Fiction
Friday – 19th July 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Your Truth or Mine? – the dark and original debut thriller by Trisha Sakhlecha
Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine and Your Truth or Mine?, the debut psychological suspense novel by Trisha Sakhlecha about the dark secrets couples keep from one another and how a marriage unravels.
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh – a beautifully realised novel that effortlessly spans space and time
Gun Island is a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the world and the future is restored by two remarkable women.
New book alert! Death on the Limpopo – the new Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew
Death on the Limpopo – the third Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew – is out in September from Penguin Random House SA!
Thursday – 18th July 2019
Must read! Get into The Doll Factory, the highly anticipated debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession.
The Horse Dancer, an inspiring new love story from Jojo Moyes, the bestselling author of Me Before You and After You
The Horse Dancer, the new novel from JoJo Moyes, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
British-born Nigerian writer Tade Thompson has won the 2019 Arthur C Clarke Award for his novel Rosewater
Tade Thompson’s novel Rosewater has won the Arthur C Clarke Award, the UK’s most prestigious prize for science fiction.
Wednesday – 17th July 2019
Gripping, moving and brilliantly creepy – read an excerpt from The Whisper Man by Alex North
Like your thrillers spine-tinglingly terrifying? Then you’ll want to read this extract from The Whisper Man by Alex North.
The bestselling books in South Africa – June
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 6 June 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.
Tuesday – 16th July 2019
Sue Nyathi will be on the patio with Pippa Smith to discuss her books, The Polygamist and The Gold Diggers (20 July)
Sue Nyathi, author of The Polygamist and The Gold Diggers, will be chatting to Pippa Smith of The Book Revue this month.
Monday – 15th July 2019
New book alert! TJ Pheto’s postcolonial Setswana novel Botlhodi: The Abomination
Out now from Langaa RPCIG, Cameroon publishers, Botlhodi: The Abomination – A Postcolonial Setswana Novel by TJ Pheto.
The Happiness Bookclub is live! Read Nozizwe Cynthia Jele’s inaugural interview with Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu about The Theory of Flight
Have you followed The Happiness Bookclub (@HappinessBClub) on Twitter yet?
Donate a children’s book this Mandela Day as part of the Siyafunda Donate-a-Book campaign
Donate a book for children this Mandela Day!
Friday – 12th July 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Craig Higginson’s The Dream House, a novel of dark wit, a stark poetic style and extraordinary tenderness
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine …
Ellie and the Harpmaker by Hazel Prior – a heartwarming, utterly charming debut
Hazel Prior’s debut novel Ellie and the Harpmaker is rich with vibrant characters and a lush setting, and reminds us that sometimes, you don’t find love – love finds you.
Her Husband’s Mistake – Sheila O’Flanagan’s page-turning new novel about a marriage, a secret, and a wife’s choice
Dave’s made a BIG mistake. What’s Roxy going to do about it? Her Husband’s Mistake is the riveting new novel from bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan.
Attention all book clubs! Buy 10 copies of If You Keep Digging and receive a 50% discount – PLUS host the author Keletso Mopai at your next event
BlackBird Books has a very special offer to reward book clubs for all the work they do.
Thursday – 11th July 2019
A story of healing and hope: Don’t miss the launch of As if Born to You by Susan Newham-Blake at The Book Lounge (25 July)
Penguin Random House and the Book Lounge invite you to the launch of As if Born to You by Susan Newham-Blake.
The Last Widow – the highly anticipated new thriller from bestselling author Karin Slaughter, featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton
In The Last Widow, bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in a superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets and shocking surprises you won’t see coming!
First-ever book festival on the Cape Flats announced: The Read to Rise Book Festival (31 Aug-1 Sep)
A new book festival to be held in Mitchells Plain has been announced by Read to Rise.
Wednesday – 10th July 2019
‘Does any writer have the right to tell any story?’ Lacuna author Fiona Snyckers talks about writing Lucy Lurie, who is ‘not a metaphor’
Pan Macmillan recently chatted to Fiona Snyckers about her highly charged new novel, Lacuna, a response to JM Coetzee’s 1999 novel Disgrace.