Fiction
Thursday – 4th March 2021
New book alert! The Rabbit Hole – Mike Nicol’s new Fish Pescado and Vicki Kahn thriller
The Rabbit Hole by Mike Nicol is now available from Penguin Random House.
His Only Wife, the sparkling debut novel from Ghanaian author Peace Adzo Medie
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 3rd March 2021
Win 1 of 3 coffee-themed hampers to celebrate John Hunt’s new novel You Never Really Know
To celebrate the release of John Hunt’s playful and warm new novel starring young hero Cappuccino – barista to the President – Penguin Random House has teamed up with Global Coffee Exports to give three lucky readers the chance to each win an awesome prize!
Tuesday – 2nd March 2021
‘Most of my books start with a “… what if?”‘ Read an exclusive interview with CJ Tudor in the latest issue of The Penguin Post
CJ Tudor, author of the brand new thriller The Burning Girls, is featured in this month’s edition of The Penguin Post!
Pan Macmillan announces surprise new Ken Follett novel in 2021
A new Ken Follett novel is being rush-released by publishers worldwide in November this year.
Friday – 26th February 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Rebecca Whitney’s page-turning thriller The Hidden Girls
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a glass of wine this evening with …
Staal jouself – die storie ruk ’n mens aan die hart: Amanda Claassens resenseer ’n Ballade vir Nkunzi deur Ben Viljoen
Amanda Claassens het onlangs ’n Ballade vir Nkunzi deur Ben Viljoen op haar blog geresenseer. Lees die resensie.
Thursday – 25th February 2021
Dip into The Prodigal Son – the new high-octane thriller in the Orphan X series from bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Prodigal Son – the tense and exciting new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak – aka Orphan X.
Meet author Terry-Ann Adams at a Those Who Live in Cages speed date and book signing (27 Feb)
Jacana Media and Book Circle Capital invite you to a book signing for Terry-Ann Adams’s debut novel, Those Who Live in Cages.
Find out more about Danielle Steel’s new novel Neighbours, and listen to the author talking about her incredible career and her writing process
Neighbours by Danielle Steel is out now from Pan Macmillan SA!
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean, in conversation with Pippa Hudson (10 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean.
Wednesday – 24th February 2021
‘Dit is ’n vrede wat nooit vervaag nie’ – Sophia Kapp gesels met Naomi Meyer oor haar liefde vir skryf en haar jongste roman, Kanaän
Naomi Meyer het onlangs met Sophia Kapp gesels oor haar jongste roman, Kanaän, die sneller van die verhaal, en hoe die Covid-19 pandemie haar kreatiwiteit beïnvloed.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian novelist Louise Penny team up to write political thriller
Hillary Rodham Clinton will team up with award-winning Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny to co-write a ‘international political thriller’.
Tuesday – 23rd February 2021
‘Dis byna supernatural, jy weet’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die duiwel maak my hart so seer deur François Bloemhof
Lees die eerste hoofstuk van François Bloemhof se nuwe spanningsverhaal, Die duiwel maak my hart so seer.
Dol heuning – SJ Naudé se tweede bundel kortverhale – ontstel, verras en bekoor
Die verhale in SJ Naudé se jongste bundel Dol heuning kring soos breedtegrade om ’n aardbol uit – van Suid-Afrika na Ysland, die Belgiese platteland en die Italiaanse Alpe. Ook in Engels beskikbaar as Mad Honey.
New fiction loading … Join the #ByTheFadingLight Early Adopters Club and get 30% off Ashraf Kagee’s stunning new novel
By the Fading Light, Ashraf Kagee’s stunning follow-up to the award-winning Khalil’s Journey, will be published by Jacana Media in April 2021!
Monday – 22nd February 2021
Kom luister hoe gesels Anoeschka von Meck stoepstories in Stellenbosch oor haar jongste roman, Die heelal op my tong (18 Maart)
Anoeschka von Meck, skrywer van Die heelal op my tong, gesels op 18 Maart met Theo Kemp oor dié heerlike leeservaring. Moenie die geleentheid plus ’n driegang maal in Stellenbosch misloop nie!
Kom vier die bekendstelling van Malene Breytenbach se spanningsverhaal Skadumagte in Stellenbosch (11 Maart)
Kom sit aan by ’n driegang-maal en luister wanneer LAPA-skrywer Malene Breytenbach met Louise Esterhuizen gesels oor haar roman, Skadumagte.
Klara and the Sun – the magnificent new novel from Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun is the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017.
Thursday – 18th February 2021
‘Great novels force us to think beyond our prejudices and to question where our empathies lie’ – Brent Meersman
Brent Meersman ruminates on the power of a good novel. Meersman’s new book Rattling the Cage: Reflections On Democratic South Africa is out now from Pan Macmillan SA.