South Africa

Tuesday – 25th May 2021

Hou verby, Twilight! Elikser deur Frenette van Wyk is nou beskikbaar

Elikser deur Frenette van Wyk is ’n eerste in sy soort – ’n opwindende bonatuurlike romanse vir jong volwassenes in Afrikaans!

A publishing first! Shubnum Khan’s memoir How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo will be released in India

Shubnum Khan’s memoir How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo: And Other Strange And Wonderful Stories will be published in India!

New book alert! Rethinking Africa: Indigenous Women Re-Interpret Southern Africa’s Pasts

Rethinking Africa: Indigenous Women Re-Interpret Southern Africa’s Pasts, edited by Bernedette Muthien and June Bam, is out in May 2021 from Jacana Media!

Monday – 24th May 2021

Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to a poetry celebration on Africa Day!

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a poetry celebration to commemorate Africa Day 2021.

Future African Classics! Years of Fire and Ash: South African Poems of Decolonisation

In the run-up to Africa Day, on 25 May, Jonathan Ball Publishers will be sharing some of the sparkling new books from …

Verlore skatte, muisneste en storieboekliefde: Nou beskikbaar in vier nuwe Romanzas!

Nuut by LAPA – vier splinternuwe liefdesverhale deur Dina Botha, Elsa Winckler, Malene Breytenbach en Louise van der Merwe om jou winter op te kikker.

Don’t miss the launch of Justin Fox’s new novel The Cape Raider at Liberty Books in Elgin (24 Jun)

Penguin Random House and Liberty Books invite you to the launch of The Cape Raider by Justin Fox.

Friday – 21st May 2021

Future African Classics! Native Boy – exploring a young man’s complex relationship with identity and race

In the run-up to Africa Day, on 25 May, Jonathan Ball Publishers will be sharing some of the sparkling new books from their 2021 Pan-African list.

LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Dominique deur Erla-Mari Diedericks (8 Junie)

LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Dominique deur Erla-Mari Diedericks.

‘Ek sal eerder gif drink as Engelse tee oor my lippe neem’ – Lees ’n uittreksel uit Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard

Penguin Random House SA het onlangs ’n uittreksel uit Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard op The Waddle gedeel. Lees dit nou!

Thursday – 20th May 2021

Future African Classics! The Boy Who Never Gave Up – how a son of Sudan rose above poverty, racism and xenophobia to become a South African legend

Today, find out more about The Boy Who Never Gave Up: A Refugee’s Epic Journey to Triumph by Emmanuel Taban and Andrew Crofts!

Die Afrikaanse kriptiese blokraaiboek II is nou beskikbaar met 30 splinternuwe blokraaie!

Geniet nog 30 splinternuwe uitdagende en meevoerende raaisels in Die Afrikaanse kriptiese blokraaiboek II deur Willem Swanepoel.

New book alert! Robert Muponde’s The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse – a magical coming-of-age tale in rural Zimbabwe

The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse: A Memoir of a Childhood by Robert Muponde is out now from Penguin Random House!

‘It’s a collection of my thoughts and the lessons that I’ve learnt’ – Watch Kojo Baffoe introducing his new book, Listen to Your Footsteps

Kojo Baffoe’s new book, Listen to Your Footsteps is an honest and, at times, raw collection of essays from a son, a father, a husband, a brother and a man deeply committed to doing the internal work.

Wednesday – 19th May 2021

Nuut! Daar’s iets vir elke hekelentoesias in 50 Tydlose Hekelpatrone deur Christa Swanepoel

Nuut! 50 Tydlose Hekelpatrone deur Christa Swanepoel – ’n versameling van 50 hoogtepunte uit die baie suksesvolle reeks, Hekel saam met Vrouekeur.

New book alert! Blues for the White Man: Hearing Black Voices in South Africa and the Deep South by Fred de Vries

A fascinating, insightful journey through time and space, Blues for the White Man is a celebration of multiculturalism and a plea for white people to do some ‘second line dancing’ for a change.

Tuesday – 18th May 2021

In 1899 verander twee families se lewens onherroeplik wanneer hul paaie kruis in Skilderkrans deur JJ Olivier

Skilderkrans, JJ Olivier se debuutroman wat afspeel tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog, is nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers.

‘My writing is my response to this ever-changing world’ – Read an interview with Sindiwe Magona about her new book When the Village Sleeps

Pan Macmillan has shared an interview with the legendary Sindiwe Magona, about her latest novel When the Village Sleeps!

Monday – 17th May 2021

Potgooi: ‘Die era van valse ordentlikheid is verby!’ Ilse Salzwedel gesels met Sophia Kapp en Leonie van Rensburg oor Lyfskap

Luister hoe gesels Ilse Salzwedel met Sophia Kapp en Leonie van Rensburg oor hul bundel erotiese verhale, Lyfskap, op RSG.