Fiction
Tuesday – 9th July 2019
New book alert! Susan Newham-Blake’s As if Born to You – a story of secrets, trauma and finding healing in unexpected places
As if Born to You, the new novel by Susan Newham-Blake, the author of Making Finn, is out now from Penguin Random House.
Celebrate Black Girls in Literature and Women’s Month with BlackBird Books and Bridge Books in Joburg (10 August)
BlackBird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, invites you to a Black Girls in Literature event at Bridge Books in Johannesburg – in celebration of Women’s Month!
Monday – 8th July 2019
2019 South African Book Fair – find out more about the authors and events!
The 2019 South African Book Fair will take place from 6–8 September at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.
The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves. A Good Enough Mother by Bev Thomas
An utterly compelling drama with a timebomb at its core, A Good Enough Mother is a brilliant, beautiful story of mothering, and how to let go of the ones we love when we must.
Claire Robertson’s award-winning novel The Spiral House to be made into an international film
Filmmaker Erica Brumage has optioned film rights for the sweeping, gloriously told novel The Spiral House by Claire Robertson.
Sarah Ladipo Manuika’s debut novel In Dependence explores the complexities of contemporary Africa
In Dependence is a lyrical and moving story of unfulfilled love fraught with the weight of history, race and geography and intertwined with questions of belonging, ageing, faith and family secrets.
Friday – 5th July 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Nthikeng Mohlele’s spellbinding novel Pleasure
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine …
Call for applications: BlackBird Books Writer’s Residency for young African womxn at Casa Lorde, Pretoria
BlackBird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, as well as Casa Lorde and Eunice Ngogodo Own Voices Initiative are setting up a writer’s residency for young African womxn who are starting their careers as writers.
Thursday – 4th July 2019
Footnotes, July 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 over the last month. Browse and enjoy!
Wednesday – 3rd July 2019
New book alert! A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, an addictive, twisty crime thriller by Holly Jackson
Secrets, conspiracies and ALL the red string have led us to this point: the murder mystery that everyone is talking about is finally here …
Authors, your once-a-year opportunity to wow Jacana Media is back! Pitch to Publication 2019 is now open
Jacana Media is once again offering authors an opportunity to pitch their books in person.
Tuesday – 2nd July 2019
‘I have a need to tell stories and the stories need to come out’ – Listen to Gail Schimmel discussing her fourth novel, The Accident
Listen to Gail Schimmel in conversation with Radio Today Johannesburg’s Sue Grant-Marshall about her fourth novel, The Accident.
Win a copy of Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s debut novel The Mourning Bird – winner of the 2019 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
You can stand a chance to win a copy of Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s debut novel The Mourning Bird. Here’s how:
Harry Kalmer questions what it means to be human in his latest novel, In ‘n land sonder voëls (Afrikaans)
Earlier this year, Penguin Random House published Harry Kalmer’s latest novel in Afrikaans – In ’n land sonder voëls.
Monday – 1st July 2019
Read an excerpt from David Barclay Moore’s magnificent debut novel The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore.
Now available as audiobooks – Sue Nyathi’s The Gold Diggers and Craig Higginson’s The Dream House!
Pan Macmillan SA has released two new audiobooks: Sue Nyathi’s The Gold Diggers and Craig Higginson’s The Dream House.
Friday – 28th June 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Achmat Dangor’s powerful and thought-provoking novel Dikeledi
Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine and Achmat Dangor’s Dikeledi – the story of an ordinary family in the extraordinary days of apartheid.
Cover reveal! An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang is the latest novel to receive a BlackBird Books redesign
BlackBird Books has revealed its latest cover redesign – featuring the publisher’s bold new look!
Thursday – 27th June 2019
‘I wrestled with life and lost.’ – Read an excerpt from Nthikeng Mohlele’s novel Rusty Bell
Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Nthikeng Mohlele’s novel Rusty Bell.
Join Masande Ntshanga for the launch of his new novel Triangulum at Exclusive Books Mall of Africa (17 July)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga, winner of the Betty Trask Award and the PEN International New Voices Award.