South Africa
Friday – 15th March 2019
‘I want readers to enjoy the book. What message they get is up to them’ – Watch an interview with Zakes Mda on his new book The Zulus of New York
Zakes Mda chatted to Polity SA about his new novel The Zulus of New York.
Join Prof. Ntongela Masilela for a seminar at JIAS titled ‘Ezekiel Mphahlele: An Incomparable Figure for all Horizons’
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study invites you to a seminar titled ‘Ezekiel Mphahlele: An Incomparable Figure for all Horizons’, presented by Prof. Ntongela Masilela.
Join the Miriam Tlali Reading and Book Club in celebrating indigenous languages
As we celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, The Miriam Tlali Reading and Book Club invites you a panel discussion on the theme ‘Literacy in Indigenous Languages as the Foundation of Community, Economic, Social and Political Advancement’.
Zapiro returns to FanCon in Cape Town! (28 April)
Zapiro, South Africa’s top multi-award winning cartoonist, returns to FanCon!
Thursday – 14th March 2019
Join The Cheeky Natives in conversation with the editors and contributors to We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall (26 Mar)
Catch The Cheeky Natives in conversation with the editors and contributors to the new book We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall.
Don’t miss the launch of Marlene van der Westhuizen’s new cookbook Plate at The Book Lounge (14 Mar)
Struik Lifestyle and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Don’t miss the launch of Katharine Kilalea’s mesmerising debut novel OK, Mr Field at The Book Lounge (20 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to an evening with Katharine Kilalea, author of OK, Mr Field.
Wednesday – 13th March 2019
Find out more about Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s novel The Mourning Bird, winner of the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award
Mubanga Kalimamukwento is the winner of this year’s Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, for her novel The Mourning Bird.
Don’t miss the launch of The Last Elephants by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell at The Book Lounge
Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Last Elephants by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell.
Purchase a copy of The Accident by Gail Schimmel at Exclusive Books and you could win a R5000 book club voucher
Purchase a copy of The Accident by Gail Schimmel in any Exclusive Books store before 31 March and stand a chance to win a R5000 voucher for your book club!
Tuesday – 12th March 2019
David Brock Katz chatted to CNBC about his new book South Africans vs Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II
Author David Brock Katz chatted to CNBC Africa’s Jill de Villiers about his new book South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II.
Don’t miss a discussion of the new book Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage in Durban (26 Mar)
Xubera Institute for Research and Development, The Brenthurst Foundation and Pan Macmillan invite you to the launch of Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage, by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst and Tendai Biti.
Notes from the Lost Property Department
Iris Langley is forced to take charge when her mother, Grace, has a stroke. This is no easy task: Iris suffers from the lingering effects of a near-fatal fall as a child.
Mubanga Kalimamukwento wins Dinaane Debut Fiction Award for her novel The Mourning Bird
Mubanga Kalimamukwento has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award, for her novel The Mourning Bird.
Monday – 11th March 2019
The Blackridge House by Julia Martin – a powerful memoir of dementia
The Blackridge House is a meditation on belonging, of the stories we tell of home and family and of the precarious footprint of life.
Apartheid agents, war memories and legacies – Join Barry Gilder at Rhodes for a discussion around his book The List
The Rhodes University Department of Political and International Studies and Office of Equity and Institutional Culture invite you to a public dialogue titled ‘Apartheid Agents, War Memories and Legacies’ on Thursday, 14 March 2019.
Friday – 8th March 2019
Gerald Kraak anthology As You Like It selected as finalist for Lambda Literary LGBTQ Anthology Award
Jacana Media is delighted to announce that As You Like It has been selected as a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards, in the LGBTQ Anthology category.
Win a copy of the audiobook of Tumi Morake’s memoir And Then Mama Said …
Entertaining and thought-provoking, And Then Mama Said … by Tumi Morake is one of the must-read memoirs of the year, and now you can WIN the audiobook!
Thursday – 7th March 2019
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
New Daughters of Africa – showcasing the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent, this major international collection celebrates their contributions to literature and international culture.
Zakes Mda’s brilliant new novel is The Zulus of New York – Joburg and Cape Town launch details here!
Zakes Mda’s new novel, The Zulus of New York, will be published by Umuzi in March 2019.