Non-fiction

Friday – 8th July 2022

‘Skerp en toeganklik’: Jan-Jan Joubert resenseer Terreur en Bevryding deur Leopold Scholtz

Min mense kan by Leopold Scholtz kers vashou, meen Jan-Jan Joubert. Lees sy resensie oor Terreur en Bevryding.

Online event: Adventures of a Field Biologist – Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana by Mike Bruton

Penguin Random House SA and the Struik Nature Club invite you to a Kirstenbosch talk titled ‘Adventures of a Field Biologist: Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana’ by Mike Bruton.

Thursday – 7th July 2022

Join Bulelani Ngcuka at the Albany Museum in Makhanda for the launch of The Sting in the Tale (11 Jul)

Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an insightful discussion of Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale by Marion Sparg.

Book signing: Sifo: The Cooking Husband will be at Exclusive Books Gateway (9 Jul)

Join Sinoyolo Sifo at Exclusive Books Gateway and get your copy of Sifo: The Cooking Husband signed! Sifo is a husband that …

Wednesday – 6th July 2022

‘Dis asof jy aan hulle kan raak of hul hoor gesels’: Louise Viljoen resenseer Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in kleur deur Tinus le Roux

Louise Viljoen het onlangs ’n resensie geskryf oor Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in kleur deur Tinus le Roux – die heel eerste boek oor die oorlog wat in volkleur verskyn het!

Tuesday – 5th July 2022

Uit sy hart uit: Moenie die bekendstelling van Hoerkind deur Herman Lategan by Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront misloop nie! (21 Jul)

Penguin Random House SA en Exclusive Books nooi jou uit na die bekendstelling van Hoerkind deur Herman Lategan.

If you’re suffering from a crisis of meaning, you’re not alone. Don’t miss the launch of Who Do We Become? by John Sanei (14 Jul)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to launch of Who Do We Become? by John Sanei.

Monday – 4th July 2022

Hoerkind: Die memoires van ’n randeier deur Herman Lategan – ’n aangrypende relaas oor verlies en oorwinning

Hoerkind is ’n aangrypende relaas oor verlies én oorwinning wat jou sal laat lag, en jou hart ’n paar keer breek.

Friday – 1st July 2022

Lus vir iets soets? Probeer Elmarie Berry se flop-vrye Gebakte Souskluitjies-resep uit haar kookboek, Kosbaar

Net betyds vir die koue wintermaande! Elmarie Berry deel haar ma se resep vir flop-vrye Gebakte Souskluitjies uit haar kookboek, Kosbaar. 

Do you contemplate quitting your job 3 or 4 times a day? Don’t miss the launch of Impossible Bosses for some expert advice on your career (14 Jul)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Impossible Bosses: Secret Strategies to Deal with 8 Archetypal Managers by Vivienne Lawack, Hanlie Lizette Wessels and Robert Craig.

Wednesday – 29th June 2022

Video: ‘DIE SAKP was een van die mees Kremlin-getroue kommunistiese partye ter wêreld’ – Dr Leopold Scholtz

‘Die ANC se narratief oor sy eie verlede is dat hy was volmaak […] maar die volle waarheid is baie meer genuanseerd as dit.’ Só sê Dr Leopold Scholtz in ’n onderhoud oor sy jongste boek, Terreur en bevryding.

Tuesday – 28th June 2022

‘Jy verkoop ’n probleem wat jy oplos, nie ’n produk nie’ – lees ’n uittreksel uit Leandie du Randt: My Hacks vir die Lewe

Hoe begin jy ’n suksesvolle besigheid? Wat beteken dit regtig om na jou liggaam en siel om te sien? En hoe bestuur jy jou denke sodat jy jou drome kan bewaarheid?

The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Bulelani Ngcuka and Albie Sachs reconnect after more than 20 years

After several years of serving on opposing sides of the law, former National Prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka and former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs reconnect and reflect on the new biography Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale by Marion Sparg.

Celebrate World Pride Day at the launch of Welcome Mandla Lishivha’s memoir Boy on the Run (28 Jun)

Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Welcome Mandla Lishivha’s memoir Boy on the Run!

Monday – 27th June 2022

Watch Bulelani Ngcuka in discussion with Barney Pityana at the launch of The Sting in the Tale

Bulelani Ngcuka was in discussion with Prof. Barney Pityana at the launch of Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale in Gqeberha recently.

Friday – 24th June 2022

[Video] ‘Moet jy ’n passie hê om welvaart te skep?’ Kyk na die eerste episode van Welvaartskeppers op kykNET, kanaal 144!

Is passie genoeg om sukses te behaal of moet jy eerder fokus op dit waarin jy goed is? Kyk na die eerste episode van Welvaartskeppers – die televisiereeks gebaseer op die boek deur Riaan Botha.

Footnotes, June 2022: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

Cover reveal! Find out more about In Our Own Words: Nurses on the Front Line, out in July 2022

In Our Own Words: Nurses on the Front Line by Siedine Coetzee, Hester Klopper and Jonathan Jansen will be out from Jonathan Ball Publishers on 7 July 2022.

Thursday – 23rd June 2022

Propel yourself onwards and upwards – to infinity and beyond! Read an excerpt from Bricks for Chicks: Property Investment for Women Who Kick Ass!

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Bricks for Chicks: Property Investment for Women Who Kick Ass! by Tanya Haffern.

Don’t miss Bulelani Ngcuka in discussion with Barney Pityana at the launch of The Sting in the Tale in Gqeberha (24 Jun)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Racialism and Democracy (CANRAD) at Nelson Mandela University invite you to the launch of Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale by Marion Sparg.