Fiction
Friday – 27th March 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from NR Brodie’s new thriller Three Bodies
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
Die bekroonde Nederlandse skrywer Esther Verhoef se angswekkende riller Liewe Mamma is nou in Afrikaans beskibaar!
Esther Verhoef se Nederlandse domestic noir Lieve Mama is nou in Afrikaans by LAPA beskikbaar as Liewe Mamma.
Thursday – 26th March 2020
9 new South African books (available as ebooks!) to get you through the shutdown
Pan Macmillan has shared a list of newly published South African ebooks to see you through the shutdown period.
Tuesday – 24th March 2020
[Video] ‘Suid-Afrikaners is passievolle lesers’: Jodi Picoult gesels oor Die belydenis en vertel hoekom sy so lief is vir Suid-Afrika
Die wêreldbekende skrywer Jodi Picoult het in Maart vanjaar by Die Groot Ontbyt aangesluit vir ‘n onderhoud oor haar eerste vertaalde boek in Afrikaans, Die belydenis.
Ter wille van jou deur Magdaleen Walters: Kan Stoffel sy onskuld bewys en Juanita se liefde wen?
‘n Tronkvoël en ‘n houtfabriekeienaar se dogter … sal liefde op die ou end seëvier? Vind uit in Ter wille van jou deur Magdaleen Walters
Escape to afternoons in tiny Parisian apartment in the 1970s with an excerpt from Isabelle in the Afternoon
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Isabelle in the Afternoon, a moving story of passion and heartbreak from Douglas Kennedy, the internationally bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness.
Monday – 23rd March 2020
Wen 1 van 3 kopieë van Bloedsteen of Blood Stone deur Irna van Zyl! (Kompetisie sluit 31 Maart 2020)
Drie gelukkige wenners kan elk ’n kopie van óf Bloedsteen óf Blood Stone deur Irna van Zyl wen!
Die dodelike geheime en obsessies van … Bloedfamilie deur Elsa Hamersma: Is die moordgeen in die familielede se DNS?
Een moord in die familie is erg genoeg, maar twee in een week raak bisar: Vind uit wie is die moordenaar in Bloedfamilie deur Elsa Hamersma, nuut by LAPA.
Friday – 20th March 2020
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive, first-look excerpt from Gail Schimmel’s new thriller Two Months!
‘Today is actually the twenty-first of April. It’s a Saturday. You’ve lost about two months.’
Capetonians! Don’t want to leave the house? Get The Book Lounge to come to you!
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop, The Book Lounge, is ready and waiting for your order! Cape Town’s favourite independent bookshop The Book Lounge …
Joburgers! Love Books remains open and is ready to deliver books (and wine!) to your door
Your friendly neighbourhood bookshop, Love Books, is waiting for your order! Joburg’s favourite independent bookshop Love Books is offering a free courier …
As jy van moord droom deur Deborah Steinmair: Wat gebeur as ’n kind wat ontvoer is 20 jaar later terugkom?
Deborah Steinmair se jongste verhoudingsriller As jy van moord droom het pas op LAPA se rakke verskyn, en vind oorsprong in die storie van Gert van Rooyen en Joey Haarhoff.
The Secret Messenger – the highly awaited new novel from Mandy Robotham, the bestselling author of The German Midwife
Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII, for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
Thursday – 19th March 2020
10 vrae aan Rosita Oberholster: ‘Skryf ’n boek! Ek het eers op 40 begin skryf en weet nie hoekom nie’
LAPA het onlangs met Rosita Oberholster gesels om die skrywer beter te leer ken.
Is there a serial killer at work in Joburg? NR Brodie returns with Three Bodies
In Three Bodies, NR Brodie’s formidable duo (from her debut novel Knucklebone) are fighting time to figure out who is killing women in and around Joburg … is there a serial killer on the loose?
Inspired by real events, from the Boer War to brutal camps for teenage boys now – You Will Be Safe Here, the debut novel by Damian Barr
The stunning and shocking debut novel from the award-winning author of Maggie & Me.
Wednesday – 18th March 2020
‘Something terrible has happened … She ended up under a train.’ – Read an excerpt from Irna van Zyl’s heart-stopping new thriller, Blood Stone
Detective Warrant Officer Storm van der Merwe’s mother did not fall under the train on Paddington Station by accident. No, she’d been pushed.
‘Mens moet altyd alles bevraagteken en jou verstand gebruik. Selfs in jou eie geloof’ – René van Zyl gesels oor Die Alfadokument
René van Zyl gesels oor haar samesweringsriller, Die Alfadokument, wat handel oor ʼn berugte internasionale geloofsorde in Kaapstad.
Join the Virtual Book Launch for Irna van Zyl’s new novel Blood Stone on Twitter (18 Mar 2020)
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, The Reading List will host a virtual book launch for Irna van Zyl’s new crime novel Blood Stone this evening! (6 pm, Wednesday 18 March 2020.)
Tuesday – 17th March 2020
A Poor Season for Whales by Michiel Heyns, ‘a clever, bitingly funny novel’
A Poor Season for Whales, the new novel from award-winning author Michiel Heyns, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.