International
Friday – 14th July 2017
Charlie English chats about his new book, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu
Charlie English’s new book, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu, tells the story of the librarians who saved hundreds of thousands of priceless manuscripts from Al Qaeda in 2013.
Etisalat Prize for Literature call for entries and judging panel announced
The new judging panel for the Pan-African Etisalat Prize for Literature has been announced.
Listen to an excerpt from Two Nights, the new standalone thriller from Kathy Reichs
Number one New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs steps beyond her classic Temperance Brennan series in a new standalone thriller, featuring a smart, tough, talented heroine whose thirst for justice stems from her own dark past.
Thursday – 13th July 2017
First look at Nelson Mandela’s unfinished memoir – Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Drawing on Nelson Mandela’s own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of distinguished South African writer Mandla Langa.
South African youngsters beat world’s best at ‘the Olympics of reading’
A team of four South African boys has won the World Final of the global Kids Lit Quiz in Toronto, Canada – an event widely known as ‘the Olympics of reading’.
Wednesday – 12th July 2017
Two new Zadie Smith books announced, including her first historical novel
Two new books by Zadie Smith have been announced: a collection of her best short fiction over almost two decades, and her first work of historical fiction.
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic with four special editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw … to mark the 20th anniversary of first publication, Bloomsbury is publishing four House Editions of JK Rowling’s modern classic, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Submissions Call for Children’s and YA Books
Imagnary House is a boutique publishing house for children’s books and young-adult literature in Cape Town, South Africa. They have opened their submissions for 2017, and are looking to build up their publication list for the next 2 years.
Tuesday – 11th July 2017
Nnedi Okorafor’s Who Fears Death in development at HBO with George RR Martin as executive producer
Nnedi Okorafor’s novel Who Fears Death is in development as a TV series at HBO, with George RR Martin executive producing.
Friday – 7th July 2017
‘The most fun I’ve ever had on a novel’ – Deon Meyer describes writing his new book Fever
Deon Meyer says writing his new book, Fever, was eighteen months of ‘pure joy, and intense enjoyment’.
Wednesday – 5th July 2017
Win signed first editions of Arundhati Roy’s novels
Would you like to win signed copies of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy?
Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development
When I began to teach in 2012, I decided to start my course with an analysis of how money affects social order. What my students found particularly fascinating was the then-nascent world of cryptocurrencies, which I described at length as a crucial f
Hilary Mantel fans will have to wait a little longer for her final Cromwell novel
Hilary Mantel says it is ‘increasingly unlikely’ that the last novel in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy will be published by next June.
Tuesday – 4th July 2017
Nelson Mandela’s prison letters – many never seen before – to be published in new book
WW Norton imprint Liveright Publishing has acquired the rights to publish the “authorised and authentic” collection of Nelson Mandela’s prison letters.
Video: Will Storr, author of Selfie, explains how we became so self-obsessed and what it’s doing to us
We live in an age of perfectionism. Every day, we’re bombarded with the beautiful, successful, slim, socially-conscious and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self.
Monday – 3rd July 2017
The White Road – the chilling new thriller from Sarah Lotz – out in June
The White Road, the much anticipated new book by Sarah Lotz, is out in June from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Read an excerpt from Selection Day, the new novel from Man Booker Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga
‘And I’ve got news for you, Pramod. You see, when I was twenty-one years old, which is to say before you were even born, I began working on a history of the Maratha campaign at the third battle of Panipat. It had a title: “1761: the soul breaks out o
Thursday – 29th June 2017
A true crime masterpiece: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
An intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, The Fact of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed, but about how we grapple with our own personal histories.
Don’t miss Bongani Madondo and international scholar Robin DG Kelley at Afrikan Freedom Station
Bongani Madondo’s Giant Steps presents jazz digger and biographer Robin DG Kelley and a panel on ‘Surrealism/Thelonious Monk and the psychic (spiritual) debt to Black Genius’.
Wednesday – 28th June 2017
A sneak peek of Mike Tyson’s new book, Iron Ambition: life lessons from his surrogate father
Mike Tyson’s new book Iron Ambition is a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, legendary boxing trainer and the former heavyweight champion’s surrogate father.