Non-fiction
Tuesday – 16th February 2021
Three-way international rights deal for The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers
Jacana Media is delighted to announce a three-way rights sale for The Pan-African Pantheon: Prophets, Poets, and Philosophers, edited by Adekeye Adebajo.
Monday – 15th February 2021
Virtual event: Dr T answers your questions on sexual health and pleasure with The Cheeky Natives (18 Feb)
Dr T will be answering your questions live in an online event with The Cheeky Natives!
Saturday – 13th February 2021
Footnotes, February 2021: 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. …
Friday – 12th February 2021
New book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced – a timely and deeply personal memoir about her father’s death titled Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a memoir titled Notes on Grief, to be published in May 2021.
Celebrate Saul Sithole, a neglected pioneer of South African science, at the launch of The Forgotten Scientist (18 Feb)
Jacana Media invites you to the virtual book launch of The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole by Lorato Trok.
Thursday – 11th February 2021
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Slabbert by Albert Grundlingh, in conversation with Tony Leon (17 Feb)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Slabbert: Man on a Mission by Albert Grundlingh.
New book alert! The Battle of Bangui: The Inside Story of South Africa’s Worst Military Scandal Since Apartheid
The Battle of Bangui: The Inside Story of South Africa’s Worst Military Scandal Since Apartheid by Warren Thompson, Stephan Hofstatter and James Oatway is out in February from Penguin Random House.
[Watch] Bestselling author Richard Sutton discusses his new book Stressproof and explains why it’s relevant now more than ever
Bestselling author Richard Sutton chatted about the game-changing action plans that can help combat stress-related challenges, as explored in his new book Stressproof.
Tuesday – 9th February 2021
Try these Happiness Hacks from Noa Belling, the author of The Happiness Workout: Learn How To Optimise Confidence, Creativity And Your Brain!
What if you could practice, and access, happiness at any time?
New book alert! How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo by Shubnum Khan
How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo: And Other Strange And Wonderful Stories by Shubnum Khan is out in April 2021 from Pan Macmillan!
Monday – 8th February 2021
O, soete verleiding! Vind meer uit oor Lyfskap, ’n versameling erotiese verhale deur top Afrikaanse skrywers
LAPA Uitgewers stel bekend Lyfskap saamgestel deur Sophia Kapp en Leonie van Rensburg – ’n versamel erotiese verhale oor die liefde, wellus, genot, soete verleiding, passie, honger en vlamvat.
Kirstenbosch Wednesday Talk: Encounters with Cape Clawless Otters with Matthew Syphus (10 Feb)
Matthew and Mary Ann Syphus have been observing Cape Clawless Otters on the Cape Peninsula coastline for the past 18 years and have kept meticulous records of each encounter.
She saves strangers’ lives: Meet Dr Anne Biccard, author of the word-of-mouth bestseller Saving a Strangers Life: The Diary of an Emergency Room Doctor
Join Jacana Media for a Don’t Shut Up Conversation between author Anne Biccard – writer, stray dog collector and the doctor we know you’d want on call – and her editor Michele Magwood, award-winning journalist and critic and the former books editor of the Sunday Times.
Don’t miss the launch of Brent Meersman’s new book Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa (16 Feb)
The Cape Town Press Club and Pan Macmillan present the launch of Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa by Brent Meersman.
Friday – 5th February 2021
An exposé of the pangolin trade and Covid-19 – Pangolins: Scales of Injustice by Richard Peirce
Pangolins: Scales of Injustice by Richard Peirce will be launched on World Pangolin Day on 20 February 2021.
Five Modjaji Books titles and over 50 Modjaji authors on the 2021 HSS Awards longlists
Modjaji Books is thrilled to see the following books longlisted for the 2021 Humanities and Social Science (HSS) Awards.
Enter LAPA’s back-to-school competition on Facebook today and WIN a book bundle for Afrikaans FAL! (4–11 Feb)
One lucky LAPA parent can give their child a head start in Afrikaans First Additional Language this February. Enter the back-to-school competition for a chance to win!
Don’t miss the Jacana People’s Book Sale – 50% off all books, for 2 days only!
The Jacana Media People’s Book Sale is happening now!
Thursday – 4th February 2021
Read an excerpt from Thinking, Fast and Slow – the acclaimed bestseller that will change the way you make decisions
In the New York Times bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, world-famous psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes you on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think.
Wednesday – 3rd February 2021
Jonathan Ball Publishing Director Jeremy Boraine talks about publishing Slabbert: Man on a Mission – a book that is particularly special to him
Slabbert: Man on a Mission by Albert Grundlingh is out in February from Jonathan Ball Publishers.