Fiction
Tuesday – 23rd June 2020
Win a copy of Afterland, the new novel by Lauren Beukes, courtesy of Penguin Random House SA!
Penguin Random House is running a giveaway!
Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of Afterland by Lauren Beukes.
Monday – 22nd June 2020
‘I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.’ Read an excerpt The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
So begins The Book of Longings, the exquisitely written new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.
Moenie die bekendstelling van Madelein Rust se sewende misdaadroma My naam is Legio misloop nie! (23 Junie)
LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele boekbekendstelling van My naam is Legio deur Madelein Rust.
Friday – 19th June 2020
Agter grendels deur Erla-Mari Diedericks, nou beskikbaar by Wenkbrou
Emmanuel sal altyd haar kryptonite wees. Hy was eens haar beste vriend, maar hulle het uitmekaargedryf ná ’n insident op Stellenbosch. Nou herken Natasja nie die Emmanuel wat ’n bekende fotograaf in New York is nie. Sy herken nie die man wat sy bed met die een model na die ander deel nie.
Thursday – 18th June 2020
‘Dear reader’ – Abbie Greaves reveals the inspiration for her debut novel The Silent Treatment
‘I hope that The Silent Treatment will move you and stay with you and make you think of all the things that may go unsaid in your own relationships.’
Die man langsaan deur Cynthia Robertson – Mens hoef nie volmaak hoef te wees om liefgehê te word nie
Die man langsaan deur Cynthia Robertson: Paloma het 20 jaar gelede alle mans afgesweer toe sy die dag voor haar troue uitvind dat haar verloofde haar verkul.
Rémy Ngamije seals international publishing deal for his debut novel The Eternal Audience of One
Rémy Ngamije’s debut novel The Eternal Audience of One will soon be published in the United States! The Eternal Audience of One was published …
Wednesday – 17th June 2020
‘Haar arms is om sy nek voor sy kan sê shiraz’: Lees ’n stomende uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se e-rotiese roman, Perke
Voel jy ingeperk? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se stomende, sissende e-rotika, Perke.
New Kazuo Ishiguro novel announced! To be published in March 2021
From the bestselling and Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a luminous tale about the human heart and what it means to love.
Love Vera? Love Shetland? Love audiobooks? Listen to an excerpt from The Long Call, the first in a new series by Ann Cleeves
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The Long Call, the captivating first novel in a brand new series from the bestselling creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.
Monday – 15th June 2020
Former US president Bill Clinton and master storyteller James Patterson collaborate on second novel
Penguin Random House SA is proud to announce the publication of The President’s Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
The Farm by Max Annas – an explosive mix of psychological thriller and neo-Western, with a deeply political subtext
New from Catalyst Press and LAPA Publishers – The Farm by Max Annas.
Don’t miss Mubanga Kalimamukwento and The Cheeky Natives in a Lockdown Takeover on Instagram Live (15 June)
Mubanga Kalimamukwento will be chatting to The Cheeky Natives on Instagram about her debut novel The Mourning Bird.
Find out more about Don’t Shut Up – a new virtual book theatre launched by Jacana Media
Jacana Media is offering a virtual book theatre on its new platform Don’t Shut Up!
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – a tense, gripping, thought-provoking drama
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan – the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Don’t miss Angela Makholwa discussing the best of this year’s comedy fiction by women (17 June)
Angela Makholwa will be taking part in A Digital ThinkIn event featuring the best of this year’s comedy fiction by women!
Friday – 12th June 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Peter James’s new plot-twisting page-turner Find Them Dead
It’s the weather to snuggle up with a good book. Get comfortable this evening with a mug of hot chocolate and an excerpt from Find Them Dead, the new Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author Peter James.
‘Skrik is ’n sirene sonder klank’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Malene Breytenbach se jongste spanningsverhaal, Skadumagte
’n Jong, roekelose joernalis ondersoek die moord op ’n regter. Lees ’n spanningsvolle uittreksel uit Skadumagte deur Malene Breytenbach.
Video: Fynskrif-aktrise Lea Vivier lees voor uit Wilken Calitz se debuutroman, Swart swaan
Fynskrif-aktrise Lea Vivier het onlangs ’n gedeelte uit Wilken Calitz se debuutroman Swart swaan voorgelees. Kyk na die video.
