Non-fiction
Wednesday – 21st June 2017
New book festival to be launched in Tshwane: Tjo!StoryFest – Everyone Has A Story
The residents of Tshwane are in for a unique treat. They will be closing off Youth Month and welcoming Mandela Month with a new, exciting edition to the cultural calendar: Tjo!StoryFest!
Monday – 19th June 2017
Mohale Mashigo lists five books she recommends for every South African library
Mohale Mashigo, author of The Yearning, recommends: Zakes Mda – Ways of Dying, Koleka Putuma – Collective Amnesia, Bessie Head – Maru, Alex Eliseev – Cold Case Confession and Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions.
Don’t miss the launch of The Man Who Founded the ANC in Rosebank
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Man Who Founded the ANC by Bongani Ngqulunga.
Thursday – 15th June 2017
New 40th anniversary edition of Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like
This 40th anniversary edition includes a Foreword by Njabulo S Ndebele, personal reflections on Steve Biko and Black Consciousness, as well as Biko’s first known published piece of writing.
Win a hamper of books for Father’s Day!
Three winners will each receive a hamper of books for Father’s Day!
Wednesday – 14th June 2017
Eusebius McKaiser chats to Thandeka Gqubule about her new biography of Thuli Madonsela
Eusebius McKaiser was in conversation with journalist and author Thandeka Gqubule about her book No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela on his show on 702 earlier today.
Writers and photographers: The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology call for submissions
An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Monday – 12th June 2017
Rule-breaking quotations from rebel women, including Charlotte Bronte, Frida Kahlo and Amelia Earhart
Empowering, moving and inspirational, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls introduces true fairy tales for heroines who definitely don’t need rescuing.
Friday – 9th June 2017
The indignity of pit toilets and the importance of Thuli Madonsela’s lesser-known reports
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela by Thandeka Gqubule.
Thursday – 8th June 2017
‘I want my legs back’: A personal history of catastrophe by para-athlete Palesa ‘Deejay’ Manaleng
The JRB brings you an exclusive excerpt from a work in progress by Deejay Manaleng, which tells the story of how she became a top South African para-athlete.
Wednesday – 7th June 2017
Bongani Madondo remembers Jozi’s Bassline in the latest issue of The JRB
In the latest issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books, Bongani Madondo reads a new book on the life and times of the Bassline, and throws his bones.
Monday – 5th June 2017
Karina M Szczurek chats about her life with Andre Brink and her new memoir The Fifth Mrs Brink
Ingrid Winterbach spoke to Karina M Szczurek at the Woordfees literary festival recently about her life with one of South Africa’s most celebrated novelists, André Brink, and her memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink, forthcoming from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 2nd June 2017
Michelle Hattingh’s brave and powerful memoir I’m the Girl Who Was Raped sold to 4 continents
I’m the Girl Who Was Raped was published in April 2016 and we’ve already sold North American rights to Inanna in Canada and world English rights (excluding North America and Africa) to Spinifex – the feminist publishers in Australia.
Thursday – 1st June 2017
Buy local, read local: The 2017 Exclusive Books Homebru Selection
Exclusive Books has unveiled its selection of fiction, non-fiction, cookery and children’s books for its annual Homebru campaign.
First round of international authors announced for 2017 Open Book Festival
The Open Book Festival has announced the first round of authors for 2017 – including Paul Beatty, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Nathan Hill and Fiston Mwanza Mujila.
A library is not just a refuge for the intellect, but for the whole person
If a library is just where a society keeps its books, then it’s easy to see why many people no longer perceive libraries as relevant.
Wednesday – 31st May 2017
The Man Who Founded the ANC: A biography of the remarkable Pixley ka Isaka Seme
What is remarkable about Seme’s achievement in founding the ANC is the speed at which he did it.
Don’t miss the launch of No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela by Thandeka Gqubule
Exclusive Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the book launch of No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela, by Thandeka Gqubule.
Read an extract from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela
News24 has published an extract from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela, an unauthorised biography written by Thandeka Gqubule, published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 30th May 2017
An economic masterclass: Get South Africa Growing by Brian Kantor
South Africans have been poorly served by the economic choices their governments have made. The consequences of these choices are everywhere to be seen but most importantly in unemployment and poverty.