South Africa
Tuesday – 27th July 2021
New book alert! A Brief History of South Africa: From the Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency
A Brief History of South Africa: From the Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency by John Pampallis and Maryke Bailey is out now from Jacana Media!
Damon Galgut’s latest novel The Promise longlisted for prestigious Booker Prize
Penguin Random House SA is delighted to announce that renowned South African author Damon Galgut has scored a hat-trick with his third nomination for the Booker Prize.
Monday – 26th July 2021
Rateltaai deur Tinus van Staden: Hoe Ethienne Reynecke dit reggekry het om staande te bly en vas te klou aan hoop
In 2018 het die doodsengel drie keer aan die oudrugbyspeler Ethienne Reynecke se deur geklop. Rateltaai deur Tinus van Staden is nou beskikbaar!
[Video] A story of suspense, drama and dogged persistence – watch Evert Kleynhans introducing his new book Hitler’s Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared a video of Evert Kleynhans introducing his new book Hitler’s Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa.
Friday – 23rd July 2021
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sindiwe Magona’s powerful and resonant new novel When the Village Sleeps
Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening and this excerpt from When the Village Sleeps by Sindiwe Magona!
‘There’s an entire generation of South African women who ought to read this book.’ Find out more about Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife
Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Moenie die bekendstelling van Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers mis nie! (27 Julie)
LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers.
[Video] Hoe maak jy ’n kopskuif na ’n gesonder leefstyl? Gesondheidskenner en skrywer Bernadine Douglas vertel
Bernadine Douglas gesels oor haar jongste boek, Your 12-week Body and Mind Transformation. Kyk na die video.
Thursday – 22nd July 2021
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Lovemore Ndou’s new memoir Tough Love: How A Limpopo Homeboy Became A World Champ Turned Lawyer (23 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Tough Love: How A Limpopo Homeboy Became A World Champ Turned Lawyer by Lovemore Ndou!
Read an excerpt from Zachariah Rapola’s award-winning short story collection Beginnings of a Dream
Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Beginnings of a Dream by Zachariah Rapola.
Wednesday – 21st July 2021
[Video] ‘Ek wou die boek skryf wat ek nie as kind gehad het nie’: ATKV-Inkstories gesels met Bianca Flanders oor Prinses Pampoenpit
Video: ATKV-Inkstories gesels met skrywer, aktrise en regisseur Bianca Flanders oor haar bekroonde kinderboek, Prinses Pampoenpit.
Tuesday – 20th July 2021
Don’t miss a free webinar on Palaces of Stone: Uncovering Ancient Southern African Kingdoms, presented by Prof. Tom Huffman (21 Jul)
Join Struik Nature for a RoomToGrow Kirstenbosch online talk with Professor Tim Huffman on Palaces of Stone: Uncovering Ancient Southern African Kingdoms.
Celebrate Frantz Fanon’s birthday with 30% off Frantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism
Today is the birthday of Frantz Fanon, psychiatrist, revolutionary, and one of the leading anticolonial thinkers of our time.
Monday – 19th July 2021
‘Vywervrou? Nee, ’n kaivrou. Dis wat sy is.’ Lees ’n uittreksel uit Chanette Paul se jongste roman, Marilyn
’n Mens se sondes haal jou altyd in. Selfs die wat jy nie self gepleeg het nie. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Marilyn deur Chanette Paul.
Friday – 16th July 2021
‘Die laaste gedagte wat deur haar kop gegaan het was: Jou klein feeks’: Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Die Seepunt-insident
Imelda Grys weet wie haar vermoor het, maar sal die speurders dit betyds kan uitpluis? Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Die Seepunt-insident deur Gerhard Greyvensteyn.
So hekel jy ’n snoesige seshoekdeken vir die winter: Kry jou gratis patroon in die Julie-uitgawe van The Penguin Post
In die Julie-uitgawe van The Penguin Post wys Christa Swanepoel lesers hoe om ’n seshoekdeken te hekel. Kry jou gratis patroon vandag nog!
Thursday – 15th July 2021
Die liefde is onbeperk in vier nuwe Romanzas, nou beskikbaar by LAPA!
Nuut by LAPA – liefde sonder perke in vier nuwe Romanzas deur Marilé Cloete, Didi Potgieter, Jeanette Stals en René van Zyl.
Don’t miss this writing webinar with successful local author Fiona Snyckers! (21 Jul)
Have you ever wondered how writers do what they do? How they write novels that keep you interested and turning page after page into the early hours of the morning?
A Path Unexpected – a memoir about family, love, loss, finding purpose and dedicating oneself to a life of service
A Path Unexpected: A Memoir by Jane Evans is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Thinking the Future: New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants – Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury teach us the futurist’s art of decision-making
Thinking the Future: New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants by Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury is out now from Penguin Random House SA!