South Africa
Tuesday – 15th August 2017
I was never invited to a team braai – Thando Manana describes being the first black African to play for the Griquas
‘Obviously they kept to themselves, so I couldn’t go and attend a team braai with the guys – I never did, because I was never invited to … you just met at training.’
Writing has changed my life: SJ Naudé discusses his new novel The Third Reel
SJ Naudé chatted about his new novel The Third Reel with Ayanda-Allie Paine on ENCA Weekend Wakeup recently.
Don’t miss the launch of Killing Karoline – What happens when the baby they buried comes back?
Born Karoline King in 1980 in Johannesburg South Africa, Sara-Jayne (as she will later be called by her adoptive parents) is the result of an affair, illegal under apartheid’s Immorality Act, between a white British woman and her black South African employee.
Monday – 14th August 2017
Don’t miss the launch of Hedley Twidle’s new book of essays, Firepool, at Love Books
Hedley Twidle will be chatting to Simon van Schalkwyk at Love Books in Melville on Thursday, 17 August.
Masande Ntshanga chats about his relationship with language and his novel The Reactive
Masande Ntshanga chatted to Ayanda-Allie Paine on ENCA Weekend Wakeup about his award-winning book The Reactive recently.
An electric debut novel: If I Stay Right Here by Chwayita Ngamlana
This is Chwayita Ngamlana’s debut novel – and it won’t be the last.
Friday – 11th August 2017
Feminism and lobola – can it work? Pumla Dineo Gqola tells her story at the launch of Reflecting Rogue
Pumla Dineo Gqola launched her new book Reflecting Rogue at Love Books in Melville last night.
Don’t miss a discussion on economic transformation with Mmusi Maimane and Lorenzo Fioramonti
Professor and author Lorenzo Fioramonti will be in conversation with DA leader Mmusi Maimane to discuss economic transformation in South Africa at Wits University this month.
Fikile Mbalula should read this book: Marianne Thamm recommends Mark Shaw’s Hitmen for Hire
Marianne Thamm has reviewed Mark Shaw’s new book Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld for the Daily Maverick.
Join the Struik Nature Club
Join the Struik Nature club to be the first to know about our new releases, special offers and special editions, plus you will be invited to our launches and author events and will stand in line to win great prizes monthly!
Thursday – 10th August 2017
Trevor Noah, Deon Meyer and Dikgang Moseneke up for Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award
The shortlist for the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book – has been announced.
Don’t miss the launch of Reflecting Rogue, the brilliant collection of essays by Pumla Dineo Gqola
MF Books Joburg, Jacana Media and Love Books invite you to the launch of Reflecting Rogue by Pumla Dineo Gqola!
Don’t miss the launch of Jassy Mackenzie’s Bad Seeds at Love Books
Umuzi and Love Books invite you to the launch of Bad Seeds, the new thriller from Jassy Mackenzie.
Win a book hot off the press from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
We have one of each of these brand new Jonathan Ball Publishers books to give away to five lucky winners!
Monday – 7th August 2017
Brave, beautiful, badass: A to Z of Amazing South African Women
Modjaji’s newest title, A to Z of Amazing South African Women, is making waves. From the Thundafund campaign to selling out before hitting the shelves and now being received with praise by the media.
Reflecting Rogue – the hotly anticipated new book from Pumla Dineo Gqola
Reflecting Rogue is the much anticipated and brilliant collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and South African culture by Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola.
We did not know it was the final farewell: Read an excerpt from Karina M Szczurek’s memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from The Fifth Mrs Brink, Karina M Szczurek’s soul-baring memoirs of her life before, with and after her marriage to André P Brink.
3 new books commemorate the 40th anniversary of Steve Biko’s death
Pan Macmillan South Africa is publishing three books this year to honour the life and work of Steve Biko.
Friday – 4th August 2017
Pan Macmillan South Africa to publish debut book by Iman Rappetti in 2018
Pan Macmillan South Africa has announced it will publish a memoir by well-known journalist and presenter Iman Rappetti. The book will be released in South Africa in 2018.
Thursday – 3rd August 2017
‘People learn us through our language’ – Pearls of wisdom from panel on decolonising South African editing
Yesterday evening, Jacana Media and Wits University hosted a panel discussion on decolonising South African editing.