Fiction
Wednesday – 9th October 2019
You are invited to the launch of A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland at Love Books (15 Oct)
The great Marguerite Poland returns with a new novel set once again in her beloved Eastern Cape.
Cast of Poppie Nongena stand together against gender-based violence, and part of film’s profits to be donated to the cause
Poppie Nongena, the new film based on the novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert, won 12 awards at the recent Silwerskerm Film Festival.
Join Jo-Anne Richards at Love Books for a celebration of the new edition of her bestselling book The Innocence of Roast Chicken (30 Oct)
Don’t miss the launch of The Innocence of Roast Chicken at Love Books!
Friday – 4th October 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Phumlani Pikoli’s debut novel Born Freeloaders – hot off the press!
Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine and Born Freeloaders, the highly anticipated first novel from Phumlani Pikoli.
Thursday – 3rd October 2019
Rémy Ngamije chats about the inspiration for his debut novel, The Eternal Audience of One
Rémy Ngamije chatted to the University of Cape Town’s Development and Alumni Department about his recently published debut novel, The Eternal Audience of One.
Footnotes, October 2019: 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 …
Wednesday – 2nd October 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Marguerite Poland’s new novel A Sin of Omission in Durban (10 Oct)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the Durban launch of A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland.
Listen to Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh’s interview with Mohale Mashigo about her book of short stories Intruders
Mohale Mashigo joined the Radio 702 Literature Corner recently to talk about her latest book, Intruders.
Tuesday – 1st October 2019
The Burning Land – BBC news presenter George Alagiah writes novel based in Johannesburg
The Burning Land – the exhilarating debut political thriller from BBC broadcaster George Alagiah – is out now from Penguin Random House.
Monday – 30th September 2019
Cover reveal! Born Freeloaders, the debut novel from Phumlani Pikoli
Pan Macmillan South Africa has revealed the cover for Phumlani Pikoli’s debut novel Born Freeloaders!
[Watch] An in-depth interview with author Mphuthumi Ntabeni on his historical novel The Broken River Tent
Mphuthumi Ntabeni chatted to social worker and writer John GI Clarke about his debut novel The Broken River Tent.
Bestselling author Tea Obreht reimagines the myths of the American West in Inland
Téa Obreht, the bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife, returns with Inland, a ‘bracingly epic and imaginatively mythic journey across the American West’.
The Cockroach – Ian McEwan’s new Brexit satire pays tribute to Franz Kafka’s most famous work
In Ian McEwan’s new novella The Cockroach the main character, Jim Sams, undergo a metamorphosis from an average nobody to the most powerful man in Britain when he wakes up to find himself the Prime Minister.
Friday – 27th September 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The First Mistake, the riveting new thriller from bestselling author Sandie Jones
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
This year’s must-read psychological thriller – Devotion by Madeline Stevens
A captivating debut novel about a woman who falls into an overwhelming mutual obsession with the Upper East Side mother who hires her as a nanny.
Thursday – 26th September 2019
Read an excerpt from Quichotte, the epic new novel from the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie’s incredible Booker Prize-shortlisted new novel, Quichotte, is now available.
Sweeping from Manhattan to the magnificent wide-open plains of Kenya, don’t miss The Sun Sister, the new novel from Lucinda Riley
We hope you’re excited as we are to meet the beautiful, rich and famous Electra D’Aplièse in Lucinda Riley’s The Sun Sister!
Watch the trailer for the award-winning film adaptation of Elsa Joubert’s celebrated novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena
Poppie Nongena, the movie based on the celebrated novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert, will be in cinemas on 31 January 2020.
Wednesday – 25th September 2019
How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid – The Queen of Crime returns with the eagerly anticipated new Tony Hill and Carol Jordan thriller
Electrifying and filled with masterful suspense, this is the most eagerly anticipated thriller yet from number one bestseller and queen of crime Val McDermid.
Monday – 23rd September 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Fred Khumalo’s new novel The Longest March at Love Books (3 Oct)
Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Longest March by Fred Khumalo.