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Storytime! Don’t miss a live reading by children’s author Niki Daly for the Hermanus FynArts Festival

One for the kids! Niki Daly will be making a virtual appearance at the 2020 Hermanus FynArts Festival.

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All the taste with less of the guilt – try this delicious Cinnamon Apple Tart with Pecan Crust recipe from The Banting Baker

What if we told you that there was a way to continue indulging in delicious comfort food, but in a healthier manner? Try this recipe for Cinnamon Apple Tart with Pecan Crust from The Banting Baker by Catherine Speedie!

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Angela Makholwa’s novel The Blessed Girl shortlisted for Comedy Women in Print Prize

Pan Macmillan South Africa is delighted to announce that Angela Makholwa’s fourth novel, The Blessed Girl, published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury, has been shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize.

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‘Staan, Poppie, staan en laat jou gedagte gaan’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die opstand van Poppie Nel deur Hans du Plessis

LAPA Uitgewers het onlangs ’n uittreksel gedeel uit Hans du Plessis se jongste roman, Die opstand van Poppie Nel. In die uittreksel treur dominee Lukas nog oor die dood van sy vrou, Amanda, toe die arme Poppie Nel eendag in sy lewe verskyn.

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Karen Dudley forced to close her famous Woodstock restaurant, The Kitchen – buy a copy of her cookbook to donate to her team

Karen Dudley has been forced to close down her famous Woodstock restaurant, The Kitchen. To support her and the restaurant staff, Jacana Media have announced they will donate all proceeds from the sales of Dudley’s cookbook Set a Table during June and July 2020 to The Kitchen team.

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Explosive new book tells all – The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg

The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg by Mashaba’s former chief of staff Michael Beaumont is out now from Penguin Random House!

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‘Die eerste 7 jaar van ’n kind se lewe is van kritieke belang’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Help! My kind is anders [Plus: Video]

Kyk na ’n video-onderhoud met Christien Neser oor haar boek, Help! My kind is anders, en lees ’n uittreksel waarin sy verder verduidelik waarom die eerste sewe jaar van ’n kind se lewe so van kritieke belang is.

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Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Moenie die virtuele bekendstelling van Bloedsteen deur Irna van Zyl misloop nie! (11 Junie)

Penguin Random House SA en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Bloedsteen deur Irna van Zyl. Moenie haar gesprek met Phyllis Green op Donderdag, 11 Junie, misloop nie!

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Something healthy to do with the kids this weekend – try this delicious Chocolate Gingerbread Men recipe from The Banting Baker

What if we told you that there was a way to continue indulging in delicious comfort food, but in a healthier manner? Try this recipe for Chocolate Gingerbread Men from The Banting Baker by Catherine Speedie!

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Footnotes, June 2020: 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.

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Poem entitled ‘Molahlegi’ by Phumlani Frans Baloyi

This poem is about a certain drug that has been ruining the lives and futures of our brothers and sisters here in South Africa.

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[Watch] Virtual book launch: Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution by Jakkie Cilliers

A virtual book launch for Jakkie Cilliers’s new book Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution was hosted by The Reading List and Jonathan Ball Publishers recently.

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Black Consciousness and Black Lives Matter

Find out more about two books from Jacana Media that focus on Black Consciousness and Fees Must Fall, and how they relate to the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Former Al-Qaeda hostage Stephen McGown signs book deal with the Daily Maverick’s Maverick 451

Stephen McGown, the ordinary South African who was held hostage by Al-Qaeda for just under six years, will be writing a memoir.

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‘Hy is aantreklik, intelligent en straal beheer uit’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit As dit voel soos liefde deur Didi Potgieter

Natasha is besig om van haar ontroue man te skei wanneer ’n aantreklike Brit haar asem wegslaan. Lees ’n uittreksel gedeel uit Didi Potgieter se jongste liefdesroman, As dit voel soos liefde.

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Cover reveal! Iman Rappetti’s new book Sermons of Soul will be published in August by Pan Macmillan

Sermons of Soul, the new book from Iman Rappetti, will be out in August from Pan Macmillan!

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Graffiti-aanlynkuier met Sophia Kapp: Die skrywer gesels met Heino du Plessis oor haar jongste boek, Kanaän (2 Junie)

Graffiti Boekwinkel en LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou hartlik uit na ‘n aanlynkuier saam met Sophia Kapp op Dinsdag, 2 Junie, om 19:00. Moenie dit misloop nie!

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Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the Giants – a lyrically written account of several years of research by Hannah Mumby

Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the Giants by Hannah Mumby is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

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Watch Mubanga Kalimamukwento in conversation with Rémy Ngamije for the Afrolit Sans Frontières virtual literary festival

Mubanga Kalimamukwento chatted to fellow author Rémy Ngamije for the Afrolit Sans Frontières virtual literary festival.

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Pan Macmillan SA is calling for commercial fiction submissions

Have you written a tragic romance, a nail-biting thriller or a family drama with a jaw-dropping plot twist?

Wednesday – 10th June 2020