Non-fiction
Friday – 5th October 2018
Win a hamper of the best new international releases from Penguin Random House SA
Two winners will each receive a hamper of Penguin Random House SA’s favourite international titles!
Thursday – 4th October 2018
Cover reveal! Sisonke Msimang’s new book The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela
Sisonke Msimang has revealed the cover for her new book The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela!
Don’t miss the launch of Born to Kwaito by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu with Mohale Mashigo at The Book Lounge
Join authors Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu as they take us on a trip down Kwaito lane at The Book Lounge.
Join Khaya Dlanga for the launch of his new book These Things Really Do Happen To Me in Joburg
Join Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books to celebrate the launch of Khaya Dlanga’s latest book, These Things Really Do Happen to Me.
Wednesday – 3rd October 2018
Join Ton Vosloo for the launch of Across Boundaries in Pretoria
Exclusive Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Across Boundaries/Oor Grense by Ton Vosloo.
Find your flow: Apply for the Short Story Day Africa 2018 Flow Writing Workshop in Kigali
Calling all writers in Rwanda! Apply today to attend the 2018 Hotel Africa Flow Workshop hosted by Goethe-Institut Kigali.
‘The latest and perhaps juiciest Trump tell-all to land this year’ – Full Disclosure by Stormy Daniels
She was already well-known in some circles before March 6, 2018, but that’s probably the first time you heard the name Stormy Daniels. That’s the day she filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Her much-anticipated tell-all book releases in stores today!
Monday – 1st October 2018
Out now from the Picador Africa Heritage Series: Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo
Picador Africa celebrates five important books in the Heritage Series. 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with Myself by Nelson …
Thursday – 27th September 2018
Rare archival photographs contrasted with vivid scenes of the modern city in Johannesburg Then and Now
Johannesburg Then and Now by Marc Latilla – a superb collection of images and text that will delight both local residents and visitors, out now from Penguin Random House SA!
Join David Bristow for the launch of The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep at Obz Books
The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep offers spellbinding stories of amazing, little-known characters from South Africa, past and very past. They will excite, entertain and enthral you!
‘He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown’ – Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is out now
‘Explosive’ – The Washington Post
‘Devastating’ – The New Yorker
‘Unprecedented’ – CNN
Make Annabel Karmel’s no sugar chocolate-orange energy balls from Real Food Kids Will Love
In Real Food Kids Will Love, Annabel Karmel brings you a mouthwatering batch of never-before-seen recipes featuring delicious ingredients with serious nutritional credentials.
Wednesday – 26th September 2018
Don’t miss the launch of As You Like It – Talking gender, social justice and sexuality with The Cheeky Natives
Jacana Media and The Other Foundation invite you to the launch of As You Like It, hosted by the Forum for the Empowerment of Women.
Tuesday – 25th September 2018
Join author David Muirhead and illustrator Patricia de Villiers for the launch of Cat Among the Pigeons in Hermanus
Penguin Random House and The Book Cottage invite you to the launch of Cat Among the Pigeons: Animal Myths, Musings and Matters of Fact.
Friday – 21st September 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History at The Book Lounge
Join The Book Lounge and Penguin Random House for the launch of Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History.
Don’t miss the launch of Landa Mabenge’s trans memoir ‘Becoming Him’ at Love Books
‘Brilliantly written. Fiercely brave. Effortlessly inspiring. His story is one of never allowing circumstances to dictate your destiny.’
Thursday – 20th September 2018
Quitting alcohol and looking for meaning in life – Rebecca Davis chats about Self-Helpless: A Cynic’s Search for Sanity
‘So I quit drinking, and it was only in the wake of stopping to consume alcohol in excess weekly that I realised the degree to which many of us use alcohol as an existential crutch.’
Imprisoned – Sylvia Neame’s extraordinary personal account of incarceration under apartheid
Imprisoned: The Experience of a Prisoner Under Apartheid by Sylvia Neame is coming soon from Jacana Media.
Wednesday – 19th September 2018
Don’t miss the launch of A Person My Colour: Love, Adoption and Parenting While White by Martina Dahlmanns
Modjaji Books and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Modjaji’s latest memoir, A Person My Colour: Love, Adoption and Parenting While White by Martina Dahlmanns with contributions by Tumi Jonas-Mpofu.
There Goes English Teacher: Forthcoming memoir from Modjaji Books launching twice in Cape Town
Searingly honest, heartachingly funny and deeply sad, Karin Cronje’s powerful memoir There Goes English Teacher spans three years of adventures and misadventures as an English teacher in a small Korean village and later at a university.