Non-fiction
Tuesday – 12th February 2019
Squirm by Carl Hiaasen – a wildly entertaining novel celebrating the great outdoors and involving snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, and a menacing drone!
Squirm is a funny, wildly entertaining adventure about the great outdoors and protecting the environment, from bestselling author Carl Hiaasen, author of the modern classic Hoot.
Letter to a Young Queer Intellectual by Amatesiro Dore
As part of The Johannesburg Review of Books January Conversation Issue, read Amatesiro Dore’s Letter to a Young Queer Intellectual:
Everyone is Present events in Johannesburg, London and New York
If you missed Terry Kurgan’s packed book launches in Johannesburg, here’s one more chance to catch her.
Monday – 11th February 2019
Don’t miss the launch of David Brock Katz’s new book South Africans versus Rommel in Joburg (Feb 21)
Delta Books and Bookdealers invite you to the launch of South Africans versus Rommel by David Brock Katz.
Mentors, the new book by Russell Brand – Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself?
Russell Brand has a new book coming in March! In Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped, he shares the stories of the significant people who have had a positive impact on his life.
Don’t miss a book discussion around We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall at Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education
“Combining personal reflections, essays, poetry and analyses, the book provides an insiders’ perspective on the movement, which swept university campuses across the country from 2015 and boldly challenged the status quo.”
Remember to RSVP
Thursday – 7th February 2019
‘The struggle for free education matters’ – Read Malaika wa Azania’s Foreword to We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall
We Are No Longer at Ease is a collection of personal articles, essays, speeches and poetry mainly from voices of young people …
Join Francoise Malby Anthony, the author of An Elephant in My Kitchen, for a club lunch at Kelvin Grove
Join Kelvin Grove Club and Pan Macmillan for a club lunch with Françoise Malby Anthony, the author of An Elephant in My Kitchen.
Modjaji Books to open submissions in March 2019
Award-winning feminist press Modjaji Books will be opening submissions again on 1 March 2019.
Kwela 25: Iconic SA publisher celebrates 25 years of local publishing
Kwela Books is celebrating 25 years of local publishing this year, and will be hosting an event at Exclusive Books to celebrate.
Wednesday – 6th February 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch (5 March)
MFBooks Joburg and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch.
Monday – 4th February 2019
One of the first literary figures in France with a double identity, a cultural hybridity – An excerpt from The First Safari
Read an excerpt from The First Safari: Searching for François Levaillant by Ian Glenn, out now from Jacana Media!
Friday – 1st February 2019
Confronting Inequality: The South African Crisis, edited by Michael Nassen Smith, with papers by Thuli Madonsela, Ben Turok and Kgalema Motlanthe
South Africa’s distorted distribution of wealth is one of the biggest challenges facing the country’s economy, with unemployment sitting at an unsustainable 27.7%.
Thursday – 31st January 2019
Win 1 of 2 hampers containing 2000 Family Meals and 2000 Healthy Meals PLUS a R1000 Woolworths voucher
Penguin Random House is giving away two hampers, each containing copies of 2000 Family Meals and 2000 Healthy Meals, PLUS a R1,000 voucher from Woolworths!
A life well lived, extremely elegantly told – Vintage Love and Other Essays by Jolyon Nuttall
Vintage Love and Other Essays by Jolyon Nuttall is out now from Jacana Media.
Develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body with Just Eat It by Laura Thomas
Just Eat It by Laura Thomas isn’t just a book, it’s a straight-talking guide for everything you need to develop a more trusting, healthy relationship with food and your body.
Wednesday – 30th January 2019
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham – ‘a timely and incredibly readable book on this rising power’
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 29th January 2019
Moira Forjaz captures the life stories of the inhabitants of Ilha de Moçambique in The Islanders
There are centuries of history among the island’s coral stone town and macuti (palm leaf) huts, with stories that need to be told, but this time by the people and not by the historians.
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5 AM Club is a book that will transform your life. Forever.
New book alert! Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage
Picador Africa is proud to be releasing this seminal work directed towards leaders and all citizens wishing to address the extreme challenges facing Africa and South Africa.