was deur Maretha Maartens is nou beskikbaar by LUCA!
Kom ontmoet Constant van der Merwe, skrywer van Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart, by Wordsworth Somerset Mall! (1 Apr)
Penguin Random House SA nooi jou hartlik uit na die bekendstelling van Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart deur Constant van der Merwe!
Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer – Liz McGregor’s searing, intimate memoir
Unforgiven: Face to Face with my Father’s Killer by Liz McGregor is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 28th March 2022
Win a stunning My Station Street Kitchen hamper worth R1,880! Enter online before 31 March 2022
Foodies, listen up! One lucky reader will win a stunning hamper from Penguin Random House SA and Chef Mynhardt Joubert valued at R1,880!
3 dae oor om in te skryf! WEN So lyk ’n vrou: My 40 jaar van hel saam met ’n narsis deur Ilse Verster (31 Mrt.)
Een gelukkige leser kan die week wegstap met Ilse Verster se debuut, So lyk ’n vrou!
Saturday – 26th March 2022
Footnotes, March 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.
Friday – 25th March 2022
New book alert! Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom by Rahaf Mohammed
Rebel: My Escape from Saudi Arabia to Freedom by Rahaf Mohammed is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Stirring the Pot by Quraisha Dawood – a glimpse into the private lives of a group of women in Durban’s Muslim community.
Stirring the Pot, the debut novel from Quraisha Dawood, is out now from Penguin Random House and Umuzi.
Thursday – 24th March 2022
Don’t miss the launch of Sally Andrew’s new Tannie Maria mystery The Milk Tart Murders in Pretoria (31 Mar)
Penguin Random House and The Book Keeper Shop invite you to the in-store launch of The Milk Tart Murders: A Tannie Maria Mystery by Sally Andrew.
27 Authors. 27 Stories. No Names Attached.
Anonymous Sex, edited by Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 23rd March 2022
On Writing a Thrilling Short Story – tips from author and creative writing tutor Andrew Salomon
An engaging short story is one of reading’s great pleasures. If you want to write a story that draws the reader in and sweeps them along, here are some tips from Andrew Salomon, author and creative writing tutor at SA Writers College.
Crossroads: I Live Where I Like – pre-order and Jacana Media will match with a copy to donate to schools and libraries across the country
Crossroads: I Live Where I Like by Koni Benson, with illustrations by Nathan and André Trantraal and Ashley Marais, is out soon from Jacana Media.
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Bestselling author Monica Ali chats to Joanne Joseph about her new novel Love Marriage
South African media personality and bestselling author Joanne Joseph chats with Monica Ali about Love Marriage, her exquisite gorgeous, layered and immersive tale of a Bengali Muslim family.
Tuesday – 22nd March 2022
‘In the Ghorami household sex was never mentioned’ – Listen to Monica Ali reading from her new novel Love Marriage
Monica Ali, the bestselling, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Brick Lane, reads an excerpt from Love Marriage – her first new novel in a decade.
In So lyk ’n vrou … vertel Ilse Verster van 40 jaar se hel saam met ’n narsis
So lyk ’n vrou … wat leef met ’n narsis. So lyk ’n vrou … wat mishandel word. So lyk ’n vrou … wat haarself red. Nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers.
Lifting the lid on 200 years of electoral dysfunction – Spoilt Ballots: The Elections that Shaped South Africa, from Shaka to Cyril
Relying on fascinating (and often hilarious) newspaper clippings, diary entries, political posters and parliamentary records, Spoilt Ballots tells the story of South Africa’s long road to democracy and how it has repeatedly forked off.
New novel by Barbara Kingsolver – Demon Copperhead – to be published in October
Faber has announced Demon Copperhead, a new novel by Barbara Kingsolver – ‘a masterpiece in storytelling from one of the world’s best-loved writers’.