Non-fiction
Wednesday – 7th November 2018
South African Literary Awards winners announced—Mongane Wally Serote is South Africa’s new Poet Laureate
Mongane Wally Serote has been announced as South Africa’s new Poet Laureate at the 2018 South African Literary Awards ceremony.
Get your copy of Zapiro’s new book Let the Sunshine In signed in Joburg and Midrand!
When all around is crumbling, when fake news and zipped lips conceal the truth, Zapiro comes to the rescue. With the dissecting eye of a surgeon, the rapier-like point of his pen exposes flimflam and reveals with a single line what lies behind the action.
Tuesday – 6th November 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Set a Table by Karen Dudley at The Book Lounge (20 Nov)
Set a Table is Karen’s latest offering, following in the footsteps of her groundbreaking and much-loved Week in the Kitchen books.
Monday – 5th November 2018
South Africa has something approaching a crisis of undiagnosed mental health issues – Rebecca Davis chats about her new book Self-Helpless: A Cynic’s Search for Sanity
Rebecca Davis chatted to The Reading List about her new book Self-Helpless: A Cynic’s Search for Sanity, a humorous take on the self-improvement industry, out now from Pan Macmillan!
The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas by Harris Dousemetzis – a complete about turn on one of the apartheid government’s greatest cover-ups
The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas by Harris Dousemetzis is out now from Jacana Media.
Friday – 2nd November 2018
It’s been one helluva year – again – who better to make sense of it than Zapiro? Presenting Let the Sunshine In!
Jacana Media presents Zapiro’s 2018 annual: Let the Sunshine In!
‘A modern day Byron for the Instagram generation’ – presenting The Dark Between Stars, the new book by poetry sensation Atticus
From the internationally bestselling author of Love Her Wild comes The Dark Between Stars, a new illustrated collection of heartfelt, whimsical and romantic poems from Instagram poetry sensation, Atticus.
Spread the magic this festive season with a book: Exclusive Books Festive Catalogue released
Exclusive Books has released its annual Festive Catalogue, featuring new books from Michelle Obama, DJ Sbu and Jamie Oliver.
Thursday – 1st November 2018
South African cuisine with a unique twist – Dijo: My Food, My Journey by Chef Lesego Semenya (LesDaChef)
‘Wow, you don’t look like a chef!’ This statement is something Chef Lesego Semenya has heard many a time over the years. His response is always: ‘So, what does a chef look like?’
Don’t miss Khaya Dlanga at Bridge Books Maboneng for the launch of his new book These Things Really Do Happen To Me (3 Nov)
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction. That certainly is the case when considering the things that happen to Khaya Dlanga in the course of his everyday life.
Wednesday – 31st October 2018
Find out how to eat for a thriving gut at the launch of The Mandala Kitchen in Franschhoek
Jacana Media and The Work Shed invite you to the launch of The Mandala Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Heal and Restore Your Gut by Marlien Wright.
Bank Robber: My Time with Andre Stander by Allan Heyl – the last surviving member of the Stander Gang
The last surviving member of the so-called Stander Gang tells the true story behind South Africa’s most notorious bank robbers.
Bank Robber – My Time with André Stander by Allan Heyl is now available: http://bit.ly/2y21qAY
‘If we don’t write about Fees Must Fall ourselves, someone else will’ – Rekgotsofetse Chikane chats about Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation
‘There was a professor at UCT who […] wrote the first Feel Must Fall book. It was a horrible depiction of the movement, completely misled, had no insight on what was happening inside the movement.’
Top-level police investigation underway into allegations of a paedophile ring contained in The Lost Boys of Bird Island
A police investigation is underway into the allegations of a paedophile ring involving senior members of the National Party government contained in the book The Lost Boys of Bird Island, written by Mark Minnie and Chris Steyn.
2018 City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award finalists announced
The five finalists for the prestigious City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award have been revealed! The biennial prize is awarded to a new …
An urgent and necessary book – Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition by Francis Fukuyama
Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition is an urgent and necessary book: a sharp warning that unless we forge a universal understanding of human dignity, we will doom ourselves to continual conflict.
Tuesday – 30th October 2018
Redi Tlhabi joins chorus of furious voices over quotes on the cover of new Winnie Madikizela-Mandela book, Truth, Lies and Alibis
‘I AM APPALLED! HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU TAFELBERG!!!’ – Journalist and author Redi Tlhabi has hit out at Tafelberg Publishers for ‘underhand, dishonest’ conduct, after the publisher printed a quotation from her on the cover of Fred Bridgland’s new book on Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Truth, Lies and Alibis.
Join Tumi Morake for the launch of And Then Mama Said … at The Book Lounge in Cape Town (15 Nov)
Join Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge for the launch of And Then Mama Said … by Tumi Morake.
Monday – 29th October 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Sihle Khumalo’s new book Rainbow Nation My Zulu Arse in Sandton
Join Penguin Random House at Exclusive Books Sandton City 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 John Dugard and Rehana Rossouw for a book discussion of Confronting Apartheid at The Troyeville Hotel
Jacana Media and The Troyeville Hotel invite you to the discussion of John Dugard’s Confronting Apartheid: A Personal History of South Africa, Namibia and Palestine.