South Africa
Friday – 8th November 2019
You are invited to the launch of Susan Newham-Blake’s moving novel As if Born to You at Exclusive Books Rosebank (12 Nov)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of As if Born to You by Susan Newham-Blake.
Winging It: On Tour With the Boks by Liam Del Carme – a detailed and humorous insider’s view
Winging It: On Tour With the Boks by Liam Del Carme is out now from Jacana Media!
Thursday – 7th November 2019
Don’t miss the launch of Explore! Awesome South African Artists at The Atelier in Joburg (9 Nov)
Join Cobi Labuscagne for the launch of her new book Explore! Awesome South African Artists.
Meet Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng and get your copy of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure SIGNED in Durban (8 Nov)
Join Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng for the Pleasure Revolution and get your copy of her book signed at Bargain Books in Umhlanga!
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – the international bestseller by Robin DiAngelo
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo – a practical, crystallising guide for how white people can change the way they communicate and fight racism.
What happens when the spirit world clashes with corporate greed? Corporation Games – a new fictional corporate thriller by Anneleigh Jacobsen
Corporation Games by Anneleigh Jacobsen – a fictional corporate thriller based on a number of real-life financial scandals that have rocked South Africa.
Wednesday – 6th November 2019
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of I Am Ndileka: More Than My Surname, the long-awaited memoir by Ndileka Mandela (6 Nov)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of I Am Ndileka by Ndileka Mandela.
Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter – revealing the often hidden contradictory realities of the Mother City
If you could read only one book about Cape Town – to truly understand it, to glimpse its soul – which would it be?
Join Henry Trotter for the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between at The Book Lounge (7 Nov)
LAPA Publishers, Catalyst Press and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter.
Read an excerpt from Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Talking to Strangers, the new book by Malcolm Gladwell.
Don’t miss the launch of a new edition of Jo-Anne Richards’s bestselling book The Innocence of Roast Chicken (7 Nov)
Join Jo-Anne Richards at Exclusive Books for a celebration of the new edition of her bestselling book The Innocence of Roast Chicken.
Tuesday – 5th November 2019
Join Deon Meyer for the launch of his thrilling new Benny Griessel novel The Last Hunt in Cape Town (12 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of The Last Hunt by Deon Meyer.
Out now! Activate Beast mode with Tendai Mtawarira’s memoir
‘My name is Tendai, which in the Shona language means “Be thankful to God”, but you can call me Beast.’
Join Dave Muller for the Port Elizabeth launch of Not Child’s Play: Kidnapped. Held Hostage. A True Story (5 Nov)
MF Books Joburg and Fogarty’s Bookshop invite you to the launch of Not Child’s Play: Kidnapped. Held Hostage. A True Story by Dave Muller.
Monday – 4th November 2019
Out now! The Bosasa Billions: How the ANC Sold its Soul for Braaipacks, Booze and Bags of Cash
The Bosasa Billions: How the ANC Sold its Soul for Braaipacks, Booze and Bags of Cash by James-Brent Styan and Paul Vecchiatto is out now from LAPA.
Friday – 1st November 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Jo-Ann Richards’s South African classic The Innocence of Roast Chicken – painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Staying in this evening? Get comfortable with a cup of hot …
Corruption forces LAPA onto the streets – bust corruption by buying a book!
Very soon members of LAPA’s marketing team will be seen on street corners, urging fellow South Africans to bust corruption by buying a book.
Join Deon Meyer for the launch of his thrilling new Benny Griessel novel The Last Hunt in Joburg (14 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the Johannesburg launch of The Last Hunt by Deon Meyer.
Announcing the 2020 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award longlist – unearthing new southern African writers
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the longlisted finalists for the 2019/20 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award!
Thursday – 31st October 2019
Read an excerpt from If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais, author of the beloved novel Hum If You Don’t Know the Words
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from If You Want to Make God Laugh, the new novel from Bianca Marais.