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Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse is terug op die rakke! Gou spring voor dit weer uitverkoop

Aandag! Fortuine: Die wel en wee van Afrikaner-magnate is nou weer landswyd by toonaangewende boekwinkels beskikbaar.

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Footnotes, June 2021: 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. …

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There are secrets in the wild country they call midlife – Read an extract from Unbecoming by Joanne Fedler

Unbecoming is a funny, heartbreaking and provocative homage to the midlife unravelling as women on the brink of elderhood speak honestly about their lives and wonder what the hell to do with vaginas that are not ready to be put out to pasture just yet.

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Pitkos vir kinders en grootmense in Briewe van Mieliepit deur Fanie Viljoen – die heel eerste kinderboek uit LUCA se stal

Nou beskikbaar! Briewe van Mieliepit uit die pen van geliefde kinderboekskrywer Fanie Viljoen, en pragtig geïllustreer deur Megan Bird.

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The Inside Track on Publishing for Writers – Don’t miss Helen Moffett’s publishing seminar in partnership with Modjaji Books (24 Jun)

Join Modjaji Books on Thursday 24 June 2021 at 6pm for a publishing seminar with experienced editor, award-winning writer and all-round book fiend Helen Moffett.

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Pride Month spotlight! Pride is a unique celebration of LGBTQ culture

Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement is a unique and comprehensive account of the ongoing challenges facing the gay community, and a celebration of the equal rights that have been won for many as a result of the sacrifices and passion of this mass movement.

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Burning Questions – from cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays – funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient

Penguin Random House SA is delighted to announce the publication of Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions: Essays 2004‒2021 in March 2022.

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BirdLife South Africa honours ‘Forgotten Scientist’ Saul Sithole with the Saul Sithole Memorial Library

Lorato Trok’s book The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole tells the story of a pioneering black scientist whose great contribution to the fields of anthropology and ornithology in South Africa has been ignored and largely forgotten.

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Don’t miss the virtual book launch of The Promise by Damon Galgut, in conversation with Mark Gevisser (2 Jun)

Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of The Promise by Damon Galgut!

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Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé, in conversation with Masande Ntshanga (3 Jun)

Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé!

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Kom kuier saam met drie van jou gunsteling Romanzaskrywers in Klerksdorp (5 Junie)

Kom kuier saam met Louise van der Merwe (Mode en motors), Felicia Snyman (In sy hart), en Didi Potgieter (Hart van ys) by From Shack to Sanctuary in Klerksdorp.

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Listen to an excerpt from Listening Still, a delicious new novel about a young woman who can hear the dead – a talent that is both a gift and a curse

Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Anne Griffin’s novel Listening Still, read by Niall Buggy.

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Kom ontmoet Prinses Pampoenpit se skrywer, Bianca Flanders, in Stellenbosch! (5 Junie)

LAPA Uitgewers en ATKV-Inkstories nooi jou graag na ’n geleentheid met Bianca Flanders in Stellenbosch die naweek.

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Moenie die bekendstelling van Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard by die Pretoria Kunsvereniging misloop nie! (18 Junie)

Penguin Random House SA nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard, in gesprek met prof. Willie Burger.

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First ever children’s book published in endangered N|uu language

The first ever children’s book in the near-extinct San language of N|uu has been published.

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Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Facets of Death by Michael Stanley, in conversation with Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (8 Jun)

Orenda Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Michael Stanley’s chilling, sophisticated, warmly funny and absolutely nail-biting thriller Facets of Death.

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New book alert! A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s seminal novel Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae

A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae, will be out soon from Jacana Media.

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Arrested By His Love by Khanyisile Madlala

A non-fiction page turner, Arrested By His Love is an inspirational memoir of self discovery, finding your life purpose, fulfilling destiny and walking in victory amid adversary.

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Read an excerpt from The Ends of the Earth – Abbie Greaves’s captivating new novel about a woman who can’t let go of her greatest love

Penguin Random House has shared an extract from The Ends of the Earth by Abbie Greaves, the bestselling author of The Silent Treatment.

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World Travel – a celebration of the life and legacy of one of the most important food writers of all time, the inimitable Anthony Bourdain

In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of Bourdain’s favourite places – in his own words.

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