Non-fiction
Thursday – 20th July 2017
African perspectives on gender, social justice and sexuality: Africa in Dialogue interviews the Gerald Kraak Award shortlist
Africa in Dialogue has published an online collection of interviews with all the writers and artists shortlisted for the 2016 Gerald Kraak Award.
Jonathan Jansen to launch book writing initiative for budding black writers
Professor Jonathan Jansen has announced plans for a series of book-writing workshops in ‘major townships’ across South Africa.
Don’t miss the launch of The Fifth Mrs Brink by Karina Szczurek at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of Karina M Szczurek’s new soul-baring memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink.
Dying Before Your Time
Whatever you believe in God, Allah, Buda, or the Singular Universal Oneness that binds us all, by having faith, you can learn to understand that nothing is impossible.
Wednesday – 19th July 2017
Michael Crichton on top form with new, recently discovered novel Dragon Teeth
Michael Crichton, the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, returns to the world of paleontology in a recently discovered novel, Dragon Teeth,
How to use The Reading List
The Reading List is a new place to find and share the best in books. Hooray!
Tuesday – 18th July 2017
[Video and podcast] Sisonke Msimang on whiteness, multiculturalism and Jacob Zuma
CBC/Radio-Canada has published a multimedia feature on journalist and activist Sisonke Msimang as part of a global series titled ‘Us and Them: …
2017 Writivism Prize shortlists announced – with stories from South Africa, Cameroon, Malawi and Nigeria
The shortlists for the 2017 Writivism Short Story Prize and the Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Non-fiction have been announced!
Monday – 17th July 2017
One for the kids: New book brings dinosaurs back to life with Augmented Reality!
Unleash a T-Rex on the breakfast table, or take a photo of your friends as a mighty Pteranodon swoops through the air before their eyes …
Friday – 14th July 2017
Charlie English chats about his new book, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu
Charlie English’s new book, The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu, tells the story of the librarians who saved hundreds of thousands of priceless manuscripts from Al Qaeda in 2013.
Robert Marawa on why you need to read Being a Black Springbok: ‘I don’t talk up things that I don’t believe in’
Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story, written by Sibusiso Mjikeliso, was launched in Port Elizabeth recently with Robert Marawa.
Margie Orford steps down from PEN South Africa presidency, welcomes Nadia Davids to the role
Margie Orford is standing down from the presidency of PEN South Africa, with Nadia Davids set to take over.
Thursday – 13th July 2017
First look at Nelson Mandela’s unfinished memoir – Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
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.
Thandeka Gqubule talks about using African proverbs and history in her biography of Thuli Madonsela
Thandekqa Gqubule explains the use of proverbs and stories in her new biography of the former Public Protector, No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela.
Win a copy of the new book Africa’s Billionaires: Inspirational stories from the continent’s wealthiest people
Penguin Random House SA has three copies of Africa’s Billionaires: Inspirational stories from the continent’s wealthiest people to give away!
Tuesday – 11th July 2017
Hamba kahle, Emma Mashinini
The feisty and inspirational Emma Mashinini has passed away at age 87. Emma’s memoir, Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life was originally published by The Women’s Press UK in 1989 and republished by Picador Africa in South Africa in 2012 with a new foreword by Jay Naidoo.
Don’t miss the launch of Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were by Philip Lymbery
‘Dead Zone is a must-read book for everyone who loves the wondrous wild creatures with whom we share our precious planet.’ – Joanna Lumley OBE
Chizi’s Tale: The story of how one of Africa’s fiercest animals was raised by a remarkable family
On an August day, in Zimbabwe, a newborn black rhino lost his mother. Black rhinos are critically endangered. Knowing that the calf would not survive without help, a park ranger made an astonishing decision: he took the rhino home.
Monday – 10th July 2017
Sisonke Msimang on writing her memoir: ‘The dissonance between the SA of our dreams and the SA we have built’
Sisonke Msimang chatted to Heather Robertson of Nal’ibali recently about stories, activism, and her forthcoming memoir, Always Another Country.
New book sets the record straight about Mandela’s last years
Mandela’s Last Years by Vejay Ramlakan is out now from Penguin Random House SA.