Fiction
Tuesday – 10th April 2018
Umuzi reveals teaser for John Hunt’s new novel The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head
“Although he was reading a story, what he was really offering was transport. Even his stumbling words made wheels good enough to be driven somewhere else.”
Details of Petina Gappah’s next novel Out of Darkness, Shining Light revealed!
Scribner beat out seven other publishing houses to win the North American rights to Petina Gappah’s next novel Out of Darkness, Shining Light, as well as her short story collection Rotten Row.
Monday – 9th April 2018
Don’t miss Kate Mosse at the 2018 Kingsmead Book Fair
Kingsmead College is hosting the seventh annual Kingsmead Book Fair on Saturday 12 May 2018, from 8:30 to 18:00.
Calling all aspiring authors! Submissions for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award are open
If you are an aspiring author and want the chance to get published, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
NB Publishers sells overseas rights to a number of South African books, including The President’s Keepers, Being Kari and The Quiet Violence of Dreams
NB Publishers has sold overseas rights to a number of South African publications, including Jacques Pauw’s political exposé The President’s Keepers, Eugene de Kock: Assassin for the State by Anemari Jansen, Julian Jansen’s The De Zalze Murders, Marianne Thamm’s Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and Me, K Sello Duiker’s novel The Quiet Violence of Dreams and Qarnita Loxton’s novel Being Kari.
Friday – 6th April 2018
Join Nthikeng Mohlele for the launch of Michael K at African Flavour Books with Eusebius McKaiser
Pan Macmillan and African Flavour Books Braamfontein invite you to join us for the launch of Michael K by Nthikeng Mohlele!
Thursday – 5th April 2018
South African Literary Awards: 2018 call for submissions PLUS two new awards
The wRite associates, in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), invites South African writers to submit their work for the South African Literary Awards (SALA).
Silent auction at the Cape Town launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s new book The Fatuous State of Severity
Cape Town-based artist Skubalisto, aka Skhumbuzo Vabaza, has created a painting which he describes as ‘the effect Phumlani Pikoli’s writing has on [his] creative process’.
Wednesday – 4th April 2018
‘There are eight million naked cities in this naked city’: Read an excerpt from Colson Whitehead’s The Colossus of New York
Read an excerpt from The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
John Hunt’s new novel The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head out in April
The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head, the new novel by award-winning playwright, author and creative director John Hunt, is out in April from Umuzi.
Thursday – 29th March 2018
Cover revealed for Sea Prayer – the new book by Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner
The cover for Khaled Hosseini’s new novel Sea Prayer has been revealed!
Aspiring writers: Submit your unpublished Youth Fiction to the Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards to win R10,000
The Maskew Miller Longman Awards has announced its genre for 2018 – Youth Fiction!
Don’t miss the launch of The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head, the new novel from John Hunt, at the Circa Gallery
Umuzi invites you to the launch of The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head by John Hunt.
Wednesday – 28th March 2018
Bridge of Clay – the new novel from Markus Zusak, the bestselling author of The Book Thief – announced
Penguin Random House SA is excited to announce a new novel from Markus Zusak, author of the bestselling The Book Thief.
‘It was like walking on grenades’ – Nthikeng Mohlele discusses his new book Michael K with Nancy Richards
SAfm’s Nancy Richards chatted to Nthikeng Mohlele recently, about his new book Michael K, which is a response to JM Coetzee’s classic masterpiece, Life and Times of Michael K.
Tuesday – 27th March 2018
The next big groundbreaking event in Young Adult fiction: The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
‘Looking for the next big groundbreaking event in YA? This is it.’ – Rick Riordan
Listen to an excerpt from An Unsuitable Match, the new novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope
‘Why on earth, after all you’ve been through, all you’ve survived, all you’ve achieved, why do you want to get married?’
Jacana Media wins Best Publisher of the Year: Africa at 2018 Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Jacana Media wins Best Publisher of the Year Africa, at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2018.
Monday – 26th March 2018
Win a gift hamper of either Death Cup or Gifbeker plus a R1,000 restaurant gift voucher
One lucky reader will win a copy of either Death Cup or Gifbeker (your choice) plus a R1,000 gift voucher at the restaurant of your choice!
Friday – 23rd March 2018
The Shout – bestselling author Stephen Leather’s latest edge-of-your-seat thriller
The Shout is a standalone thriller from bestselling author Stephen Leather that takes us into the world of the London Fire Brigade’s elite Investigations Unit.