International
Thursday – 23rd November 2017
How to Survive A Plague by David France wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
David France has won the Baillie Gifford Prize, the UK’s leading award for non-fiction, for his book How To Survive A Plague.
Monday – 20th November 2017
African artists: Apply for the Africa Centre’s Artist In Residency programmes
Africa Centre is accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency (AIR) Programmes in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States.
What I learned from Ben Okri about creative writing
Midway through his sentence Ben Okri stands up and turns to the whiteboard. “Who knows their work well?” he asks. The students in the class look at each other. “Someone give me a line, a line of your work”.
Two sisters with two very different destinies: Dip into Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel, Homegoing
The night Effia is born, a fire devastates her father’s land – and so begins a sequence of events that reverberate through the lives of her family for generations.
Zinzi Clemmons: Women of colour must divest from Lena Dunham
Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has condemned Lena Dunham’s ‘hipster racism’, saying: ‘She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us.’
Friday – 17th November 2017
Presenting the new book by Ben Okri – The Magic Lamp: Dreams of Our Age, illustrated by Rosemary Clunie
A new collection of meditations and stories from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, and illustrated by Rosemary Clunie.
Thursday – 16th November 2017
Gabeba Baderoon and PEN SA call for immediate release of Equatorial Guinean cartoonist and activist Ramón Esono Ebalé
Gabeba Baderoon has written to the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, calling for the release of …
Wednesday – 15th November 2017
Presenting Mythos: The myths of Ancient Greece retold by Stephen Fry
In Stephen Fry’s hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.
Tuesday – 14th November 2017
Chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Delia Jarrett-Macauley, included on Powerlist 2018
Delia Jarrett-Macauley, the first African Chair of the Caine Prize, has been included on the 2018 Powerlist, which honours the most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom.
Penguin Random House SA Book Club: November selection
If you love to read and belong to a book club then this is where you can discover Penguin Random House SA’s latest suggestions.
Monday – 13th November 2017
Win two Jack Reacher novels, plus a Russell Hobbs Illuma Coffee Machine
Penguin Random House SA is giving away two Jack Reacher hampers to celebrate the release of The Midnight Line!
Friday – 10th November 2017
Read an excerpt from Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa’s Dare Not Linger: The Presidency and the Constitution
As president, Nelson Mandela’s relationship with the judiciary would be severely tested.
Etisalat Prize-shortlisted book The Seed Thief by Jacqui L’Ange to be made into an international film
Jacqui L’Ange’s novel The Seed Thief is to be made into an international film.
Wednesday – 8th November 2017
Five African authors up for €100,000 International Dublin Literary Award
The Johannesburg Review of Books reports that five African authors have made the longlist for the International Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.
Monday – 6th November 2017
Read an excerpt from Jennifer Egan’s new book Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach is the long-awaited novel from Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
Friday – 3rd November 2017
The Jane Austen Collection: A gorgeous, limited edition box set
New from Pan Macmillan, a beautiful collection for Jane Austen fans.
The first proven plan to reverse Alzheimer’s Disease
In The End of Alzheimer’s, Dr Dale Bredesen offers real hope to anyone looking to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and the cognitive decline of dementia.
Wednesday – 1st November 2017
Wole Soyinka’s Inaugural Lecture at the University of Johannesburg
Professor Wole Soyinka joined the University of Johannesburg as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University’s Faculty of Humanities this year.
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering wins international book award
Lauri Kubuitsile’s novel The Scattering won the prize for best international fiction at this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, the world’s third largest book fair, in the United Arab Emirates.
Good news for fans of Jack Reacher! The Midnight Line by Lee Child is out now
Jack Reacher is back, and he’ll stop at nothing.