Non-fiction
Wednesday – 22nd July 2020
Don’t miss Herman Mashaba and The Accidental Mayor author Michael Beaumont in conversation with Brent Meersman (22 July)
Former mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba and The Accidental Mayor author Michael Beaumont will be in conversation with Brent Meersman.
Don’t miss the digital launch of The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser (5 Aug)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and CNA for the digital launch of The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser.
Tuesday – 21st July 2020
The DA was severely divided on the question of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg. The book is …
Despite My Odds by Denise Monique
Layla spent the first eight years of her life in a loving home with her grandparents. That comfort all ended once welfare caught up with her mother who was still receiving food benefits for her. After moving to her mothers’ home, the dysfunctional relationships continued for years. Layla was abused emotionally, physically, and sexually. She looked to her mother for love and protection but never found it.
Hilarious, poignant, utterly relatable – Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter – a book for anyone who’s ever worried life isn’t going to plan!
Monday – 20th July 2020
Smullekker blatjanghoender om die koue mee te stuit – probeer hierdie gratis resep uit Isolasie-inspirasie: Trooskos
Opsoek na idees vir aandete? Probeer gerus hierdie smullekker resep vir blatjanghoender uit Isolasie-inspirasie: Trooskos.
Friday – 17th July 2020
Virtual book launch: Refilwe Moloto chats to Wandile Sihlobo about his new book Finding Common Ground
Pan Macmillan SA has shared the video from the virtual launch of Finding Common Ground by Wandile Sihlobo.
New from Mark Gevisser – The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers by Mark Gevisser is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Getting divorced? How to safeguard your finances before and after – a Jacana Media Masterclass
Jacana Media’s first Masterclass is specifically aimed at women, and even more specifically at women considering divorce.
Thursday – 16th July 2020
Two Weeks in November – Ocean’s 11 meets Game of Thrones in a real-world life or death chess match for the future of Zimbabwe
Two Weeks in November is the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies – a high- ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer – who team up to help unseat one of the world’s longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.
Wednesday – 15th July 2020
Updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel out now
An updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
In trying to deal with the end of an abusive 45-year marriage, Grietjie turns to crochet: Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer
Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer by Nadia de Kock and Hilda Steyn, where a woman shares her story of abuse and survival through the power of crochet.
The DA was severely divided on the subjects of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg by Mashaba’s former chief of staff Michael Beaumont.
Don’t miss Wandile Sihlobo in a GIBS Business School event: Finding Common Ground – The role of agriculture in economic recovery
Economist and author Wandile Sihlobo will be taking part in a virtual event with the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Tuesday – 14th July 2020
Jacana Media staff picks – find out publisher Nadia Goetham’s best books
Nadia Goetham is a publisher at Jacana Media. She has many things that she loves about her job, but she says, ‘Nothing beats that feeling you get when I see a first-time author’s face light up when they see and hold their book for the first time. I literally have the chance to help make people’s dreams come true.’
Monday – 13th July 2020
‘That’s worse than war.’ Find out what it was like to live in and to live through a time of plague, with Howard Phillips
Watch Howard Phillips discussing the moving and fascinating memories of survivors of the last great plague in South Africa, the ‘Spanish’ flu of 1918.
Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Lizz Meiring gesels met Hannes van Wyk oor Soete sonde, ’n kortverhaalbundel oor sjokolade (16 Julie)
LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou uit na ’n aanlynbekendstelling van Soete sonde, ’n kortverhaalbundel oor sjokolade saamgestel deur Lizz Meiring.
Die Brug: Na die hel en terug in Angola deur bekroonde skrywer Deon Lamprecht is nou beskikbaar
In Die Brug deur Deon Lamprecht keer ’n groep ouddienspligtiges terug na Angola in 2018 op soek na afsluiting – en om die wrak te vind van die Ratel waarin ’n makker op die laaste dag van die oorlog gesterf het.
Free recipe! Low-GI Chocolate Brownies from the new cookbook Delicious, Modern, Healthy Recipes for Diabetes
Are you living with diabetes or insulin resistance? Looking for some healthy, tasty, family-friendly meals to tempt your taste buds?