Non-fiction

Monday – 28th January 2019

A step-by-step guide for women – Divorce Smart: The Girl’s Guide to Divorcing Well by Christel du Toit

This book is a step-by-step guide for women to navigating the legal paperwork, childcare planning and financial security issues one will face during and after a divorce.

Simple, healthy and delicious – try Joe Wicks’s Spicy Aubergine Spaghetti

Spicy Aubergine Spaghetti
Posted by Joe Wicks in Recipes

Friday – 25th January 2019

Don’t miss the launch of Real Meal Revolution: Low-Carb Cooking in Johannesburg

Come and witness a live studio demo and taste recipes from the cookbook!

Thursday – 24th January 2019

Breaking A Rainbow, Building A Nation author Rekgotsofetse Chikane on how certain universities were ignored during #FeesMustFall

Rekgotsofetse Chikane chatted to Ashraf Garda on SAfm’s The View Point about his fascinating book, Breaking A Rainbow, Building A Nation, which explores the politics of the #MustFall movements.

Win 1 of 2 book hampers, each with a copy of Youth Revolution and Class Action

Penguin Random House is proud to bring you some of the best local non-fiction this month – and a chance to win!

South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II by David Brock Katz

Relying on deep research in South African and British archives, David Brock Katz recounts a side of the Desert War that has never received the attention it deserves in South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II.

Wednesday – 23rd January 2019

‘Tsafendas was a perfectly sane man who considered Verwoerd the brains behind apartheid’ – Harris Dousemetzis on his book The Man Who Killed Apartheid

Harris Dousemetzis was on CNBC Africa to discuss his book The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas.

Tuesday – 22nd January 2019

‘I may have left my abusive partner, but the trauma and shame never left me’ – Vanessa Govender discusses her memoir Beaten But Not Broken

‘I may have walked away, I may have left my abusive partner, but the trauma and the pain and the anguish and the shame have never left me.’

Monday – 21st January 2019

‘Get married. Have babies. Then continue with secret boyfriends.’ Read an excerpt from Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien

Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Lives of Great Men, the award-winning memoir from Chike Frankie Edozien.

Don’t miss the launch of Charles Abrahams’s new book Class Action: In Search of a Larger Life at The Book Lounge (13 Feb)

‘A beautifully told, heartfelt story about hunger, sex, identity and legal idealism and creativity. When it ended I wanted more.’ – Albie Sachs

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Graham Viney for a Royal Tribute Movie Night

Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an evening with Graham Viney, author of The Last Hurrah: South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947, as he indulges our curiosity of the British Royal Family.

Friday – 18th January 2019

Struik Nature wishes you an adventurous 2019! Join the club – for free – and win

Join the Struik Nature Club now and stand a chance to WIN 1 of 2 prize hampers!

Thursday – 17th January 2019

Class Action: In Search of a Larger Life – Charles Abrahams’s remarkable journey of resistance and healing

Class Action depicts a remarkable journey of resistance and healing in reaction to institutionalised greed and racism and the harm it has done to our identities, our relationships and the people of our country.

Wednesday – 16th January 2019

Don’t miss Sihle Khumalo at The Book Lounge for the launch of Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse (24 Jan)

Join Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge for the launch of Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse, the new book by Sihle Khumalo, the bestselling author of Dark Continent My Black Arse and Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu.

Join LesDaChef for a signing event for his new cookbook Dijo: My Food, My Journey at Exclusive Books Clearwater (26 Jan)

Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the signing of Dijo: My Food, My Journey by LesDaChef.

The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan – a new history of the world

The New Silk Roads – a brand new book by Peter Frankopan – takes a fresh look at the network of relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today.

Friday – 11th January 2019

Sapiens – a thrilling account of humankind’s extraordinary history, from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age

In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how we got here and where we’re going.

Thursday – 10th January 2019

African Wild Flowers: To Read, Colour and Keep – interesting facts and hours of fun for children

Colouring-in is a favourite children’s pastime, and here’s a new addition to Struik Nature’s ‘Read, Colour and Keep’ series that will give hours of fun, while also expanding children’s knowledge of the natural world.