South Africa
Tuesday – 12th June 2018
I am Liza Smit: Behind the scenes of a 40-year-old political cold case
On 22 November 1977, 40 years ago, Robert Smit and his wife Jean were brutally murdered in their Springs home. They were shot and stabbed several times.
Come on a slow food journey at the launch of Karoo Food, the new book from Gordon Wright
Following on the success of Veld to Fork, Karoo Food is bigger, better and tastier than ever, with more recipes, stories and anecdotes about life and food in the Karoo.
Monday – 11th June 2018
Don’t miss Clinton Chauke at Exclusive Books Menlyn Park for the launch of Born in Chains: The Diary of an Angry ‘Born-Free’
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books Menlyn Park invite you to the launch of Born in Chains by Clinton Chauke.
Try this delicious and comforting Butternut and Ginger Soup from Home Cooked and Heartwarming
What does one do when it gets cold outside? Indulge in books and comfort food, of course!
Don’t miss Mphuthumi Ntabeni and Bongani Kona at the launch of The Broken River Tent at The Book Lounge
Join Mphuthumi Ntabeni in conversation with Chimurenga editor Bongani Kona for the launch of The Broken River Tent.
Pan Macmillan to publish An Elephant in My Kitchen, the powerful sequel to the bestselling memoir The Elephant Whisperer
Pan Macmillan is proud to be publishing An Elephant in My Kitchen, the powerful sequel to the bestselling memoir The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony.
Friday – 8th June 2018
Friday Night Book Club: Read the first chapter of Sue Nyathi’s The Gold Diggers
The Friday Night Bookclub: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend!
The Chapter We Wrote: The City Press Story by Len Kalane looks at media and politics in a changing South Africa
The Chapter We Wrote: The City Press Story by Len Kalane is out in June from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Read an excerpt from Rahla Xenopoulos’s modern Scheherazade’s tale The Season of Glass
Outside, the cold of Vienna’s winter cuts through people’s clothing into their very souls, but inside the Levi mansion a fire blazes in every room.
Shortlists for 2018 Media24 Books Literary Awards announced
Redi Tlhabi, Jacques Pauw, Qarnita Loxton, Marlene van Niekerk and Michiel Heyns are among the authors shortlisted for this year’s Media24 Books Literary Awards.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang
BlackBird Books and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of An Image in a Mirror, the debut novel by Ijangolet S Ogwang.
Homebru 2018: More than 50 books celebrating the best of South African fiction and non-fiction
Exclusive Books has announced this year’s Homebru selection, celebrating the best of South African books. There are more than 50 books in this …
Thursday – 7th June 2018
Open Book Festival announces first group of authors confirmed for Cape Town
The first group of authors has been announced for the eighth Open Book Festival! This year’s Open Book will take place from …
The African opera singer Musa Ngqungwana launches his memoir at Love Books
You are invited to the launch of Odyssey of a South African Opera Singer by Musa Ngqungwana at Love Books.
This Is How It Is: The healing power of life writing, one shared story at a time
This Is How It Is a ‘refreshing, poignant and wide-ranging’ (Helen Moffett) collection of real life experiences: 52 stories, prose and poetry, that tell of a man who is anxious about an HIV test; a child with an alarming nose for gossip and a girl who is saved by the enemy in a war zone.
Join Sue Nyathi with Karabo Kgoleng for the Pretoria launch of The Gold Diggers
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Gold Diggers by Sue Nyathi.
Monday – 4th June 2018
Read an excerpt from I am Pandarus, the new novel from award-winning author Michiel Heyns
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from I am Pandarus, the new novel from acclaimed author Michiel Heyns.
Read an excerpt from Mphuthumi Ntabeni’s The Broken River Tent, a novel about the life and times of the Xhosa chief Maqoma
Jacana Media has shared an extract from The Broken River Tent, the debut novel by Mphuthumi Ntabeni. The Broken River Tent is set in …
Writers! Send Pan Macmillan SA the manuscript for your future bestseller during open submissions week
It’s time to polish up that manuscript! This week is Pan Macmillan South Africa’s open submissions week.
Friday – 1st June 2018
Sue Nyathi is back with The Gold Diggers! Watch the book trailer
Following the success of her first novel, The Polygamist, released in 2012, Sue Nyathi is back with The Gold Diggers!