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Do Not Go Gentle into North America

Futhi Ntshingila’s Do Not Go Gentle is coming out later this year as one of four South African titles for new Catalyst Press in the US. New title: We Kiss Them With Rain.

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Deadline for open submissions to Modjaji Books – 30th April 2017

You have 10 days left till the current window for submitting to Modjaji Books closes. Don’t miss out on your chance for submitting.

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Writers! Apply for the Short Story Day Africa 2017 Flow workshop series

Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe-Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities:

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Pamela Power chats to Morning Live about her new book Delilah Now Trending

Dark, but funny: Pamela Power’s latest novel Delilah Now Trending is out now.

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Read an excerpt from City of Friends – the 20th novel from Joanna Trollope

She glanced at her phone again. There were appeals from the girls, from her colleagues, a text from Steve reading with uncharacteristic imperiousness, ‘Call me.’ She couldn’t. She couldn’t call anyone …

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Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid longlisted for 2017 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year

Big hitters including Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, feature on the longlist for the most prestigious crime writing prize in the country.

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Submit your manuscript to Pan Macmillan during an open submissions window in May

Pan Macmillan South Africa will be accepting unsolicited manuscripts during an open submissions window from 8 to the 12 May 2017.

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Domina, the follow-up to the worldwide #1 bestseller Maestra – out now!

Judith Rashleigh returns in Domina, the stunning new thriller from the author of the worldwide # 1 bestseller, Maestra.

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Read Namwali Serpell’s introduction to a new edition of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross

The New York Review of Books has published apiece adapted from Namwali Serpell’s introduction to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross, just published in a new edition by Penguin Classics.

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K Sello Duiker would have been 43 today – read an excerpt from his masterpiece Thirteen Cents here

NB Publishers have shared an excerpt from K Sello Duiker’s Thirteen Cents to honour his literary legacy on what would have been his 43rd birthday.

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Cover revealed for Fred Strydom’s new novel The Inside-Out Man – a jazzy and surreal mind-bender

We are thrilled to reveal the cover of The Inside-Out Man by renowned South African author Fred Strydom, which will release in May this year through Umuzi.

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2017 International Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced

Three African authors have been shortlisted for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award – the ‘world’s richest literary prize’.

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Times Literary Supplement features Henrietta Rose-Innes’ Nineveh

Henrietta Rose-Innes’ Nineveh recently graced the pages of the Times Literary Supplement.

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Check out Penguin Random House SA’s book club selection for April

If you love to read and belong to a book club then this is where you can discover our latest suggestions. We pick the perfect book club reads; those books we know will delight and enthrall anyone who’s passionate about reading.

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Colson Whitehead’s tweet about winning the Pulitzer Prize is everything

Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction yesterday and reacted with, shall we say, refreshing enthusiasm:

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Read over 6 million times – don’t miss Burning Moon by Jo Watson

Jo Watson is a South African writer – her runaway success Burning Moon is out now!

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Read an excerpt from John Boyne’s new novel The Heart’s Invisible Furies

In this, Boyne’s most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart’s Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

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Call for Submissions for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award

If you are an aspiring author and want the chance to get published, then this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.

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Migrations: New Short Fiction From Africa

Short Story Day Africa’s 4th anthology of the best writing on the continent launches in Cape Town at the Book Lounge on Monday 10 April. Please come along and support this incredible project.

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Don’t miss the blog tour celebrating Gail Schimmel’s gripping novel The Park

Let these brilliant bloggers guide you through the book’s themes. We hope you’ll join the conversation (use #TheParkBlogTour) and let us know …

Thursday – 20th April 2017