Non-fiction
Monday – 22nd July 2019
Soutie and the Big Crocodile
When PW Botha AKA The Big Crocodile enlisted young foreigners in South Africa’s armed forces he was expecting the heroic descendants of Vasco Da Gama, Winston Churchill and Field Marshall Rommel.
All the book launch details for The Stellenbosch Mafia by Pieter du Toit – in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Joburg and Pretoria
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit.
Friday – 19th July 2019
Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story – the riveting memoir by Gabi Lowe, the mother of Lead SA activist Jenna Lowe
Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story is the riveting memoir by Gabi Lowe, the mother of Lead SA activist Jenna Lowe, the brilliant teenager who was the driving force behind the famous #GetMeto21 campaign.
Thursday – 18th July 2019
‘South Africa needs this book.’ Find out more about Because I Couldn’t Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman
Because I Couldn’t Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman is out in August from Jacana Media and MFBooks Joburg.
Join Yusuf Daniels for the Cape Town launch of Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken) (18 July)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Yusuf Daniels’s humorous and unique memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken).
Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come – An introvert’s year of living dangerously
What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs?
Jessica Pan is going to find out.
Wednesday – 17th July 2019
Join the #PleasureRevolution at the Joburg launch of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s new book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure (7 Aug)
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to join the #PleasureRevolution at the launch of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s new book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure.
Watch Quintus Potgieter’s in-depth book review of The A to Z of South African Politics
Quintus Potgieter reviews The A to Z of South African Politics: People, Parties and Players on his digital talk show – The Quintessential Show.
The bestselling books in South Africa – June
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 6 June 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.
Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power and the Workplace – Facebook and Google veteran Marissa Orr explains why our efforts to close the gender gap have failed
Lean Out offers contrarian, often humorous insights to this critical global dialogue and provides a pathway for both individuals and companies to promote a more inclusive workplace that benefits all employees.
Tuesday – 16th July 2019
‘Born the wrong colour – so I had to die’: Sara-Jayne King talks about identity, adoption and her memoir Killing Karoline
Author, journalist and Cape Talk presenter Sara-Jayne King spoke to the BBC’s Andile Masuka recently about identity, adoption and her harrowing memoir, Killing Karoline.
‘The best way to understand a country’s history is through the lives of its people’ – Watch a video interview with Bill Nasson on Illuminating Lives
Bill Nasson explores the people at the heart of his and Vivian Bickford-Smith’s collection of biographical essays, Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History.
The Rise of the Ultra Runners by Adharanand Finn – an electrifying and inspiring account of one of the toughest sports in the world
Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness?
Monday – 15th July 2019
Join Letshego Zulu for the launch of her memoir I Choose to Live: Life After Losing Gugu at Exclusive Books Sandton City (18 July)
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of I Choose To Live: Life After Losing Gugu, Letshego Zulu’s much-anticipated memoir of courage, healing and triumph.
The Stellenbosch Mafia – all male, all Afrikaans, and all stinking rich – what influence does this billionaires’ club exert on South Africa?
The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit is out in July 2019 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani – the international literary sensation written secretly via text message from immigration detention
No Friend but the Mountains is an award-winning, devastating true story of survival from illegally imprisoned refugee, Behrouz Boochani.
Thursday – 11th July 2019
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Yusuf Daniels’s memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken) (11 July)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Yusuf Daniels’s humorous and unique memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken).
The First Breath – the story of the cutting-edge medicine that has saved a generation of babies
The First Breath – a powerful medical memoir about the extraordinary fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation of babies into the world.
Wednesday – 10th July 2019
Watch the book trailer for No Neutral Ground: Finding Jesus in a Cape Town Ghetto by Pete Portal, shot on location in the Cape Flats
No Neutral Ground is the gripping account of Pete Portal’s move from London to Manenberg, of addicts and gangsters meeting Jesus and being transformed and all the heartbreak and failure along the way.
I Choose To Live: Life After Losing Gugu – Letshego Zulu’s tragic and inspiring memoir
When Letshego Zulu set off with her husband, South African racing champion Gugulethu Zulu, to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2016, she had no idea that she would return to South Africa days later with her husband’s body in a coffin.