Fiction
Wednesday – 22nd August 2018
Listen to an excerpt from Hold, the debut novel from Michael Donkor set in Ghana and South-East London
‘Both moving and funny, a big-hearted book that will stay with you.’ – The Guardian (Best Fiction for 2018)
A Tree for the Birds – the follow-up to Vernon RL Head’s international success The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World
In this long-awaited follow-up to his international success, The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World, Vernon Head once again reveals his mastery of the genre of nature writing.
Tuesday – 21st August 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Máire Fisher’s new novel The Enumerations in Cape Town
Penguin Random House and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of The Enumerations by Máire Fisher, the author of Birdseye.
Monday – 20th August 2018
Unearthing new southern African fiction – 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award longlist announced
The longlist for the 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award has been announced!
Blood Cruise – the terrifying new thriller from Mats Strandberg, ‘Sweden’s Stephen King’
Blood Cruise is perfect for fans of Stephen King and John Ajvide Linqvist.
Call for entries: Asymptote’s Close Approximations international translation contest
Asymptote has announced the fourth edition of the Close Approximations international translation contest.
Friday – 17th August 2018
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from AJ Pearce’s hilarious and moving debut novel Dear Mrs Bird
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Stay in and relax this evening with a glass of wine …
‘You can’t fight for things with ferocity if you don’t also love with ferocity’ – Watch a video of Arundhati Roy’s Johannesburg event
Arundhati Roy was in Johannesburg yesterday to discuss her work with esteemed journalist Michele Magwood.
One of the year’s best thrillers from the new Queen of Crime – Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Five colleagues are forced to go on a corporate retreat in the wilderness, but one of the women doesn’t come out of the woods, and each of her companions tells a slightly different story about what happened.
Redi Tlhabi, Thandeka Gqubule, Steve Biko, Jacques Pauw and Marnus Broodryk up for Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award
The shortlist for the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book – has been announced.
Thursday – 16th August 2018
Watch Arundhati Roy’s Johannesburg event live on Facebook tonight
Remember you can watch Arundhati Roy LIVE at her Johannesburg event on Penguin Random House SA’s Facebook page tonight!
The Good Fight by Danielle Steel – an inspiring, uplifting novel with resonance for our own time
The Good Fight by Danielle Steel is an inspiring, uplifting story of a woman changing the world as she herself is changed by it.
Only two weeks until Wilbur Smith’s new Courtney novel releases!
Courtney’s War by Wilbur Smith and David Churchill is the brand new Courtney Series novel, and the much-anticipated sequel to the global bestseller War Cry.
Wednesday – 15th August 2018
The coolest cover reveal ever? Complete a puzzle online to see Mohale Mashigo’s new book!
Complete a puzzle online to reveal the cover for Mohale Mashigo’s new book!
Tuesday – 14th August 2018
Publishing legend Koos Human, the godfather of the ‘Sestigers’, dies aged 87
From NB Publishers: Koos Human, a giant of Afrikaans book publishing, died at his Cape Town home on Friday, 10 August 2018. …
This Mournable Body – the new novel from Tsitsi Dangarembga is here!
With her 1988 novel Nervous Conditions, Dangarembga became the first black Zimbabwean woman to publish a novel in English. The Book of Not, published in 2006, continued with Tambudzai’s story. This Mournable Body completes the trilogy, thirty years later.
New edition of Guy Butler’s Tales From The Old Karoo to celebrate the author’s centenary
First published in 1989, Guy Butler’s Tales From the Old Karoo is considered to be one of the classics of South African literature. In celebration of the author’s birth in 1918, this centenary issue is newly packaged and designed to appeal to a modern audience.
Friday – 10th August 2018
Read an excerpt from Hold – Michael Donkor’s highly anticipated debut novel
Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when we need to let go.
Young cancer victim’s memory lives on in a new time travel adventure
Conceived by terminal cancer patient, Joshua Castle, and brought to print, posthumously, by his mother, Penny, Cure is a fast-paced and tense time-travel novella:
Trifonia Melibea Obono’s La Bastarda: Modjaji Books releases first novel by an Equatorial Guinean woman to be translated into English
Cape Town-based independent feminist press Modjaji Books is set to release the southern African version of La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono.