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Wednesday – 26th January 2022

Here comes the future! Christopher by Nozuko Siyotula is in store now

Christopher by Nozuko Siyotula, second runner-up in the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, is now available from Jacana Media.

Tuesday – 25th January 2022

Ouers, moenie LAPA se Terug Skool Toe-aanbiedinge misloop nie!

LAPA Uitgewers en Penguin Random House SA het in Januarie ’n paar heerlike Terug Skool Toe-aanbiedinge om jou kind weer chop-chop aan die lees te kry.

First People – Andrew Smith examines what we know about southern Africa’s earliest inhabitants

First People: The Lost History of the Khoisan by Andrew Smith is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

The Business Builder’s Toolkit: A Practical Handbook for Business Leaders by Nic Haralambous – pre-order now!

Maverick451, the book publishing division of Daily Maverick, are delighted to announce that the pre-sales are now open for their next title The Business Builder’s Toolkit: A Practical Handbook for Business Leaders by Nic Haralambous.

The Welcome Return of Rachel Walsh – find out more about Marian Keyes’s new novel Again, Rachel!

The moment we’ve been waiting for! Almost 25 years after Rachel’s Holiday, one of Marian Keyes’s most loved books, comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Again, Rachel.

Monday – 24th January 2022

Don’t miss the launch of Michael Olivier’s Friends. Food. Flavour. at Exclusive Books Rosebank! (27 Jan)

Penguin Random House SA and Exclusive Books Rosebank invite you to the launch of Michael Olivier’s Friends. Food. Flavour. with Roelien Immelman.

Wen Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens! Neem deel op Facebook voor 27 Januarie 2022

Een gelukkige leser kan wegstap met Maretha Maartens se nuutste roman, Klankgrens! Besoek LUCA se Facebookblad om deel te neem.

Friday – 21st January 2022

Footnotes, January 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.

Thursday – 20th January 2022

Nuwe jaar, nuwe Romanzas! Word meegevoer deur Paradiso, Meer as blomme, Maanengel en Veilige tuiskoms by jou

Nuut by LAPA in Januarie 2022 – vier nuwe liefdesromans deur Elize Davies, Ildé Grové, Wilreza Smit-Theron en Magda Schmidt om die nuwejaar mee af te skop!

Track your past, order your present and plan your future with The Bullet Journal Method!

The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Cover reveal! Sally Andrew’s new Tannie Maria mystery The Milk Tart Murders will be out in March 2022

Penguin Random House has revealed the gorgeous cover for The Milk Tart Murders – the new Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew!

Wednesday – 19th January 2022

Voed jou siel en skep feesmaal-herinneringe met Kosbaar deur Elmarie Berry – nou beskikbaar!

Kosbaar is Elmarie Berry se eerste kookboek hoewel sy reeds sedert 2015 ‘n bekende kosblogskrywer is.

New book alert! Find out more about Louis Greenberg’s surreal, mysterious new novel Exposure

Exposure by Louis Greenberg is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 18th January 2022

Leer hoe om verhoudings te kweek en te koester in Leef in volkleur deur Johan Smith

Johan Smith delf diep in Bybelse waarhede oor die kern van verhoudings in sy jongste boek, Leef in volkleur.

Don’t miss the launch of Jason McNamara’s The Kind Kitchen at Nude Foods in Cape Town (21 Jan)

The Kind Kitchen in partnership with ProVeg, Nude Foods and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Kind Kitchen by Jason McNamara!

Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon

In the new episode of Pagecast, a new podcast by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon.

Monday – 17th January 2022

Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar – a robust and contentious conversation about race and difference

Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar by Luise White is out now from Jacana Media.

Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert: ’n Oorlogsverhaal uit die oogpunt van die vrouens wat moes agterbly

Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert neem hande om in Klankgrens die verhaal van pyn, oorlewing en die diepe worstelinge van die grensoorlog se weermagvroue oop te vlek.