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Thursday – 27th July 2017
2017 Man Booker Prize longlist announced
The longlist for the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced.
Writing tips from highly acclaimed, number one bestselling author Peter James
Peter James is the author of the famous DS Roy Grace crime novels, which have sold 18 million copies worldwide.
Wednesday – 26th July 2017
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pays touching tribute to Binyavanga Wainaina: ‘A great and rare and genuine talent’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie paid homage to Binyavanga Wainaina yesterday evening, in a touching message read out at an event at Wits University in Johannesburg.
Tuesday – 25th July 2017
Tess Gerritsen shares an excerpt from her latest novel, I Know a Secret
I Know a Secret is the 12th book in Tess Gerritsen’s bestselling Rizzoli and Isles suspense and thriller novel series.
Monday – 24th July 2017
Nakhane Toure wins another best actor award for Inxeba – The Wound
Nakhane Touré won the Best Actor award at the prestigious Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) over the weekend for his role in the critically acclaimed gay isiXhosa film Inxeba‚ also known as The Wound.
Read an excerpt from No Middle Name, The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Stories
The complete Jack Reacher short stories, from number one bestseller Lee Child, have been published together for the first time in No Middle Name!
The best books on Ghana: Part of The Guardian’s World Library series
Pushpinder Khaneka, the author of Read the World: A Country-by-Country Guide to the Best Books on the Global South, has compiled a literary tour of Ghana for The Guardian.
Top tips on how to forge a career in writing from bestselling author Jane Green
Jane Green, author of Falling, Saving Grace and most recently The Sunshine Sisters, shares her tips for writers.
Friday – 21st July 2017
The buzz is incredible around Tomi Adeyemi’s West African fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone
Back in April, Tomi Adeyemi, a 23-year-old Harvard University graduate one year out of university, landed one of the biggest Young Adult debut novel publishing deals ever.
Thursday – 20th July 2017
African perspectives on gender, social justice and sexuality: Africa in Dialogue interviews the Gerald Kraak Award shortlist
Africa in Dialogue has published an online collection of interviews with all the writers and artists shortlisted for the 2016 Gerald Kraak Award.
Dying Before Your Time
Whatever you believe in God, Allah, Buda, or the Singular Universal Oneness that binds us all, by having faith, you can learn to understand that nothing is impossible.
Wednesday – 19th July 2017
Bank of England unveils new £10 note to commemorate 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death
‘Austen’s novels have a universal appeal and speak as powerfully today as they did when they were first published.’
Michael Crichton on top form with new, recently discovered novel Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton, the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in a recently discovered novel, Dragon Teeth,
‘What is the acceptable amount of blood for good literature?’ Arundhati Roy’s new novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness reviewed
In the latest issue of the newly launched Johannesburg Review of Books, Panashe Chigumadzi reviews Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
How to use The Reading List
The Reading List is a new place to find and share the best in books. Hooray!
Read an excerpt from Lesley Pearse’s new novel The Woman in the Wood
Read an extract from the enthralling new novel from Lesley Pearse, the 10-million-copy, no. 1 bestselling author – now available online and at bookstores countrywide!
Tuesday – 18th July 2017
[Video and podcast] Sisonke Msimang on whiteness, multiculturalism and Jacob Zuma
CBC/Radio-Canada has published a multimedia feature on journalist and activist Sisonke Msimang as part of a global series titled ‘Us and Them: …
Monday – 17th July 2017
Watch MR Carey read Chapter 1 of The Girl With All the Gifts prequel The Boy on the Bridge
MR Carey has shared an excerpt from his new book The Boy on the Bridge, the prequel to his phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts.
Nathan Hill will be at Open Book this year – find out more about his debut hit The Nix
The Open Book Festival will take place in Cape Town from 6 to 10 September this year, featuring a number of exciting international authors including Nathan Hill!
One for the kids: New book brings dinosaurs back to life with Augmented Reality!
Unleash a T-Rex on the breakfast table, or take a photo of your friends as a mighty Pteranodon swoops through the air before their eyes …