Fiction
Wednesday – 17th January 2018
Malebo Sephodi recommends Chwayita Ngamlana’s If I Stay Right Here as a top read of 2017
If I Stay Right Here by Chwayita Ngamlana. This experimental fiction had me crossing legs. Shifting. Crying. Triggered.
Sunday – 14th January 2018
Read an excerpt from Wake Me When I’m Gone, the second novel by Nigerian author Odafe Atogun
The morning the letter arrived he was like a man in a shell, deaf to the voices in his head from a distant place, calling him, imploring him with old promises.
Listen to an audio book preview of The Demon Crown: The new Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins
Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed and possessed by a species beyond imagination.
New poetry from Alice Walker in the ‘playfully imaginative and intensely moving’ Taking the Arrow out of the Heart
Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the future, by Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.
Thursday – 11th January 2018
Action-packed urban fantasy in Durban and London: Clockwork City by Paul Crilley
Clockwork City: Delphic Division 2 is the follow-up to Paul Crilley’s debut adult novel Poison City.
Today’s Google Doodle celebrates Alan Paton’s 115th Birthday
The Google Doodle for 11 January 2018 celebrates South African author and activist Alan Paton, marking what would have been his 115th birthday.
An unforgettable new voice: Don’t miss Wake Me When I’m Gone, the second novel from Odafe Atogun
The powerful second novel from Odafe Atogun, one of the most exciting new literary voices in contemporary African writing.
Wednesday – 10th January 2018
First look at Knucklebone, the debut novel from Nechama Brodie
‘A cracking novel. Brilliant original writing. The pace is insane – in a good way’
– Sarah Lotz, author of The Three, Day Four and The White Road.
First look for everyone on social media – here is the cover for ‘Knucklebone’ (Pan Macmillan). On sale February 2018. #knucklebonenovel
The new Sigma Force novel from James Rollins: The Demon Crown
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting and suspenseful thriller in the Sigma Force series: The Demon Crown.
Tuesday – 9th January 2018
What are your New Year’s Readsolutions? Win a hamper of 10 books PLUS a R1000 Woolworths voucher
Penguin Random House SA is excited about starting the new year off with some great reading!
Book signing with Dudu Busani-Dube, author of the Hlomu The Wife series, at Bridge Books
Dudu Busani-Dube will be at Bridge Books Maboneng this Saturday for a FREE book signing and podcast recording with The Cheeky Natives.
Free to listen audiobook: The first four chapters of Need You Dead by Peter James
Listen to the first four chapters of Peter James’s new novel Need You Dead FREE!
Friday – 15th December 2017
Africa’s Lit: 2017 highlights, featuring Zakes Mda, Dudu Busani-Dube, Ayobami Adebayo, Malebo Sephodi and Angela Makholwa!
The December edition of Africa’s Lit features the light and quirky moments with your favourite authors from video recordings throughout 2018.
Thursday – 14th December 2017
Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Blessed Girl could be headed for the big screen
Angela Makholwa reveals that her new novel The Blessed Girl may be made into a film or series.
A charming feast for the senses: Alexander McCall Smith’s new novel, My Italian Bulldozer
The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series returns with an irresistible new novel about one man’s adventures in the Italian countryside.
Read the first chapter of Still Me, the new novel from Jojo Moyes
It was the moustache that reminded me I was no longer in England: a solid, grey millipede firmly obscuring the man’s upper lip; a Village People moustache, a cowboy moustache, the miniature head of a broom that meant business. You just didn’t get that kind of moustache at home. I couldn’t tear my eyes from it.
Wednesday – 13th December 2017
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa – an extraordinary work of literary journalism by Alexis Okeowo
Okeowo creates a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent’s wave of fundamentalism.
Tuesday – 12th December 2017
Be enchanted this Christmas with Penguin Random House SA’s beautiful selection of children’s books!
Two winners will each receive a Christmas hamper!
Monday – 11th December 2017
Local is lekker this Christmas, with Penguin Random House SA
One lucky winner will receive a Christmas hamper with some of Penguin Random House SA’s best local books!
Kopano Matlwa, Zinzi Clemmons and Fiona Melrose reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement
Johannesburg was the focus in the Times Literary Supplement this month, with a review of Kopano Matlwa’s Period Pain, Zinzi Clemmons’s What We Lose and Fiona Melrose’s Johannesburg.