South Africa
Tuesday – 12th September 2017
Yewande Omotoso will be chatting to Fiona Melrose about her new book Johannesburg at Love Books
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Johannesburg, the new novel by Fiona Melrose.
Join historian Nicki von der Heyde at the launch of Guide to Sieges of South Africa at Love Books
Penguin Random House invites you to the launch of Guide to Sieges of South Africa by Nicki von der Heyde.
Monday – 4th September 2017
‘Black is Beautiful challenges the belief which makes someone negate himself’ – Read an excerpt from The Testimony of Steve Biko
When Steve Biko entered the courtroom in Pretoria in 1974 as a star witness in the trial of nine student leaders, those …
Jonathan Ball Publishers is giving away a book a day in September
For the whole month of September Jonathan Ball Publishers will be giving away one book every day on Twitter! All you have …
Friday – 1st September 2017
Remember Can Themba on the 50th anniversary of his death at the launch of The House Of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala
The House of Truth by Siphiwo Mahala – a play inspired by the life of Can Themba – will be launched this month.
New isiZulu publishing company Kwasukela Books launches with call for submissions
New isiZulu fiction publishing company Kwasukela Books is launching with a call for submissions for its first anthology of short stories.
Join Glynnis Breytenbach and Jessica Pitchford in Pretoria for the launch of Rule of Law
Exclusive Books and Pan Macmillan invite you to join us to celebrate the launch of Rule of Law by Glynnis Breytenbach.
Thursday – 31st August 2017
Sara-Jayne King on her tragic and illegal start to life, as told in her new book Killing Karoline
Born Karoline King in 1980 in Johannesburg, she is the result of an illegal affair between a white British woman and black South African man during apartheid.
Love between slave and master: Maxine Case chats about the family story behind her new novel Softness of the Lime
Maxine Case’s new novel is based on a true family story, about a love story between slave and master.
Find out about Achmat Dangor’s new novel Dikeledi at Open Book
Award-winning author Achmat Dangor’s new novel, Dikeledi, is out just in time for the Open Book Festival.
Wednesday – 30th August 2017
Letters to my Comrades: Interventions and Excursions – the new book by Z Pallo Jordan
Z Pallo Jordan’s new book, Letters to my Comrades: Interventions and Excursions, is the ultimate collection of his piercing yet embraceable thoughts and inquiries.
Moving, authentic, compelling: Marcus Low contemplates the Karoo in 2022 in his debut novel Asylum
Marcus Low’s book is timely and important as it presents a human story behind untreatable infectious disease. Low places incarcerated people who have the dimmest hopes for the future and little consolation at the story’s center. Low movingly describes the mental state of Barry James in a way that seems entirely authentic. A compelling read!
‘I couldn’t read another novel for days’ – Karin Schimke on Johan Vlok Louw’s A Gap in the Hedge
Penguin Random House South Africa is proud to present A Gap in the Hedge, the latest novel from Johan Vlok Louw.
Tuesday – 29th August 2017
‘It’s my most personal book’: Pumla Dineo Gqola chats to Eusebius McKaiser about Reflecting Rogue
Eusebius McKaiser chatted to Pumla Dineo Gqola on 702 about her new book, Reflecting Rogue.
Monday – 28th August 2017
Trevor Noah pays tribute to his school English teacher in Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award acceptance speech
Trevor Noah was awarded the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award last week – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book – for his autobiography Born A Crime and Other Stories.
The Black Consciousness Reader: An essential new book coming soon from Jacana Media
There is a current revival of Black Consciousness in South Africa, as political and student movements – as well as academics and campaigners working in decolonisation – reconfigure the continued struggle for socioeconomic revolution with this ideology at the forefront.
Don’t miss the launch of Ali Land’s explosive debut novel, Good Me Bad Me
Kalk Bay Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land.
Don’t miss the launch of the Cowboy Capitalist by Charles van Onselen at Love Books
Find out how America was involved in the Jameson Raid at the launch of The Cowboy Capitalist.
Don’t miss Mohale Mashigo at the Jozi Book Fair
The 2017 Jozi Book Fair will take place in Newtown, Johannesburg from Thursday, 31 August to to Sunday, 3 September.
Friday – 25th August 2017
5th annual Neville Alexander Commemorative Conference to focus on decolonisation, education and language
The 5th Annual Neville Alexander Commemorative Conference will take place on Friday, 8 September, 2017, at the University of Johannesburg.