Non-fiction
Monday – 20th November 2017
African artists: Apply for the Africa Centre’s Artist In Residency programmes
Africa Centre is accepting applications for its 2017 Artist In Residency (AIR) Programmes in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States.
Entries open for Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
Submissions are open for the 2018 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.
Join Zapiro for a coffee morning at Love Books to celebrate his new book
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to a coffee morning with Zapiro to chat about new book Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Friday – 17th November 2017
Reading to Write: Don’t miss this Abantu Book Festival warm-up event with Athambile Masola and Sihle Khumalo
Kaya FM and the Abantu Book Festival bring you their first book club meeting of the summer!
Teko Modise’s new book The Curse of Teko Modise will reveal ‘shocking stuff’ – including how he consulted ‘a powerful medicine man’ from the Congo
The book reveals how Teko Modise consulted with ‘a powerful medicine man – a king from the Congo’ to help break the curse that prevented him from winning a trophy.
Join Zapiro at Wits Education Campus for the presentation of his new book, Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Jacana Media are thrilled to invite you to the Johannesburg launch of Zapiro’s new book Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
An all-in-one guide to hiking trails, the right equipment and dealing with emergencies: Hiking Trails of South Africa
Whether you’re just getting into hiking, or have been on the trails for years, this is the book for you!
Thursday – 16th November 2017
Guide to submitting your manuscript to Jonathan Ball Publishers
Have you finished your book? Wondering how to get published? Have a look at Jonathan Ball Publishers manuscript submission guidelines.
‘The sooner the ANC deal with this matter the better’ – Bantu Holomisa on Jacques Pauw’s controversial book The President’s Keepers
‘The president is at the centre stage in influencing or leading these corrupt practices.’
Wednesday – 15th November 2017
Hasta la Gupta, Baby! Don’t miss Zapiro’s Cape Town book launch with Pravin Gordhan
Join Zapiro and special guest Pravin Gordhan in Cape Town for the launch of his latest annual Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Presenting Mythos: The myths of Ancient Greece retold by Stephen Fry
In Stephen Fry’s hands the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.
Tuesday – 14th November 2017
Don’t miss the launch of Enemy of the People at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Enemy of the People by Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit.
Comrades and corruption – Read an excerpt from Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer
Holomisa and Mandela did not speak to or see each other for some time after he was shown the door by the party. “We first saw each other again when he invited me to his house at Qunu. I regarded this as an opportunity to hear from him personally what he had told a radio station about my case.
Penguin Random House SA Book Club: November selection
If you love to read and belong to a book club then this is where you can discover Penguin Random House SA’s latest suggestions.
Career opportunities at the South African Book Fair and South African Book Development Council
The South African Book Development Council (SABDC) has advertised four career opportunities. The SABDC is responsible for the South African Book Fair and …
Monday – 13th November 2017
[Video] Mandla Langa hopes Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years will ‘jog the memory’ of ANC leadership
Drawing on Nelson Mandela’s own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of distinguished South African writer Mandla Langa.
Crispian Olver discusses his book How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay
The book is written as a gripping real-life thriller, taking the reader deeper and deeper into the rotten heart of the city.
Friday – 10th November 2017
Read an excerpt from Nelson Mandela and Mandla Langa’s Dare Not Linger: The Presidency and the Constitution
As president, Nelson Mandela’s relationship with the judiciary would be severely tested.
‘The nation is staring down the barrel of a gun, held by a thief’ – Pieter du Toit and Adriaan Basson on their new book Enemy of the People
Enemy of the People is the first definitive account of Zuma’s catastrophic misrule, offering eyewitness descriptions and cogent analysis of how South Africa was brought to its knees – and how a people fought back.
Shaping South Africa: Win four books and a Big Blue voucher
Each hamper includes a R1,000 Big Blue voucher, plus a copy of each of the following books: 65 Years of Friendship, South Africa’s Constitution at Twenty-one, Woman in the Wings, and Speeches That Shaped South Africa.