South Africa
Thursday – 19th August 2021
New book alert! The Poisoners: On South Africa’s Toxic Past by Imraan Coovadia is out in September 2021
Imraan Coovadia’s new book The Poisoners is out in September 2021 from Penguin Random House.
Pan Macmillan is proud to be releasing Scatterling of Africa, a memoir by Johnny Clegg, in October 2021
Scatterling of Africa: My Early Years by Johnny Clegg will be published by Pan Macmillan in October 2021.
Wednesday – 18th August 2021
Deon Wiggett en Hannes Barnard benoem vir die kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse 2021!
Aandag! Veels geluk aan Deon Wiggett en Hannes Barnard wie se boeke pas benoem is vir die kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse 2021.
Tuesday – 17th August 2021
Kom kuier saam met Lizz Meiring en Morné Malan by die aanlynbekendstelling van sy jongste roman, Wildekus (17 Aug)
LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou na die virtuele bekendstelling van Wildekus deur Morné Malan.
Monday – 16th August 2021
Vrouemaand-uitverkoping: Kry tussen 15% en 75% afslag op uitgesoekte titels by LAPA Uitgewers (14 Aug – 3 Sept 2021)
Aandag! LAPA-lesers kan nou tussen 15% en 75% spaar op geselekteerde boeke, spesiaal vir Vrouemaand.
Friday – 13th August 2021
‘Credit is the most powerful tool for generational wealth’ – Read an excerpt from Millionaire in the Making by Laurens Boel
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Millionaire in the Making: Building Generational Wealth by Investing Wisely by Laurens Boel.
Nuut by Naledi! Die wrede relaas van Vuilgat en Stilte: ’n radikale teks deur Aryan Kaganof
Vreemd, eksperimenteel en totaal anders: Die wrede relaas van Vuilgat en Stilte deur Aryan Kaganof is nou beskikbaar by Naledi!
Wil jy die storie agter Devilsdorp lees? WEN Afspraak met moord of The Krugersdorp Cult Killings deur Jana Marx! (16 Aug)
Jy kan nou ‘n kans staan om weg te loop met een van twee kopieë van Afspraak met moord of The Krugersdorp Cult Killings deur Jana Marx.
New book alert! Hosting With The Lazy Makoti: A Celebration of Food
Jonathan Ball Publishers will be publishing the new book by chef and award-winning cookbook author Mogau Seshoene!
Wednesday – 11th August 2021
A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir – a dazzling collection of stories by Razina Theba
A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir by Razina Theba is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
‘Nothing short of magic’ – Futhi Ntshingila’s new novel They Got To You Too is out in September 2021
Pan Macmillan SA is proud to be releasing They Got To You Too, a new novel by Futhi Ntshingila.
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Erika Bornman’s Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu (12 Aug)
Penguin Random House invite you to join News24.com books editor Shaun de Waal in conversation with Erika Bornman, author of Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu.
Tuesday – 10th August 2021
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out, edited by Sue Nyathi (12 Aug)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a series of conversations as women speak out and make their Secrets Become Stories.
Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu – Erika Bornman chronicles her escape from an abusive religious community
Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu by Erika Bornman is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
‘This beautifully nuanced account of the liberation struggle is a must-read’ – find out more about Mandla Langa’s new novel The Lost Language of the Soul
Pan Macmillan SA is proud to be releasing The Lost Language of the Soul, a new novel by Mandla Langa.
Trust You’re Well: Emails and Other Writings from a Discerning Consumer
Acutely perceptive, unequivocally funny and startlingly sincere, Hans Mackenzie Main presents a first unmissable collection of service provider correspondences and writings.
Friday – 6th August 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Tony Park’s new novel Blood Trail
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. A poacher vanishes, two young girls go missing, a tourist …
Footnotes, August 2021: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye. …
Thursday – 5th August 2021
Wat het daardie dag met haar boetie se dood gebeur? Vind uit in 25 trappe na benede deur Madelein Rust
Wat wag daar om ontdek te word, net vyf-en-twintig trappe na benede? Vind uit in Madelein Rust se jongste roman!
Don’t miss Aoife Lennon-Ritchie’s webinar on how to get a literary agent (18 Aug)
How do you get a literary agent? What do literary agents even do, and why do you need one? How does agenting work in South Africa? What kind of titles are agents looking for?