International
Thursday – 2nd August 2018
Read an excerpt from The People in the Trees, the stunning debut novel from Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life
The People in the Trees is a powerful work of visionary literary fiction from Hanya Yanagihara, the bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize and National Book Award-nominated modern classic, A Little Life.
Don’t miss Panashe Chigumadzi at African Flavour Books for the launch These Bones Will Rise Again
African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Wednesday – 1st August 2018
Don’t miss the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again
Jacana Media invite you to the Polokwane launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
A man, his girlfriend and the mother who won’t let him go: Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
Listen to an excerpt from The Other Woman by Sandie Jones, a gripping new thriller about a mother whose love for her son threatens his relationship with his new girlfriend.
Tuesday – 31st July 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again at Exclusive Books Brooklyn in Pretoria
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books Brooklyn Mall invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Monday – 30th July 2018
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai – an ‘expansive, huge-hearted novel that conveys the scale of the trauma of the early Aids crisis’
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai: two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world.
Friday – 27th July 2018
New book alert! Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman
Inside the Trump White House: The shocking truth will be revealed in Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman.
House of Stone – Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s unflinching epic about the fall of Rhodesia and the turbulent birth of Zimbabwe
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma’s House of Stone is a masterful, haunting debut set during the tumultuous beginnings of Zimbabwe that explores the creative – and often destructive – act of history-making.
Thursday – 26th July 2018
Win a pair of page-turning thrillers by Jessica Knoll
Addicted to page-turning, suspense-ridden psychological thrillers? Then you need to enter this Jessica Knoll competition right now!
Wednesday – 25th July 2018
Listen to an excerpt from The Hunters by Kat Gordon – a seductive, troubling journey into Britain’s colonial past
The Hunters by Kat Gordon is a sweeping, coming-of-age story set against the richly atmospheric backdrop of colonial Kenya in the 1920s.
Listen to an excerpt from Robin by David Itzkoff, the revelatory new biography of Robin Williams
Robin by Dave Itzkoff is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
Tuesday – 24th July 2018
2018 Man Booker Prize longlist announced
The 2018 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced, including a graphic novel for the first time.
A story of survival, solitude and unlikely friendship – listen to an excerpt from The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
Tender and savage, The Shepherds Hut by Tim Winton is a stunning meditation on forgiveness and kindness as the ultimate acts of love. Most of all it is about what it takes to keep hope alive in a parched and brutal world.
Monday – 23rd July 2018
‘The best memoir published in years’ – I Will Be Complete by acclaimed novelist Glen David Gold
I Will Be Complete is a shocking, big-hearted memoir about bestselling author Glen David Gold’s bizarre upbringing in California in the 1970s and how he survived it.
Friday – 20th July 2018
Local author Amy Heydenrych launches her international debut Shame on You at Love Books
Amy Heydenrych is a local author on the rise. Not only has she had her first novel published internationally, but she has been chosen as a Mail & Guardian Young South African of 2018.
Wednesday – 18th July 2018
The world today could do with a dose of Nelson Mandela’s leadership – Peter Hain, author of Mandela: His Essential Life
‘You’ve got President Trump, you’ve got President Putin, you’ve got Erdoğan in Turkey, all these authoritarian figures, and they appeal to people’s base instincts. Nelson Mandela always appealed to people’s higher instincts in the way that he led.’
Celebrate what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday with a landmark book
Today Penguin Random House celebrates what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday with The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela.
Tuesday – 17th July 2018
It’s Madiba’s centenary this month! Read all about his legacy in Peter Hain’s new book Mandela: His Essential Life
Mandela: His Essential Life chronicles the life and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most influential and admired statesmen.
Listen to a 1971 letter from Mandela to his daughter Zenani, from the new book The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
‘You will be able to pay me a visit in 1975, when you will have turned 16, but I am growing impatient, and the coming five years feel longer than eternity.’
Monday – 16th July 2018
Don’t miss Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, in Johannesburg
Penguin Random House and Wits University invite you to an evening with Arundhati Roy.