Non-fiction
Thursday – 16th April 2020
Bly by die huis en word maer! Laai die e-boek Bant saam met Armand deur Armand Aucamp af en leer hoe om gesond te kook
Jy hoef nie vet te word in isolasie nie. Leer hoe om gesond te kook met 14 heerlike resepte in Armand Aucamp se jongste e-boek, Bant saam met Armand.
Bokke! The ebook of Winging It by Liam Del Carme is today’s Jacana Media Solidarity Read – 21% off for 21 days
Solidarity Reads: Delivering the best ebooks Jacana Media has to offer at very special prices – 21% off for 21 days. For …
Wednesday – 15th April 2020
Settle back, close your eyes and listen to a South African audiobook from Pan Macmillan
In these unsettling times, what greater pleasure than relaxing to the soothing tones of your favourite book being read aloud? As an …
Nou kan jy die inperking omhekel met 14 Hekelpatrone vir 14 dae deur Nadia de Kock en Hilda Steyn (e-boek)
Nog nooit was daar ’n beter tyd vir hekel nie! Geniet dié 14 patrone, ’n keur uit ons terapeutiese boek Hekel en word heel, en vind weer sin en betekenis in die huislike en alledaagse.
Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu? – Now available as an ebook!
A secret torment for some, a proud responsibility for others, ‘black tax’ is a daily reality for thousands of black South Africans. In this thought-provoking and moving anthology, a provocative range of voices share their deeply personal stories.
Tuesday – 14th April 2020
’n Storieboek maak ’n reuse verskil: Christien Neser vertel hoekom kinders nou meer as ooit boeke nodig het
Help! My kind is anders is ’n praktiese gids met bruikbare wenke wat ouers toerus met die nodig kennis en riglyne om atipies kinders groot te maak. Ook beskikbaar as e-boek op LAPA se webwerf en Amazon.
Virus-Proof Your Small Business – South African business coach Douglas Kruger guides small business owners to survive Covid-19
South African business author and coach Douglas Kruger has written Virus-Proof Your Small Business: 50 Ways to Survive the Covid-19 Crisis.
Solidarity Reads: Coloured lives matter, told two ways
Authors, whether in fiction or memoir, present us with either a mirror with which to see our own lives or a window for others to see through.
Monday – 13th April 2020
Jan Tuisbly se wiele pap? Sit ’n huppel in jou stap met 8 heerlike Afrikaanse e-boeke, net vir jou
Jan Tuisbly se wiele pap? Sit ’n huppel in jou stap met agt van die beste Afrikaans boeke, nou in e-boekformaat beskikbaar! Laai hierdie heerlike Afrikaanse e-boeke hier af: bit.ly/3dYR35n
Thursday – 9th April 2020
Solidarity Reads: In memory of Chris Hani, 27 years after his death
Solidarity Reads: Delivering the best ebooks Jacana Media has to offer at very special prices – 21% off for 21 days.
Wednesday – 8th April 2020
Amabookabooka: The Quarantine Chronicles – Brent Meersman’s A Childhood Made Up, a poignant memoir
Amabookabooka, the literary podcast produced by Jonathan Ancer and Dan Dewes, travels into the heart of the lockdown to bring you quick and quirky interviews with South Africa’s finest authors via Zoom.
Solidarity Reads: Ronnie Kasrils – from spy chief to bestselling author – get the ebooks at 21% off for 21 days
For the 21-day lockdown period Jacana Media is curating a series of ebook special offers from its extensive catalogue of titles.
Tuesday – 7th April 2020
[Luister] Waldimar Pelser: ‘Ek fokus op oneerlikheid, dubbele standaarde, en mense wat ons land skade aandoen’
Rapport redakteur en bekroonde joernalis en skrywer Waldimar Pelser was ‘n gas op Podlitiek op Maroela Media waar hy met Paul Maritz en Ernst van Zyl gesels het oor sy jongste boek, In gesprek met Waldimar: Sy 100 beste ontledings, inleidings en beledigings
Your favourite local and international ebooks to keep you company ?
We have a feeling that you will be spending a lot more time indoors over the next few weeks, so we have created some reading recommendations to keep you busy.
In Madness: Stories of Uncertainty and Hope, Sean Baumann argues for a more inclusive way of making sense of mental health
Madness: Stories of Uncertainty and Hope by Sean Baumann is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Jacana Media Solidarity Reads: The great outdoors awaits! Natural history ebooks at 21% off for 21 days
Solidarity Reads: Delivering the best ebooks Jacana Media has to offer at very special prices – 21% off for 21 days.
Monday – 6th April 2020
Investigative journalist Ruth Hopkins exposes the reality of prison privatisation in The Misery Merchants
The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison by Ruth Hopkins is a hard-hitting exposé of G4S, the company running a private prison in Mangaung, South Africa.
Amabookabooka: The Quarantine Chronicles
We have dusted off Amabookabooka – a novel podcast about books and the people who write them (for the people who read them) – to produce a lockdown series – interviewing an author a day for 21 days.
Sunday – 5th April 2020
Solidarity Reads: Declassified! Apartheid Guns and Money – get the ebook at 21% off for 21 days
A runaway bestseller, this book shocks, astounds and provides the links between corruption then and now.
Saturday – 4th April 2020
Solidarity Reads Day 9: Celebrating the legend, Hugh Masekela – get the ebook at 21% off for 21 days
Hugh Masekela would have celebrated his 81st birthday today, and to honour his great musical and activist legacy we bring you his autobiography, co-written with D Michael Cheers, Still Grazing: The Musical Journey of Hugh Masekela.