Non-fiction
Monday – 30th September 2019
Our Blood is Green – The Springboks answer questions about politics, pressure and the coaches who didn’t know what they were doing!
If, as a Springbok rugby fan, you have always wondered what goes on behind the scenes – in the dressing room, at practice, in team talks and on tour – Our Blood is Green: The Springboks in Their Own Words will provide the answer to those questions, and many, many more.
Friday – 27th September 2019
Join Shirley Gunn and Shanil Haricharan with Charles Nqakula for the launch of Voices from the Underground at Love Books (1 Oct)
Join Penguin Random House at Love Books in Joburg for the launch of Voices from the Underground: Eighteen Life Stories from Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Ashley Kriel Detachment.
Thursday – 26th September 2019
Letshego Zulu chats about her tragic and inspiring memoir I Choose To Live: Life After Losing Gugu
Letshego Zulu chatted to Polity SA recently about her new book, I Choose to Live: Life After Losing Gugu.
Wednesday – 25th September 2019
Save the date for a conversation with Melinda Gates in South Africa!
Pan Macmillan South Africa and The Nelson Mandela Foundation are pleased to announce that Melinda Gates – philanthropist, businesswoman and author of the bestselling book The Moment of Lift – is coming to South Africa!
Don’t miss the launch of Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa (2 Oct)
Jacana Media, Amanda Martin and Steve Dewsberry invite you to the launch of Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa.
Try this Wild Mushroom and Leek Risotto from The Guilt-free Gourmet – indulgent recipes without wheat, dairy or cane sugar
How does Wild Mushroom and Leek Risotto sound for dinner tonight? Get the free recipe from The Guilt-free Gourmet here!
Monday – 23rd September 2019
Don’t miss the launch of The Educated Waiter: Memoir of an African Immigrant by Tafadzwa Z Taruvinga at Exclusive Books Rosebank
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of the witty and poignant new book The Educated Waiter: Memoir of an African Immigrant by Tafadzwa Z Taruvinga.
Join Mcebisi Jonas at the Joburg launch of After Dawn, with Kgalema Motlanthe, Olusegun Obasanjo and Pravin Gordhan (25 Sep)
You are invited to the launch of After Dawn: Hope After State Capture by Mcebisi Jonas.
My African Conquest: Cape to Cairo at 80 by octogenarian adventurer Julia Albu
My African Conquest is a funny, feel-good story about adventuring through life – and never acting your age.
Friday – 20th September 2019
Winners announced for BlackBird Books Writer’s Residency for young African womxn
BlackBird Books has announced the two writers who have won places on it’s new writer’s residency.
She Said – reliving in real time what it took to break the Weinstein story
From the prize-winning reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment and abuse, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the thrilling untold story of their investigation and its consequences for the #MeToo movement.
Thursday – 19th September 2019
Don’t miss the Jacana Media book sale – 6,000 books at discounted prices (25 Sep to 31 Oct)
Join Jacana Media for a glass of wine at their massive book sale!
All the book launch details for Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?, edited by Niq Mhlongo (in Soweto, Rosebank, Pretoria and Melville)
Book launch: Black Tax edited by Niq Mhlongo | Soweto
Boardroom Dancing by Nolitha Fakude – transformation stories from a corporate activist
Pan Macmillan is proud to announce the October publication of Nolitha Fakude’s memoir, Boardroom Dancing.
Wednesday – 18th September 2019
The Creative Writing Coursebook: 44 Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry
The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty-four Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry – a fully updated comprehensive guide for improving and practising your creative writing, including contributions from Ali Smith and Kit de Waal.
Join Palesa Lengolo at the launch of her new book Stokvels: How They Can Make Your Money Work For You at the Mall of the South (28 Sep)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Stokvels: How They Can Make Your Money Work For You by Palesa Lengolo.
These stories will excite, entertain and enthral you – Of Hominins, Hunter-Gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa
Of Hominins, Hunter-gatherers and Heroes: Searching for 20 Amazing Places in South Africa by David Bristow offers spellbinding stories of some amazing, little-known places in South Africa.
Tuesday – 17th September 2019
Is 2019’s election the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994? Find out in the new book Election 2019
Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy, edited by Collette Schulz-Herzenberg and Roger Southall, is out now from Jacana Media.
Join Albie Sachs, in conversation with Shirley Gunn and Shanil Haricharan, for the Cape Town launch of Voices from the Underground (26 Sep)
Join Penguin Random House in Cape Town for the launch of Voices from the Underground: Eighteen Life Stories from Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Ashley Kriel Detachment.
Don’t miss The Warehouse Book Sale this Heritage Day in Cape Town
The Warehouse Book Sale is held in Cape Town on public holidays through the year and has the largest selection of books for sale at the best prices.