Non-fiction
Thursday – 22nd March 2018
Award-winning journalist and bestselling Killing Kebble author Mandy Wiener has a new book coming in May!
‘The proximity of organised crime, politics and the police is frightening.’
2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards have been announced.
Tuesday – 20th March 2018
A story of unparalleled greed and western complicity – Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
A vivid, heart-breaking portrait of the fate that so many African countries suffered after independence.
Get the most bang for your buck from the taxman: How to Get a SARS Refund by Daniel Baines
Increase your chances of getting a refund from SARS with a new book from Penguin Random House SA!
Former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram reveals details of Zuma involvement in the news channel
Bongani Bingwa spoke to Rajesh Sundaram on Radio 702 about his new tell-all book Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV, which reveals the true nature of the Zuma-Gupta cabal.
Support independent bookshops and publishers on Indiebookday! (24 March 2018)
On Saturday 24 March, independent publishers and booksellers propose readers to celebrate Indie Book Day.
Monday – 19th March 2018
New Jamie Oliver cookbook to be released in July 2018
From his early days working with Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo to his famous stint at the River Café, Italian food has influenced Jamie from the very start of his career. It’s a country that’s always been close to his heart.
Friday – 16th March 2018
‘It was time to speak out’ – Tracy Going on her memoir Brutal Legacy
‘It was time to speak out’ – Tracy Going discusses her new memoir, Brutal Legacy.
Thursday – 15th March 2018
Revealing the kind of ruler Nicholas II believed himself to be: Read an excerpt from Last of the Tsars
A short, slight man, Nicholas had succeeded his huge bear of a father, Alexander III, in 1894.
Wednesday – 14th March 2018
Line-up of local and international authors announced for 2018 Franschhoek Literary Festival
The programme for the 2018 Franschhoek Literary Festival has been revealed!
Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV – revealing the true nature of the Zuma-Gupta cabal
Indentured: Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV is Rajesh Sundaram’s story of launching ANN7, with the power-grabbing and money-hungry mogul Atul Gupta and his cronies breathing down his neck.
Tuesday – 13th March 2018
Join Johan Raath for a Recce Story Night in Pretoria
Date: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Event: SASFA Story Evening
Venue: Ruimsig Country Club, Johannesburg
Time: 18:30 for 19:00
Click here for more information.
Monday – 12th March 2018
Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey through the World’s Strangest Brains by Helen Thomson
Imagine getting lost in a one-room flat, seeing auras, never forgetting a moment, a permanent orchestra in your head, turning into a tiger, life as an out-of-body experience, feeling other people’s pain, being convinced you are dead, becoming a different person overnight …
Don’t miss the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems in Gansbaai
Marine Dynamics and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems.
Former TV star Tracy Going opens up about abusive relationship in her new book, Brutal Legacy
Tracy Going chatted to Cape Talk’s Sara-Jayne King about her new memoir, Brutal Legacy.
Friday – 9th March 2018
Join Johan Raath, author of Blood Money, for a Recce Story Night in Roodepoort
Blood Money: Stories of an ex-Recce’s Missions as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq is out soon from Jonathan Ball Publishers. Shortly …
Gau-Trained: Poems and Stories by Flow Wellington – an honest account of what it takes to make it in the big city
A candid dive into the underbelly of Joburg. Gau-Trained is Flow Wellington’s emotional account of the grit and glitz of the fabled City of Gold.
How to transform a small space into a garden of delight! The Home Gardener Series: Small Gardens
Small Gardens will show you how to transform almost any small space into a garden of delight.
A fresh, new look at the ongoing rhino crisis – Rhino Revolution: Searching for New Solutions by Clive and Anton Walker
The rhino does not belong to us. It belongs to no one. All that we own is the responsibility of ensuring that it persists and that future books on the rhino are written about its expanded range and not its declining future. – Yolan Friedman (Endangered Wildlife Trust)
Thursday – 8th March 2018
2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards longlists announced
The 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards longlists have been revealed! Fiction nominees include Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese, Sarah Godsell, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Kopano Matlwa and Jolyn Phillips, …