International

Monday – 24th June 2019

Two Short Story Day Africa writers shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize For African Writing

Short Story Day Africa is extremely proud to have first discovered and published two of the five stories shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing – for the second time since the project’s inception.

Friday – 21st June 2019

The Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes – one of the Guardian’s ‘Best Books of 2019’

Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a glass of wine and Natalie Haynes’s new novel A Thousand Ships, one of the Guardian’s ‘Best Books of 2019’.

Timeless and Trendsetting – Win a spectacular Penguin Classics box set including 80 books!

WIN 1 of 2 hampers with a Little Black Classics box set (80 books in the Little Black Classics series), a Penguin Black Classics canvas tote bag, PLUS a set of limited edition Penguin Classics temporary tattoos!

Thursday – 20th June 2019

Under the Camelthorn Tree: Raising a Family Among Lions by Kate Nicholls – a 21st-century My Family and Other Animals with a dark side

Under the Camelthorn Tree: Raising a Family Among Lions – a mother’s gritty yet often humorous account of bringing up her five children in a lion research camp – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Read The Sun is Also a Star, the internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything, before you see the movie

Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

One man. Two lives. A family divided. Jeffrey Archer’s Heads You Win – out now in paperback!

Out now in paperback, Heads You Win is the incredible and thrilling novel from the master storyteller Jeffrey Archer, with a final twist you won’t see coming.

Wednesday – 19th June 2019

Jack Reacher and Will Trent. Twice the action, twice the drama, double the trouble

Cleaning the Gold by Karin Slaughter and Lee Child – get ready for a turbo-charged short read from two of the world’s biggest thriller writers!

Tuesday – 18th June 2019

Penguin Random House SA June Book Club competition – win a hamper of eight books and a tote bag

Tell Penguin Random House SA about your book club and win!

Friday – 14th June 2019

The Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Spanish Promise by bestselling author Karen Swan

Staying in this evening? Warm yourself up with a glass of wine and Karen Swan’s sizzling summer novel The Spanish Promise.

Thursday – 13th June 2019

Adrian Hayes is coming to South Africa to share his hair-raising new book – One Man’s Climb: A Journey of Trauma, Tragedy and Triumph on K2

A deeply moving story of the beauty and brutality of life and death on the world’s most unpredictable and perilous mountain.

[Watch] Bestselling author John Boyne has a message for his South African fans about his new book My Brother’s Name is Jessica

John Boyne recorded a short video message for his South African fans about his new book, My Brother’s Name is Jessica.

Forget the 10,000-hour rule. All you need is Range.

No matter what you do or where you are in life, you will see the world differently after you’ve read Range.

Wednesday – 12th June 2019

Dead at First Sight by Peter James – full of suspense and twists you won’t see coming

Dead at First Sight, the 15th Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed, number one bestselling author Peter James, is out this month!

Tuesday – 11th June 2019

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in Candice Carty-Williams’s sharp, relatable and evocative debut novel Queenie

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams is a disarmingly honest, boldly political and inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place.

The bestselling books in South Africa – May

This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 2 May 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.

The lottery of life and love in Lagos – find out more about Toni Kan’s new short story collection Nights of the Creaking Bed

Corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence and the importance of joy are some of the big themes that underlie Toni Kan’s memorable collection, Nights of the Creaking Bed.