Fiction
Friday – 10th August 2018
Africa! Submissions are open for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology
Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology: An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Tuesday – 7th August 2018
‘At its heart there lies a long-buried secret waiting to be uncovered’ – Kate Morton chats about her new book The Clockmaker’s Daughter
From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her dazzling sixth novel, The Clockmaker’s Daughter.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2018
To celebrate 20 years since the beginning of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a special 20th anniversary edition of the book that started it all has been released.
Monday – 6th August 2018
An exciting new African voice – Read an excerpt from Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s debut novel The Theory of Flight
Read an excerpt from The Theory of Flight, the debut novel by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu!
Listen to an excerpt from The People in the Trees, the debut novel from Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life
The People in the Trees is a powerful work of visionary literary fiction from Hanya Yanagihara, the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize and National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life.
Friday – 3rd August 2018
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Craig Higginson’s new novel The White Room
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
The programme for the 2018 Open Book Festival has been revealed!
The full programme has been announced for the eighth Open Book Festival!
Celebrate BlackBird Books’s 3rd birthday! (Plus: 3 for 2 special offer on BlackBird Books titles)
BlackBird Books is celebrating its 3rd Birthday!
Thursday – 2nd August 2018
Hold – an intimate, powerful coming-of-age debut novel set in Ghana and London by Michael Donkor
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.
Read an excerpt from The People in the Trees, the stunning debut novel from Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life
The People in the Trees is a powerful work of visionary literary fiction from Hanya Yanagihara, the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize and National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life.
Wednesday – 1st August 2018
Read an excerpt from Sleeper, the new novel from Mike Nicol
Sleeper, the new novel from Mike Nicol, is out in August 2018 from Umuzi!
A man, his girlfriend and the mother who won’t let him go: Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones, a gripping new thriller about a mother whose love for her son threatens his relationship with his new girlfriend.
Tuesday – 31st July 2018
New book alert! Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu’s debut novel The Theory of Flight
The Theory of Flight by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu is out now from Penguin Random House!
Listen: Karabo Kgoleng reviews Craig Higginson’s new novel The White Room on 702
Literary critic Karabo Kgoleng shared her views about The White Room, the new book from Craig Higginson, on Talk Radio 702.
Monday – 30th July 2018
‘For me, writing is like being an actress’ – Sue Nyathi chats about getting into her characters’ heads and her new novel The Gold Diggers
Sue Nyathi, author of The Polygamist and now The Gold Diggers, chatted to Africa’s Lit about her writing and the inspiration for her new novel.
New release by PE author: Join the Dots by Patrick Moffett
From Afghanistan to Johannesburg, from Libya to London, a team of highly-trained undercover operatives is engaged in a race against time.
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai – an ‘expansive, huge-hearted novel that conveys the scale of the trauma of the early Aids crisis’
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai: two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world.
Friday – 27th July 2018
House of Stone – Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s unflinching epic about the fall of Rhodesia and the turbulent birth of Zimbabwe
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone is a masterful, haunting debut set during the tumultuous beginnings of Zimbabwe that explores the creative – and often destructive – act of history-making.
Thursday – 26th July 2018
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? Get ready for South Africa’s most erotic novel ever: The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes is a sexy, intelligent and sometimes shockingly candid story. Loaded with desire and obsession, it promises to be South Africa’s most erotic novel ever.
Win a pair of page-turning thrillers by Jessica Knoll
Addicted to page-turning, suspense-ridden psychological thrillers? Then you need to enter this Jessica Knoll competition right now!