South Africa
Tuesday – 18th June 2019
Join Yusuf Daniels for the Cape Town launch of Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken) (26 June)
Jacana Media invite you to an Exclusive Books Homebru event to launch Living Coloured (Because Black & White Were Already Taken) by Yusuf Daniels.
Penguin Random House SA June Book Club competition – win a hamper of eight books and a tote bag
Tell Penguin Random House SA about your book club and win!
Join Luke Alfred at Kelvin Grove Club for a lunch and book discussion of Vuvuzela Dawn: 25 Sports Stories that Shaped a New Nation
Join Kelvin Grove Club and Pan Macmillan for a club lunch with sports journalist Luke Alfred.
Friday – 14th June 2019
Facts stranger than fiction? Enter here to WIN a book hamper of some of the best local non-fiction titles out this month
Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of The 7 Things Every Young Black Entrepreneur Should Know, Invest Your Way To Wealth, and The SABC8!
Join Lawfare authors Michelle le Roux and Dennis Davis for a Kelvin Grove Club Breakfast in Cape Town (19 June)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kelvin Grove Club for breakfast with Lawfare authors Michelle le Roux and Dennis Davis.
Barry Gilder’s novel The List has been optioned for a film or TV series!
Barry Gilder’s novel The List has been optioned for development as a feature film series or television series by Known Associates Entertainment.
2019 Media24 Books Prizes winners announced – Niq Mhlongo awarded Herman Charles Bosman Prize
Financial Mail editor Rob Rose, novelist and short story writer Niq Mhlongo, poet Gabeba Baderoon and octagenarian debut author Andries Buys are among the recipients of the 2019 Media24 Books Literary Prizes awarded in Cape Town last night (Thursday, 13 June 2019).
Thursday – 13th June 2019
Competition time! Win a Father’s Day book hamper from Jacana Media
Share your fondest memory of your father and you could win a book hamper from Jacana Media!
Don’t miss the launch of Lawfare, the timely and important new book by Michelle le Roux and Dennis Davis, in Cape Town (18 June)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Lawfare by Michelle le Roux and Dennis Davies.
Wednesday – 12th June 2019
Don’t miss the launch of former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey’s memoir A Captain’s Journey at The Book Lounge (3 July)
Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of A Captain’s Journey by Neil Tovey.
Yusuf Daniels’s new book Living Coloured – a glimpse into the joy and often harsh reality of growing up on the Cape Flats
Living Coloured (Because Black & White Were Already Taken) by Yusuf Daniels is a special kind of memoir that utilises short stories to weave together both a culturally insightful and an achingly nostalgic glimpse into a childhood on the Cape Flats.
New book alert! The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley
The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley is out in June 2019 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 11th June 2019
Don’t miss a #FeesMustFall panel discussion with Adam Habib, Wandile Ngcaweni and Sarah Mokwebo at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Adam Habib, Wandile Ngcaweni and Sarah Mokwebo will take part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Narratives of Change: Reflecting on Movements in South Africa’.
Don’t miss the Durban launch of former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana captain Neil Tovey’s memoir A Captain’s Journey (20 June)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of A Captain’s Journey by Neil Tovey.
The bestselling books in South Africa – May
This list represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous four weeks to 2 May 2019, and combines fiction and non-fiction bestsellers.
The lottery of life and love in Lagos – find out more about Toni Kan’s new short story collection Nights of the Creaking Bed
Corruption, religious intolerance, gratuitous violence and the importance of joy are some of the big themes that underlie Toni Kan’s memorable collection, Nights of the Creaking Bed.
Monday – 10th June 2019
Something’s gone sour in the Winelands … Read an excerpt from Double Echo by François Bloemhof
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Double Echo by François Bloemhof.
Don’t miss the launch of The 30-year Safari by Justin Fox at Exclusive Books Cavendish (11 June)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books Cavendish invite you to the launch of The 30-year Safari: A Celebration of Getaway Photography edited by Justin Fox.
Cover reveal! Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s book Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure will be published in August 2019
The cover for Tlaleng Mofokeng’s highly anticipated new book Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure has been revealed!
Friday – 7th June 2019
Meet the troublemakers at the Pretoria launch of Undercover with Mandela’s Spies (13 June)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Undercover with Mandela’s Spies by Bradley D Steyn and Mark Fine.