Non-fiction
Wednesday – 1st November 2017
New book alert: Oliver Tambo Remembered, edited by Zweledinga Pallo Jordan
Oliver Tambo Remembered is a salute to one of South Africa’s most remarkable individuals.
Tuesday – 31st October 2017
Don’t miss the launch of How To Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay by Crispian Olver at Fogarty’s Bookshop
Fogarty’s Bookshop and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of How To Steal a City by Crispian Olver.
Join Bantu Holomisa, Eric Naki and Songezo Zibi for the launch of Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer
Exclusive Books and Pan Macmillan invite you to celebrate the launch of Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer by Eric Naki.
Love Books to host the launch of Ronnie Kasrils’s new book A Simple Man, with Nomboniso Gasa
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to the launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma by Ronnie Kasrils, the gripping page-turner that courageously exposes the threats to our young democracy.
George Bizos chats about his friendship with Nelson Mandela, documented in his new book 65 Years of Friendship
‘With his second marriage to Winnie, he phoned me and said, “George, I’ve married trouble.”‘
Monday – 30th October 2017
Interracial relationships, wokeness and the politics of black women: The Cheeky Natives chat to Sisonke Msimang
In her much anticipated memoir, Sisonke Msimang writes about her exile childhood in Zambia and Kenya, young adulthood and college years in North America, and returning to South Africa in the euphoric 1990s.
Try this butternut soup with a twist from Safaris and Spices: An African Food Journey
Safaris and Spices: An African Food Journey is an African cookbook that takes inspiration from all over the world, highlighting specific African regions and food cultures.
The ‘biggest political exposé of the year’: The President’s Keepers by Jacques Pauw
An explosive new book is making waves in South Africa.
Tim Noakes’s new book Lore of Nutrition, co-authored with Marika Sboros, to be launched at Love Books
The King of Comrades Bruce Fordyce will be talking to that quiet maverick Prof Tim Noakes and co-author and veteran journalist Marika Sboros about their critical new book, Lore of Nutrition.
Friday – 27th October 2017
Join James Clarke for a talk on his new book, Overkill: The Race to Save Africa’s Wildlife
Has Africa’s wildlife reached its lowest ebb or are we about to witness the turn of the tide?
Ronnie Kasrils’s new gripping exposé – A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma
A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma is a page-turner that courageously exposes the intrigues underway and threats to our young democracy.
Thursday – 26th October 2017
Tim Noakes’s new book Lore of Nutrition to be launched in Cape Town
Penguin Random House SA and Kelvin Grove Club are hosting the club dinner for Lore of Nutrition by Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros: Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs.
‘The National Prosecuting Authority has certainly been captured’ – Glynnis Breytenbach discusses her memoir Rule of Law
‘The National Prosecuting Authority has certainly been captured, along with the police to a large degree, and any other independent institutions with an investigative capacity have all been compromised,’ Breytenbach says in an interview with Polity SA.
Wednesday – 25th October 2017
Madiba did not sell out – Mandla Langa talks about Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
‘I know that sometimes self-styled revolutionaries who are given to revisioning history, would say that Madiba sold out, or that generation sold out. But I think they should not wear today’s lenses to look at yesterday. They should use yesterday’s eyes to look at what was going on then.’
Joburg, Cape Town and Durban launch details for Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way
Jonathan Ball Publishers cordially invite you to the launches of Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way by Justin Vermaak and Douw Steyn.
First annual Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards to kick off in Lagos
The inaugural Ímbubé African Book Festival and Awards will take place in Lagos this week.
Launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma – a fast-paced, thriller-style memoir
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma by Ronnie Kasrils.
Don’t miss the launch of the George Bizos Gallery – a new wing of the Apartheid Museum
Join Penguin Random House SA for an evening of celebration at the launch of the George Bizos Gallery, a new wing of the Apartheid Museum.
Tuesday – 24th October 2017
‘Writing as a craft is important to me’ – Sisonke Msimang chats to Eusebius McKaiser about Always Another Country
Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Sisonke Msimang about her first book, Always Another Country, on his 702 radio show.
An anniversary dinner to remember: Read an excerpt from A Hat, A Kayak and Dreams of Dar
Journalist and labour commentator Terry Bell has a new book out: A Hat, A Kayak & Dreams of Dar. It’s a memoir …