South Africa
Monday – 19th June 2017
Wilbur Smith chats about the success of his latest book, Pharaoh
In his new worldwide number one bestseller, Pharaoh, Wilbur Smith returns to Ancient Egypt and transports you to extraordinary times.
Mohale Mashigo lists five books she recommends for every South African library
Mohale Mashigo, author of The Yearning, recommends: Zakes Mda – Ways of Dying, Koleka Putuma – Collective Amnesia, Bessie Head – Maru, Alex Eliseev – Cold Case Confession and Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions.
Don’t miss the launch of The Man Who Founded the ANC in Rosebank
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Man Who Founded the ANC by Bongani Ngqulunga.
Thursday – 15th June 2017
Deon Meyer’s new post-apocalyptic thriller, Fever, taking the world by storm
Deon Meyer’s new post-apocalyptic thriller, Fever, has raced to number one on the South African bestseller lists.
New 40th anniversary edition of Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like
This 40th anniversary edition includes a Foreword by Njabulo S Ndebele, personal reflections on Steve Biko and Black Consciousness, as well as Biko’s first known published piece of writing.
Win a hamper of books for Father’s Day!
Three winners will each receive a hamper of books for Father’s Day!
Wednesday – 14th June 2017
Watch a video of Sally Andrew reading from her second Tannie Maria mystery, The Satanic Mechanic
I was maybe too hungry for love and ended up with murder on my plate.
Eusebius McKaiser chats to Thandeka Gqubule about her new biography of Thuli Madonsela
Eusebius McKaiser was in conversation with journalist and author Thandeka Gqubule about her book No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela on his show on 702 earlier today.
‘Very thrilling indeed’ – Pamela Power reviews Gail Schimmel’s The Park
Pamela Power has given Gail Schimmel’s new novel The Park a glowing review for the Sunday Times.
Writers and photographers: The Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology call for submissions
An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Monday – 12th June 2017
Join Steven Boykey Sidley and Richard Poplak at Love Books for the launch of Free Association
Join Steven Boykey Sidley and Richard Poplak at Love Books this Wednesday for the launch of Free Association!
Friday – 9th June 2017
The indignity of pit toilets and the importance of Thuli Madonsela’s lesser-known reports
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela by Thandeka Gqubule.
Thursday – 8th June 2017
‘I want my legs back’: A personal history of catastrophe by para-athlete Palesa ‘Deejay’ Manaleng
The JRB brings you an exclusive excerpt from a work in progress by Deejay Manaleng, which tells the story of how she became a top South African para-athlete.
Young and queer in London and Port Harcourt: Olumide Popoola’s debut novel When We Speak of Nothing
When We Speak of Nothing launches a powerful new voice onto the literary stage. The fluid prose, peppered with contemporary slang, captures what it means to be young and queer in London and Port Harcourt. If grime music were a novel, it would be this.
Wednesday – 7th June 2017
UK cover for Masande Ntshanga’s novel The Reactive revealed
The cover for the United Kingdom edition of Masande Ntshanga’s debut novel The Reactive has been revealed!
Bongani Madondo remembers Jozi’s Bassline in the latest issue of The JRB
In the latest issue of The Johannesburg Review of Books, Bongani Madondo reads a new book on the life and times of the Bassline, and throws his bones.
Listen to Mohale Mashigo chat to The Cheeky Natives about her book The Yearning
The Cheeky Natives sat down with Mohale Mashigo over a conversation filled with lightbulb moments, realisations and introspections delivered in the casual, easy manner which comes from someone whose magic is inherent.
Monday – 5th June 2017
Karina M Szczurek chats about her life with Andre Brink and her new memoir The Fifth Mrs Brink
Ingrid Winterbach spoke to Karina M Szczurek at the Woordfees literary festival recently about her life with one of South Africa’s most celebrated novelists, André Brink, and her memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink, forthcoming from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Infidelity among MK comrades: Read an excerpt from Achmat Dangor’s celebrated novel Bitter Fruit
A new edition of Achmat Dangor’s acclaimed novel Bitter Fruit is out soon from Picador Africa, ahead of the publication of his new novel, Dikeledi, in August.
Friday – 2nd June 2017
Michelle Hattingh’s brave and powerful memoir I’m the Girl Who Was Raped sold to 4 continents
I’m the Girl Who Was Raped was published in April 2016 and we’ve already sold North American rights to Inanna in Canada and world English rights (excluding North America and Africa) to Spinifex – the feminist publishers in Australia.