South Africa
Tuesday – 27th February 2018
The nuances of publishing and editing in SA: Don’t miss a talk by Pan Macmillan SA publisher Andrea Nattrass at the Professional Editors’ Guild
Pan Macmillan publisher Andrea Nattrass is giving a talk about ‘The Nuances of Publishing and Editing Trade Books in South Africa Today’.
Part of your water crisis survival kit: 101 Water Wise Ways by Helen Moffett
101 Water Wise Ways by Helen Moffett – an essential guide for those dealing with the Cape water crisis and for general water saving in South and southern Africa, a notoriously water-scarce region.
Join Tembeka Ngcukaitobi for the launch of The Land Is Ours with Eusebius McKaiser at Constitution Hill
Penguin Random House and Constitution Hill invite you to the launch of The Land Is Ours by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.
Niq Mhlongo: The banning of Inxeba is illegal
Niq Mhlongo, author and City Editor of the Johannesburg Review of Books, has written a response to the recent effective banning of Inxeba: The Wound.
Monday – 26th February 2018
Don’t miss the launch of Tracy Going’s searing, heartbreaking memoir Brutal Legacy at Love Books
When South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting Tracy Going’s battered face was splashed across the media back in the late 1990s, the nation was shocked. What had started off as a fairy tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.
Marianne Thamm joins Glynnis Breytenbach and Thuli Madonsela at Woordfees
Presented by Pan Macmillan, well-known journalist and writer Marianne Thamm will joing Glynnis Breytenbach and Thuli Madonsela, two women whose lives are characterised by sheer willpower to pursue the truth, at Woordfees.
Download the recipe for Lisa Clark’s delicious Chicken and Tomato Basque Bake
Lisa Clark Everyday offers 80 healthy, balanced and quick recipes for the mom (or dad) on the move!
Friday – 23rd February 2018
Join NR Brodie and Lauren Beukes for the launch of Knucklebone in Cape Town
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the Cape Town launch of Nechama Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone.
Feminism Is: A collection of fresh, contemporary feminist writing from South Africans
Do you call yourself a feminist? What does this mean in your daily life?
A fast-paced thriller set in Joburg: Read an extract from NR Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone
Pan Macmillan SA has shared the opening chapter of Knucklebone, the debut novel by NR Brodie.
Join Chwayita Ngamlana for the launch of her debut novel If I Stay Right Here in Joburg
You are invited to the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s debut novel If I Stay Right Here.
South Africans now have the chance of owning a new publishing company
Find out more about Storied – a new Jacana Media initiative and private company that will publish local fiction!
Thursday – 22nd February 2018
Imraan Coovadia’s afrofuturistic new novel A Spy in Time out in July 2018
Imraan Coovadia’s new book A Spy in Time is set in a dystopian, futuristic Johannesburg where white people have been a rarity for centuries.
Lupita Nyong’o to star in film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, currently starring in the smash hit Black Panther, has announced that she has signed on to star in a feature film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime.
Don’t miss the launch of Tracy Going’s searing, heartbreaking memoir Brutal Legacy at The Book Lounge
What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.
Wednesday – 21st February 2018
‘South Africa has an illegitimate system of land holding’ – Peter Delius discusses his new book Rights to Land
‘We have to go back into colonial and imperial history. There’s always an element of violence.’
Don’t miss the Kalk Bay launch of Messages from the Bees by Robin Winckel-Mellish
Kalk Bay Books and Modjaji Books are delighted to invite you to the launch of Robin Winckel-Mellish’s second collection of poems Messages from the Bees. Christine Coates will introduce Robin, who will also read from her collection.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity
Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity.
Tuesday – 20th February 2018
Join Karina M Szczurek as she interviews Rehana Rossouw in Stellenbosch at Woordfees
Karina M Szczurek will be chatting to Rehana Rossouw in Stellenbosch at Woordfees.
NR Brodie discusses the research she did around African traditional beliefs while writing her debut novel, Knucklebone
Set against the richly textured backdrop of a livewire African city, this fast-paced thriller offers a disturbing contemporary take on justice and morality.