South Africa
Monday – 13th May 2019
2019 Media24 Books Prizes shortlists announced – Nozizwe Cynthia Jele, Niq Mhlongo and Kirsten Miller up for Herman Charles Bosman Prize!
Media24 Books has announced the shortlists for the 2019 Media24 Books Prizes. This year, prizes to the value of R210,000 in total …
Friday – 10th May 2019
‘I want to go back to Rwanda but I don’t want to go back to be Rwandan’ – Read an excerpt from The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije
BlackBird Books has shared an excerpt from The Eternal Audience of One, the debut novel by Rwandan-born Namibian writer Rémy Ngamije!
‘That night, the machine returned.’ – Read an excerpt from Triangulum, Masande Ntshanga’s bold, multilayered new novel
Presented as a message from the future, Masande Ntshanga’s new novel Triangulum boldly mixes science-fiction with philosophy and details of South African history seldom examined.
Don’t miss acclaimed British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore at Love Books for the launch of Written in History (21 May)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of Written in History: Letters that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Disruption: Short Story Day Africa Announces 2019 Theme
In 2019, Short Story Day Africa is seeking short fiction exploring disruption, especially but not limited to climate and environ[mental] disruption.
Thursday – 9th May 2019
Join Pieter-Louis Myburgh for the launch of his new book Gangster State at the Mall of Africa (14 May)
Bargain Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Gangster State by Pieter-Louis Myburgh at the Mall of Africa.
‘A daring blend of romance, crime and history’ – Join Louisa Treger for the launch of The Dragon Lady at Love Books (16 May)
Love Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of The Dragon Lady by Louisa Treger.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Democracy Works with Greg Mills and Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s former minister of Finance (16 May)
You are invited to the Cape Town launch of Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage with Dr Greg Mills and Tendai Biti, Zimbabwe’s former minister of Finance.
‘Just as Mama wanted, my belly is hidden.’ Read an excerpt from Keletso Mopai’s debut short story collection, If You Keep Digging
BlackBird Books has shared an excerpt from If You Keep Digging, the debut short story collection by Keletso Mopai!
Monday – 6th May 2019
BlackBird Books reveals exciting new look with two novels by debut authors – The Eternal Audience of One and If You Keep Digging
BlackBird Books has revealed the covers for two new books – featuring the publisher’s bold new look!
A completely original talent coming into his full powers: Announcing Masande Ntshanga’s new novel Triangulum
Presented as a message from the future, Masande Ntshanga’s new novel Triangulum boldly mixes science-fiction with philosophy and details of South African history seldom examined.
Not to be missed: Details for the Joburg and Cape Town launches of Masande Ntshanga’s new novel Triangulum
Masande Ntshanga shot the lights out locally and internationally with his first novel, The Reactive. Join him to celebrate his new novel, Triangulum.
Friday – 3rd May 2019
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Achmat Dangor’s Dikeledi – the story of an ordinary family in the extraordinary days of apartheid
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend! Staying in this evening? Settle in with a glass of wine …
Join Pieter-Louis Myburgh for the Pretoria launch of his new book Gangster State (16 May)
Exclusive Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the Pretoria launch of Gangster State by Pieter-Louis Myburgh.
Thursday – 2nd May 2019
Stories from the Space Between, by Warren J Banks
A collection of poetry – and one longer prose piece – by a new South African writer (April 2019).
Africa’s Lit Volume 31: Zakes Mda chats about his latest novel The Zulus of New York
Zakes Mda sat down with Africa’s Lit to discuss his new novel The Zulus of New York!
‘We are activists when we write’ – Malebo Sephodi talks about winning the First Time Published Author SALA Award for her book Miss Behave
Malebo Sephodi says she was ‘blown away’ by her South African Literary Award.
A rebel in both politics and sex – The Love Song of André P Brink, the first biography of the esteemed writer, by Leon de Kock
The Love Song of André P Brink is the first biography of this major South African novelist who, during his lifetime, was published in over 30 languages and ranked with the likes of Gabriel García Márquez, Peter Carey and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
‘South Africa did not know what it was like to lose’ – Ian Hawkey chats about his new book Vuvuzela Dawn: 25 Sports Stories that Shaped a New Nation
Ian Hawkey chatted to The Reading List to tell the story of his new book, Vuvuzela Dawn: 25 Sports Stories that Shaped a New Nation.
Tuesday – 30th April 2019
These Are the Things That Sit With Us – Stories from ordinary South Africans, each published in isiXhosa, Afrikaans and English
In publishing each story in isiXhosa, Afrikaans and English, we hope that the book will stimulate conversation among South Africans across languages.