South Africa
Thursday – 13th July 2017
Thandeka Gqubule talks about using African proverbs and history in her biography of Thuli Madonsela
Thandekqa Gqubule explains the use of proverbs and stories in her new biography of the former Public Protector, No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela.
South African youngsters beat world’s best at ‘the Olympics of reading’
A team of four South African boys has won the World Final of the global Kids Lit Quiz in Toronto, Canada – an event widely known as ‘the Olympics of reading’.
Win a copy of the new book Africa’s Billionaires: Inspirational stories from the continent’s wealthiest people
Penguin Random House SA has three copies of Africa’s Billionaires: Inspirational stories from the continent’s wealthiest people to give away!
Wednesday – 12th July 2017
The latest and hottest new local fiction from Penguin Random House SA
Love local? Check out the new local fiction published by Penguin Random House South Africa this year so far.
Submissions Call for Children’s and YA Books
Imagnary House is a boutique publishing house for children’s books and young-adult literature in Cape Town, South Africa. They have opened their submissions for 2017, and are looking to build up their publication list for the next 2 years.
Tuesday – 11th July 2017
Call for entries: The 2017 Sol Plaatje EU Poetry Award & Anthology
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced that submissions for the seventh annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology will be open from 1 to 16 July 2017!
Hamba kahle, Emma Mashinini
The feisty and inspirational Emma Mashinini has passed away at age 87. Emma’s memoir, Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life was originally published by The Women’s Press UK in 1989 and republished by Picador Africa in South Africa in 2012 with a new foreword by Jay Naidoo.
Don’t miss the launch of Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were by Philip Lymbery
‘Dead Zone is a must-read book for everyone who loves the wondrous wild creatures with whom we share our precious planet.’ – Joanna Lumley OBE
Monday – 10th July 2017
Sisonke Msimang on writing her memoir: ‘The dissonance between the SA of our dreams and the SA we have built’
Sisonke Msimang chatted to Heather Robertson of Nal’ibali recently about stories, activism, and her forthcoming memoir, Always Another Country.
New book sets the record straight about Mandela’s last years
Mandela’s Last Years by Vejay Ramlakan is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
South Africa and the world are at an economic crossroads – Lorenzo Fioramonti
Lorenzo Fioramonti, author of Wellbeing Economy: Success in a World Without Growth, explains why you should buy his new book.
Friday – 7th July 2017
‘The most fun I’ve ever had on a novel’ – Deon Meyer describes writing his new book Fever
Deon Meyer says writing his new book, Fever, was eighteen months of ‘pure joy, and intense enjoyment’.
Win a copy of Softness of the Lime, the new novel by Maxine Case
Penguin Random House SA is giving away three copies of Softness of the Lime, the new novel from Maxine Case!
Don’t miss the launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, PE and Joburg
Join Pan Macmillan for these launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg!
Thursday – 6th July 2017
Cover reveal: Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Blessed Girl
The tantalising cover for Angela Makholwa’s new novel, Blessed Girl, has been revealed!
Wednesday – 5th July 2017
Why South Africa ‘cannot go on like this!’ – Watch a lecture by John Kane-Berman
The breadth and depth of ideas and events covered in John Kane-Berman’s new book, Between Two Fires, are striking, and he is forthright about the threats to freedom, democracy, and growth in contemporary South Africa.
Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development
When I began to teach in 2012, I decided to start my course with an analysis of how money affects social order. What my students found particularly fascinating was the then-nascent world of cryptocurrencies, which I described at length as a crucial f
Tuesday – 4th July 2017
It’s 30 years since Cuito Cuanavale. How the battle redefined southern Africa
Thirty years ago in southern Angola, four military forces were mobilising for the largest conventional battle in Africa since the Second World War. It was a battle that would have huge consequences for Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Indeed it has
Nelson Mandela’s prison letters – many never seen before – to be published in new book
WW Norton imprint Liveright Publishing has acquired the rights to publish the “authorised and authentic” collection of Nelson Mandela’s prison letters.
New book alert: Softness of the Lime by Maxine Case, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Umuzi is proud to present Softness of the Lime, the new novel from Maxine Case!