South Africa
Friday – 27th October 2017
Join James Clarke for a talk on his new book, Overkill: The Race to Save Africa’s Wildlife
Has Africa’s wildlife reached its lowest ebb or are we about to witness the turn of the tide?
A blessing in disguise? Join Angela Makholwa for the launch of The Blessed Girl at Skoobs
Find out why living a fabulous life is not without its challenges!
Ronnie Kasrils’s new gripping exposé – A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma
A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma is a page-turner that courageously exposes the intrigues underway and threats to our young democracy.
Thursday – 26th October 2017
Literary suspense that haunts the heart: Don’t miss the launch of Consuelo Roland’s Wolf Trap at Love Books
Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to the launch of Wolf Trap by Consuelo Roland.
Tim Noakes’s new book Lore of Nutrition to be launched in Cape Town
Penguin Random House SA and Kelvin Grove Club are hosting the club dinner for Lore of Nutrition by Tim Noakes and Marika Sboros: Challenging Conventional Dietary Beliefs.
‘The National Prosecuting Authority has certainly been captured’ – Glynnis Breytenbach discusses her memoir Rule of Law
‘The National Prosecuting Authority has certainly been captured, along with the police to a large degree, and any other independent institutions with an investigative capacity have all been compromised,’ Breytenbach says in an interview with Polity SA.
Angela Makholwa’s new book The Blessed Girl gets a Facebook frame
Try this Facebook frame to celebrate the Johannesburg launch of Angela Makholwa’s new book, The Blessed Girl!
Wednesday – 25th October 2017
Madiba did not sell out – Mandla Langa talks about Dare Not Linger, the sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
‘I know that sometimes self-styled revolutionaries who are given to revisioning history, would say that Madiba sold out, or that generation sold out. But I think they should not wear today’s lenses to look at yesterday. They should use yesterday’s eyes to look at what was going on then.’
Joburg, Cape Town and Durban launch details for Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way
Jonathan Ball Publishers cordially invite you to the launches of Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way by Justin Vermaak and Douw Steyn.
Launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma – a fast-paced, thriller-style memoir
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of A Simple Man: Kasrils and the Zuma Enigma by Ronnie Kasrils.
Don’t miss the launch of the George Bizos Gallery – a new wing of the Apartheid Museum
Join Penguin Random House SA for an evening of celebration at the launch of the George Bizos Gallery, a new wing of the Apartheid Museum.
Tuesday – 24th October 2017
‘Writing as a craft is important to me’ – Sisonke Msimang chats to Eusebius McKaiser about Always Another Country
Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Sisonke Msimang about her first book, Always Another Country, on his 702 radio show.
Amabookabooka podcast features Asylum author Marcus Low
In the latest episode of Amabookabooka, a novel podcast about books and the people who write them, Marcus Low talks about his incredible ‘apocalyptic’ novel.
An anniversary dinner to remember: Read an excerpt from A Hat, A Kayak and Dreams of Dar
Journalist and labour commentator Terry Bell has a new book out: A Hat, A Kayak & Dreams of Dar. It’s a memoir …
The Book Revue invites you to a lunch with Angela Makholwa
Do you know what a blesser is? A yellow bone? Wie Sien Ons? If you don’t (or even if you do), then come to listen to Angela Makholwa speaking on her fabulous novel, The Blessed Girl.
Wildlife fans and bird watchers: Don’t miss the launch of Featherings by Vernon RL Head
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of Featherings: True Stories in Search of Birds, the new book edited by Vernon RL Head.
2017 Abantu Book Festival line-up revealed!
The line-up for the second annual Abantu Book Festival has been announced!
Selfies, Sexts and Smartphones: The book every South African teenager (and their parents) should read
Essential reading for all South African teenagers on the major issues they face in the digital age.
Monday – 23rd October 2017
A good city for writing – Henrietta Rose-Innes on her home town, Cape Town
Henrietta Rose-Innes has written a piece for The Literary Sofa on Cape Town, the ‘old colonial outpost at the southern tip of a continent, with its complex history and glorious views’.
For the first time a Sepedi poem wins the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award
Moses Seletisha’s Sepedi poem ‘Mahlalerwa’ has won the 2017 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award – the first time a poem in a language other than English has won the prize.