Fiction

Thursday – 5th May 2022

Don’t miss an evening with Tsitsi Dangarembga in Cape Town! (16 May)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to an evening with Tsitsi Dangarembga.

Wednesday – 4th May 2022

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Mike Nicol’s new thriller Hammerman (4 May)

Penguin Random House andPenguin Random House invite you to the in-store launch of Hammerman by Mike Nicol!

Moenie LAPA se Herfs-uitverkoping misloop nie! Kry tot 40% afslag op jou gunstelingboeke voor 6 Mei 2022

Van spanningsverhale tot historiese romanses, daar is iets vir almal in LAPA Uitgewers se Herfs-uitverkoping! 

Sunday – 1st May 2022

One minute with author Mike Nicol

Hammerman: A Walking Shadow, the new thriller from Mike Nicol, is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

New book alert! Tomorrow I Become a Woman – a powerful debut by Aiwanose Odafen

Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 26th April 2022

Véronique Tadjo wins the LA Times Fiction Award for In the Company of Men

The winners of the 42nd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced.

Wat’s lekker by LAPA in April? Drie maklike maniere om opwindende boekbondels te wen!

Wil jy graag wegstap met boekbondels ter waarde van soveel as R2,000? Neem vandag nog deel aan LAPA Uitgewers se opwindende kompetisies vir die maand April.

SJ Naudé wen die Hertzogprys vir Prosa en die 2022 UJ-prys vir sy bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning! (Plus: Uittreksel)

SJ Naudé se tweede bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning, is die wenner van die gesogte Hertzogprys vir Prosa asook die 2022 UJ-prys! Veels geluk aan die skrywer!

Friday – 22nd April 2022

Footnotes, April 2022: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

Wednesday – 20th April 2022

‘The hammerman is that kind of man. She will shoot him three times in the chest.’ – Read an excerpt from Mike Nicol’s new thriller Hammerman

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Hammerman: A Walking Shadow, the new Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn thriller from Mike Nicol.

Win a hamper of brilliant books – Run Rose Run, The Milk Tart Murders and Again, Rachel!

Penguin Random House is giving away a hamper of three brilliant books!

‘These stories are nothing short of miraculous.’ – Find out more about Terry-Ann Adams’s latest book, White Chalk

White Chalk, the new novel from Terry-Ann Adams, will be out from Jacana Media this month! 

Tuesday – 19th April 2022

Jy handle dit net deur Eleanor Lombard is nou beskikbaar! Perfek vir kinders 11 jaar en ouer

Drikus voel soos God se afskeepkind, maar dan ontmoet hy vir Donovan, ’n straatkind met ’n unieke uitkyk op die lewe.

A Home Is An Atmosphere

Kemi, a young woman with a budding and promising career as a lawyer, is about to make the most important decision of her life.

The Heist Men – the explosive new crime thriller from award-winning author Andrew Brown

The Heist Men is a thrilling, poignant triumph, once again revealing Andrew Brown as a vital voice on the local crime fiction scene.

Read an excerpt from The Paris Apartment – the new page-turning thriller from Lucy Foley

From the bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide …

Thursday – 14th April 2022

‘Some men speak of angels and devils.’ – Read an excerpt from the new Orphan X thriller Dark Horse!

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Dark Horse, the new Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz.

A moving novel about lovers, fathers and sons – listen to an excerpt from Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu!

Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu, read by Clifford Samuel.

Wednesday – 13th April 2022

Een plaas. Drie dogters. Groot probleme. Stella se dogters deur Helene de Kock is nou op die rakke!

Aandag alle Helene de Kock-aanhangers! Haar jongste roman, Stella se dogters, is nou beskikbaar by Penguin Random House SA.

Tuesday – 12th April 2022

New book alert! Find out more about Hammerman by Mike Nicol (and win a copy!)

Hammerman, the new novel by Mike Nicol, is out now from Penguin Random House!