Non-fiction
Monday – 10th July 2017
South Africa and the world are at an economic crossroads – Lorenzo Fioramonti
Lorenzo Fioramonti, author of Wellbeing Economy: Success in a World Without Growth, explains why you should buy his new book.
Friday – 7th July 2017
Don’t miss the launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, PE and Joburg
Join Pan Macmillan for these launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg!
Wednesday – 5th July 2017
Why South Africa ‘cannot go on like this!’ – Watch a lecture by John Kane-Berman
The breadth and depth of ideas and events covered in John Kane-Berman’s new book, Between Two Fires, are striking, and he is forthright about the threats to freedom, democracy, and growth in contemporary South Africa.
Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development
When I began to teach in 2012, I decided to start my course with an analysis of how money affects social order. What my students found particularly fascinating was the then-nascent world of cryptocurrencies, which I described at length as a crucial f
Tuesday – 4th July 2017
It’s 30 years since Cuito Cuanavale. How the battle redefined southern Africa
Thirty years ago in southern Angola, four military forces were mobilising for the largest conventional battle in Africa since the Second World War. It was a battle that would have huge consequences for Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Indeed it has
Nelson Mandela’s prison letters – many never seen before – to be published in new book
WW Norton imprint Liveright Publishing has acquired the rights to publish the “authorised and authentic” collection of Nelson Mandela’s prison letters.
Video: Will Storr, author of Selfie, explains how we became so self-obsessed and what it’s doing to us
We live in an age of perfectionism. Every day, we’re bombarded with the beautiful, successful, slim, socially-conscious and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self.
Thursday – 29th June 2017
New book exposes the world of professional hitmen in South Africa
When you next sit down at your local coffee shop, look around you: there may just be a professional hitman sitting at the next table. As author Mark Shaw reveals in this highly original and informative book, the ‘upper world’ sails perilously close to the underworld.
A true crime masterpiece: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
An intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, The Fact of a Body is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed, but about how we grapple with our own personal histories.
Win a copy of The Man Who Founded the ANC
The Reading List and Penguin Random House South Africa have got three copies of The Man Who Founded the ANC: A biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme to give away!
Don’t miss Bongani Madondo and international scholar Robin DG Kelley at Afrikan Freedom Station
Bongani Madondo’s Giant Steps presents jazz digger and biographer Robin DG Kelley and a panel on ‘Surrealism/Thelonious Monk and the psychic (spiritual) debt to Black Genius’.
Wednesday – 28th June 2017
A sneak peek of Mike Tyson’s new book, Iron Ambition: life lessons from his surrogate father
Mike Tyson’s new book Iron Ambition is a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, legendary boxing trainer and the former heavyweight champion’s surrogate father.
Tuesday – 27th June 2017
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Monday – 26th June 2017
Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich win Sunday Times Literary Awards
Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich were announced as the winners of the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards last night.
Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu chats about his book The Soweto Uprisings: Counter Memories of June 1976
When the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of The Soweto Uprisings: Counter Memories of June 1976, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School.
Friday – 23rd June 2017
The winners of the Sunday Times Literary Awards to be announced on Saturday – see the shortlists
The winners of the Sunday Times Literary Awards will be announced on Saturday, June 24. The winners of the Alan Paton Award …
Thursday – 22nd June 2017
The Hustle Defined: A practical example from DJ Sbu’s book Billionaire$ Under Construction
Sbusiso Leope, popularly known as DJ Sbu, has shared a video of a practical example of one of the things he teaches in his book Billionaire$ Under Construction: The Mindset of an Entrepreneur.
Don’t miss the launch of Tim Noakes: The Quiet Maverick by Daryl Ilbury at The Book Lounge
Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Tim Noakes: The Quiet Maverick – tonight!
Listen to Yemisi Aribisala read from her book Longthroat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Tastebuds
Yemisi Aribasala’s Longthroat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Tastebuds is a sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian food, lovingly presented by the nation’s top epicurean writer.
Wednesday – 21st June 2017
Don’t miss the launch of Guide to Sieges of South Africa by Nicki von der Heyde
There will be two Cape Town launches for Guide to Sieges of South Africa by Nicki von der Heyde.