South Africa
Tuesday – 21st November 2017
Don’t miss the launch of Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would Be King by Ray Hartley
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers at Exclusive Books Brooklyn for the launch of Ramaphosa: The Man Who Would Be King by Ray Hartley.
Full Abantu Book Festival programme revealed – get your tickets now!
The full programme for the Abantu Book Festival has been revealed!
Essential reading: Don’t miss the launch of The Black Consciousness Reader in Newtown
Published in the year of the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s murder, The Black Consciousness Reader is an essential collection.
Join Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros at the Rand Club for the launch of Lore of Nutrition
The Rand Club invites you to a lunch, talk and Q&A with the authors of Lore of Nutrition, the esteemed Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros.
Join the Literary Alliance at Bridge Books for a discussion with Achmat Dangor about his latest novel Dikeledi
Owing to popular demand, the Literary Alliance is hosting one more book discussion before the end of the year!
Monday – 20th November 2017
‘We have never declared war with the ANC’ – Bantu Holomisa chats about his new book The Game Changer
Bantu Holomisa chatted to Morning Live about his new biography Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer.
Entries open for Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and Barry Ronge Fiction Prize
Submissions are open for the 2018 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize.
Poetry publishers and self-published poets invited to enter the 2018 Ingrid Jonker Prize
THE 2018 INGRID JONKER PRIZE FOR ENGLISH POETRY This is a call for submissions for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2018. Publishers or …
Join Zapiro for a coffee morning at Love Books to celebrate his new book
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to a coffee morning with Zapiro to chat about new book Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Friday – 17th November 2017
Reading to Write: Don’t miss this Abantu Book Festival warm-up event with Athambile Masola and Sihle Khumalo
Kaya FM and the Abantu Book Festival bring you their first book club meeting of the summer!
Teko Modise’s new book The Curse of Teko Modise will reveal ‘shocking stuff’ – including how he consulted ‘a powerful medicine man’ from the Congo
The book reveals how Teko Modise consulted with ‘a powerful medicine man – a king from the Congo’ to help break the curse that prevented him from winning a trophy.
Join Zapiro at Wits Education Campus for the presentation of his new book, Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Jacana Media are thrilled to invite you to the Johannesburg launch of Zapiro’s new book Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
An all-in-one guide to hiking trails, the right equipment and dealing with emergencies: Hiking Trails of South Africa
Whether you’re just getting into hiking, or have been on the trails for years, this is the book for you!
Thursday – 16th November 2017
Guide to submitting your manuscript to Jonathan Ball Publishers
Have you finished your book? Wondering how to get published? Have a look at Jonathan Ball Publishers manuscript submission guidelines.
‘The sooner the ANC deal with this matter the better’ – Bantu Holomisa on Jacques Pauw’s controversial book The President’s Keepers
‘The president is at the centre stage in influencing or leading these corrupt practices.’
Wednesday – 15th November 2017
Hasta la Gupta, Baby! Don’t miss Zapiro’s Cape Town book launch with Pravin Gordhan
Join Zapiro and special guest Pravin Gordhan in Cape Town for the launch of his latest annual Hasta la Gupta, Baby!
Tuesday – 14th November 2017
Don’t miss the launch of Enemy of the People at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Enemy of the People by Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit.
Read an excerpt from Rehana Rossouw’s second novel, New Times
Ali Adams is a political reporter in Cape Town where she is trapped in a tangle of razor-wire politics and culture
Comrades and corruption – Read an excerpt from Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer
Holomisa and Mandela did not speak to or see each other for some time after he was shown the door by the party. “We first saw each other again when he invited me to his house at Qunu. I regarded this as an opportunity to hear from him personally what he had told a radio station about my case.
Career opportunities at the South African Book Fair and South African Book Development Council
The South African Book Development Council (SABDC) has advertised four career opportunities. The SABDC is responsible for the South African Book Fair and …