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Wednesday – 23rd March 2022
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’.
Friday – 18th March 2022
WEN ’n pragtige geskenkpak met 5 van Sophia Kapp se beste romans! Kompetisie geldig tot 31 Maart 2022
Wil jy wegstap met ’n Sophia Kapp-geskenkpak? Teken nou in op LAPA Uitgewers se nuusbrief om in aanmerking te kom vir die prys!
Kom gesels met Constant van der Merwe oor Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart in Wellington (30 Mrt.)
Penguin Random House SA nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Die geheim van Mussolini se kaart deur Constant van der Merwe!
Don’t miss the launch of Yewande Omotoso’s new novel An Unusual Grief at Love Books (31 Mar)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books for the launch of An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso!
Thursday – 17th March 2022
‘From modest beginnings, our work has taken us to the four corners of the earth’
Chris and Mathilde Stuart are renowned for their work in wildlife research. Having spent the past 40 years travelling the globe, they’ve captured their findings in a host of beautiful and bestselling nature guides. In their own words, the couple shares with us some of the highlights from their journey.
Kom ontmoet François Bloemhof, die skrywer van Kry vir jou, by Bargain Books Durbanville! (19 Mrt.)
LAPA Uitgewers en Bargain Books Durbanville nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Kry vir jou deur François Bloemhof!
Pre-order Storm Tide – book 21 in Wilbur Smith’s Courtney Series
It’s only three more weeks until the release of Storm Tide, a brand-new historical epic by the late Wilbur Smith, set against the backdrop of the American revolution.
Wednesday – 16th March 2022
WEN Bloedbande deur Jeanette Stals! Neem deel op LAPA se Facebook-blad voor 17 Maart
Een gelukkige LAPA-leser kan die week wegstap met Bloedbande deur Jeanette Stals – die vierde roman in haar spanningsvolle Luna Joubert-reeks!
‘It is an imagined Trinidad with the volume turned up loud’ – Ayanna Lloyd Banwo chats about her debut novel When We Were Birds
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. She shares how she came to find the story for her incantatory debut When We Were Birds, and the sense of place in the novel.
How to Be Perfect – a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on earth, forever
From the creator of The Good Place and the co-creator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world.
Tuesday – 15th March 2022
Kry elke pot sy maat in Maart? Vind uit in 4 nuwe Romanzas (Plus, staan ’n kans om te wen voor 17 Maart!)
Nuut by LAPA: vier splinternuwe liefdesverhale deur Cecilia Nortjé, Elsa Winckler, Rina Cilliers en Ciska Olivier. Plus, staan ’n kans om al vier Romanzas te wen!
Kom kyk na SP Benjamin se gesprek oor Dinge van ’n hond op die Vrystaat Literatuurfees se Facebook-groep! (16 Mrt.)
Penguin Random House SA en Vryspraak Digitaal nooi jou graag na ’n aanlyngesprek met SP Benjamin oor sy jongste roman, Dinge van ’n hond.
Don’t miss the launch of Masters of Money by KC Rottok Chesaina at Exclusive Books Sandton City (7 Apr)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Masters of Money by KC Rottok Chesaina.
Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga – a landmark novel about a country divided and a society hurtling towards horror
Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga is out now from Jacana Media.
Monday – 14th March 2022
‘First thing you have to remember is that there was a time before time.’ – Read an extract from When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from When We Were Birds — Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s gorgeously immersive, mesmerising and life-affirming literary debut – a love story and a ghost story set in modern-day Trinidad.