Fiction
Tuesday – 26th January 2021
Wen 1 van 3 kopieë van Brandmerk, Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels se jongste spanningsroman
Drie gelukkige lesers kan elkeen ’n kopie wen van Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels se jongste roman, Brandmerk.
‘You don’t know me, but you’ll have seen my face.’ Read an excerpt from Girl A by Abigail Dean – the debut novel that’s taking the book world by storm
Beautifully written and incredibly powerful, Girl A is a story of redemption, of horror, and of love.
Monday – 25th January 2021
Calling all aspiring writers! Watch a commercial fiction workshop, hosted by Pan Macmillan South Africa and All About Writing
Pan Macmillan South Africa held an online commercial fiction workshop in December 2020, in collaboration with All About Writing.
[Book excerpt] Find out why everyone is laughing (and crying) while reading The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson
Penguin has shared an excerpt from The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson. Scroll down to dip into the book!
Cloud Cuckoo Land – the highly anticipated new book from Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
New book alert! Cloud Cuckoo Land, the new novel by Anthony Doerr, the author of the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winner All the Light We Cannot See, will be published in September 2021.
Friday – 22nd January 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sarah Moss’s Summerwater – a novel of wit and verve and beauty
Treat yourself this evening with an excerpt from Summerwater, the powerful new novel by Sarah Moss.
Win a hamper of 10 books with Jacana Media!
Jacana Media has reached 10 000 Twitter followers, and to celebrate they are giving away a 10-book hamper!
Footnotes, January 2021: 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. …
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Virtual Reading Club will discuss Fred Khumalo’s The Longest March – don’t miss it! (28 Jan)
Join President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Virtual Reading Club to discuss Fred Khumalo’s historical novel The Longest March!
Audiobook excerpt: Thick as Thieves – a gripping novel of danger, vengeance, desire and greed!
Listen to an excerpt from Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown!
Thursday – 21st January 2021
Jacana Media is calling all aspiring writers!
If you are an aspiring writer and want the chance to get published, this is the opportunity you have been waiting for.
Wednesday – 20th January 2021
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris – out now!
Discover Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s New York Times bestselling book about the core truths that unite us and the shared values that will see us into the future.
Outlawed by Anna North – a feminist Western set in an alternate past – impossible to put down!
Outlawed by Anna North is this month’s Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and will be released in South Africa in February 2021!
All I Know by Marita van der Vyver – a novel for Young Adults about the world of performance poetry and the healing power of words
‘I’m dazed and confused, and messed up too. That’s all I know, it’s tough and it’s true.’
Tuesday – 19th January 2021
Everything you need to know about Kate Mosse’s new novel The City of Tears!
Author Kate Mosse introduces the second book in her The Burning Chambers series, The City of Tears.
Monday – 18th January 2021
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Oopmond deur Jan Vermeulen, wenner van LAPA se Jeugromankompetisie 2017
Wil jy deelneem aan die LAPA-jeugromankompetisie 2021? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Jan Vermeulen se 2017-wenroman, Oopmond, vir inspirasie! Onthou, inskrywings sluit 31 Oktober 2021.
Friday – 15th January 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Daylight – the gripping third title in David Baldacci’s FBI special agent Atlee Pine series
Daylight is the high-octane follow up to Long Road to Mercy and A Minute to Midnight featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Vuur deur Marijke Greeff: vuurwarm e-rotika nou beskikbaar by Wenkbrou
Onblusbare e-rotika op sy beste: lees ’n vuurwarm uittreksel uit Vuur deur Marijke Greeff.
’n Kombers van boosheid daal neer wanneer ’n vyfjarige kind verdwyn in Brandmerk deur Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels
‘n Kind verdwyn helder oordag in ‘n plattelandse dorp in die Kalahari – Christelle van Rooyen-Wessels se jongste roman, Brandmerk, is nou beskikbaar.
Jeffrey Archer returns to HarperCollins Publishers in major three-book deal
HarperCollins has announced a major three-book deal for World English Rights with internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.