South Africa
Thursday – 21st June 2018
Join Jacana Media and Love Books to celebrate the worldwide success of CM Elliot’s Sibanda series
Want to find out what happens when your wildest dreams come true, when the series you wrote is about to move beyond what is often called ‘modest sales’ in southern Africa?
Don’t miss the launch of Gordon Wright’s new cookbook Karoo Food in Stellenbosch
Wild Karoo, the new cookbook by the beloved author of Veld to Fork, is sure to find the road straight to your soul.
Nigerian writer Tochukwu Emmanuel Okafor wins 2017 Short Story Day Africa Prize
The winners of the Short Story Day Africa Prize have been announced!
Wednesday – 20th June 2018
‘Truly brilliant and darkly funny’: Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Christy Chilimigras about her memoir Things Even González Can’t Fix
Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Christy Chilimigras recently about her painfully beautiful memoir Things Even González Can’t Fix.
‘I wanted to answer the question: Why don’t they go back to their country?’ – Sue Nyathi on how The Gold Diggers was triggered by xenophobia
‘The inspiration for the novel largely came from the xenophobic attacks.’
OK, Mr Field – the striking debut novel from South African poet Katharine Kilalea
South African poet Katharine Kilalea’s debut novel OK, Mr Field will be published by Faber and Faber in June 2018.
Tuesday – 19th June 2018
Read an excerpt from Walking to Australia, David Robbins’s remarkable memoir
Read an excerpt from Walking to Australia: 21st Century Excursions into Humanity’s Greatest Migration by David Robbins.
Don’t miss the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos at the new Issy’s Coffee and Gift Shop
Umuzi invite you to the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos.
New book alert! Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker by Michael Marnewick
An insightful biography of Mzansi’s longest-serving national football coach and arguably the most successful!
Join Arné Söderlund for the launch of Iron Fist From The Sea at Exclusive Books Somerset West
Exclusive Books and Delta Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Iron Fist From The Sea by Arné Söderlund and Douw Steyn.
Call for entries: City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award
The closing date has been moved from 30 June 2018 to 31 July 2018.
Monday – 18th June 2018
New revised and updated edition of Ray Hartley’s bestselling biography Ramaphosa: Path to Power
This fully revised edition also includes a new introduction and an additional chapter that covers the most recent developments in Ramaphosa’s career and in South African politics.
Don’t miss the launch of Brian Willan’s new biography of Sol Plaatje at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley
Sol Plaatje University invites you to the launch of the Jacana Media publication Sol Plaatje: A life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.
Don’t miss Rahla Xenopoulos in conversation with Fred Strydom for the launch of The Season Of Glass
Umuzi and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos.
Friday – 15th June 2018
New book alert! Iron Fist from the Sea: Top Secret Seaborne Recce Operations (1978–1988)
Iron Fist from the Sea: Top Secret Seaborne Recce Operations (1978–1988) by Arne Söderlund and Douw Steyn is out in June 2018 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
How being the son of a chief kept me humble: Bantu Holomisa chats about his biography The Game Changer
‘As the son of a chief, the home I grew up in was a home to all. So when the chief has meetings, he listens, and people come with different complaints. So you are a man of the people. I guess that’s why my parent named me Bantubonke, that means all the people.’
Jacques Pauw, Eben Venter, Ken Barris and Marlene van Niekerk among the winners at 2018 Media24 Books Prizes
The winners of the 2018 Media24 Books Prizes were announced in Cape Town on Thursday, 14 June 2018. Novelist Eben Venter won …
‘The definitive portrait of a great South African’ – Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932
Celebrating one of South Africa’s most accomplished political and literary figures.
Thursday – 14th June 2018
An extraordinary tale for extraordinary times: Win a copy of A Spy in Time
Win a copy of Imraan Coovadia’s new book, A Spy in Time, as well as Tales of the Metric System, courtesy of Umuzi!
Extremisms in Africa examines the correlation between poor governance and the emergence of extremist movements
Extremisms in Africa challenges both the efficacy and wisdom of purely militarised responses to extremist movements, typified by the Global War on Terror, as well as the cursory replication of international counter-terrorism frameworks promulgated by the United Nations and European Union in Africa.