Fiction
Monday – 8th November 2021
Pagecast is live! Listen to the new podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers here
Pagecast, a new podcast proudly brought to you by Jonathan Ball Publishers, is now live!
‘Ons sal altyd alles slegs ten dele ken’: Spieëltjie, spieëltjie deur Jan Vermeulen is nou beskikbaar!
Wie is besig om die meisies van Elegant Queens Academy te vermoor? Vind uit in Spieëltjie, spieëltjie, Jan Vermeulen se jongste misdaadroman!
Friday – 5th November 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from The Prince of the Skies – a novel about the man behind the classic tale The Little Prince
Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this exclusive excerpt from The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe, the bestselling author of The Librarian of Auschwitz.
Thursday – 4th November 2021
Vergeet van reëls – hier is vier nuwe Romanzas om te verslind!
Nuut by LAPA – Vergeet van reëls deur Dina Botha, Oorbegin deur Marilé Cloete, Liefde vir ‘n feniks deur Ciska Olivier en As jy my wil hê deur Annarie Linde.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime event! Deon Meyer in conversation with Lee and Andrew Child for the launch of Better Off Dead (4 Nov)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Better Off Dead by Lee and Andrew Child.
Damon Galgut wins the 2021 Booker Prize for The Promise
Cape Town-based author Damon Galgut’s latest novel, The Promise, has been awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for 2021.
Join Lorraine Sithole for the launch of Joanne Joseph’s debut novel Children of Sugarcane (5 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to join Joanne Joseph and Lorraine Sithole as they discuss Children of Sugarcane.
Wednesday – 3rd November 2021
The Thursday Murder Club is back! Read an excerpt from Richard Osman’s new novel The Man Who Died Twice
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from The Man Who Died Twice – the second novel in Richard Osman’s number one bestselling Thursday Murder Club series!
Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Moenie die virtuele bekendstelling van Roet deur Hannes Barnard mis nie! (10 Nov)
Die nasleep van ‘n apokaliptiese wolk. ‘n 90’s mix tape. En chaos. Baie chaos. Roet deur Hannes Barnard is nou beskikbaar!
Tuesday – 2nd November 2021
Kom kuier saam met Fanie Viljoen, Madelein Rust en nog LAPA skrywers by die Sanctuary Boekfees in Klerksdorp (6 Nov)
Moenie die Sanctuary Boekfees in Klerksdorp misloop nie!
Video: Leon van Nierop gesels oor sy ‘snoesige whodunnit’ wat afspeel in die bos, Moord op Lake Panic
Johan Allers van Alles Afrikaans het onlangs met Leon van Nierop gesels oor sy jongste roman, Moord op Lake Panic.
Friday – 29th October 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from The Heron’s Cry – the new novel from Ann Cleeves, creator of Vera and Shetland
Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening and this exclusive excerpt from The Heron’s Cry – the second novel in Ann Cleeves’s new Two Rivers crime series, following her bestseller The Long Call.
Find out more about ‘Wole Soyinka’s greatest novel’ – Chronicles From the Land of the Happiest People On Earth (PLUS: Listen to an excerpt)
Wole Soyinka, the first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, presents Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth – a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, gleefully irreverent, rollicking fictional meditation on how power and greed can corrupt the soul of a nation.
New book alert! Christopher, the debut novel by Nozuko Siyotula, second runner-up in the 2020 Dinaane Award
Christopher by Nozuko Siyotula, second runner-up in the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, is now available for pre-order from Jacana Media.
Thursday – 28th October 2021
Meet award-winning writer Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni, author of Wanda the Brave, for virtual book reading session! (30 Oct)
Award-winning writer Sihle-isipho Nontshokweni will be doing a virtual reading of her children’s book Wanda the Brave!
Don’t miss The Cheeky Natives in conversation with Gretchen Haley about her novel The Tearoom (28 Oct)
Penguin Random House and The Cheeky Natives invite you to the virtual launch of The Tearoom by Gretchen Haley.
Wednesday – 27th October 2021
‘There’s been a huge amount of mystery surrounding my family’ – Watch Joanne Joseph chatting about her new book Children of Sugarcane
Joanne Joseph recently launched her debut novel Children of Sugarcane.
Join David Dison for the launch of his new novel The Good Nigerian at Emoyeni in Joburg (28 Oct)
It’s time to meet in person again, and Jacana Media invites you all to the book launch of The Good Nigerian by David Dison!
Tuesday – 26th October 2021
’n Hart is net atome deur Cecilia Steyn – ’n skreeusnaakse grafiese roman vir jonk en oud
’n Hart is net atome is ’n fantastiese grafiese roman deur geliefde jeugboekskrywer Cecilia Steyn en illustreerder Danielle Albertyn.
Congratulations to Tsitsi Dangarembga on being awarded the 2021 German Peace Prize
‘I’m sure you would have preferred to give up on occasion, Tsitsi, to simply give in to the temptation to just lead a normal, ordinary life. […] But you are far from ordinary.’