Awards
Calling all debut writers! Are you ready to launch your literary career?
The Jacana Literary Foundation invites aspiring authors to submit their entries for the 2025 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
Jonny Steinberg wins prestigious Book Critics Circle award for Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Bestselling South African author and scholar Jonny Steinberg scooped the award for best biography for Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage at the National Book Critics Circle awards in New York last week – one of the most prestigious awards in the publishing industry!
‘It isn’t always advisable to write things which are better left unsaid’ – Five minutes with CA Davids
How to Be a Revolutionary was recently awarded the 2023 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. The Penguin Post asked the author, CA Davids, some questions on her novel and the win.
‘I swear you can’t make stuff like this up’ – Read an excerpt from Tshidiso Moletsane’s Sunday Times Fiction Prize-winning novel Junx
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Junx, the debut novel from Tshidiso Moletsane, winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Prize!
Tshidiso Moletsane wins 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Junx
‘A tour de force. Bold, raw and surprisingly elegant Gonzo style writing.’ This is how the judges for this year’s Sunday Times Fiction Prize described debut author Tshidiso Moletsane’s Junx. The book is published by Penguin Random House under the Umuzi Trailblazer imprint.
Offers vir die vlieë deur Fanie Viljoen wen die 2022 Scheepersprys vir Jeuglektuur! (Plus: Lees ’n uittreksel)
Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns het pas die Akademiebekronings vir 2022 bekendgemaak! Fanie Viljoen wen die gesogte Scheepersprys vir jeuglektuur vir sy roman, Offers vir die vlieë.
SJ Naudé wen die Hertzogprys vir Prosa en die 2022 UJ-prys vir sy bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning! (Plus: Uittreksel)
SJ Naudé se tweede bundel kortverhale, Dol heuning, is die wenner van die gesogte Hertzogprys vir Prosa asook die 2022 UJ-prys! Veels geluk aan die skrywer!
Véronique Tadjo wins the LA Times Fiction Award for In the Company of Men
The winners of the 42nd annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced.
2021 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2021 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology has been announced!
Video: André Trantraal wen ’n SALA vir sy kinderboek Keegan en Samier: Die sokkerfiasko
André Trantraal, ’n baanbreker in die bevordering van Kaapse Afrikaans, is onlangs bekroon met ’n Suid-Afrikaanse Literêre Toekenning (SALA) vir sy kinderboek, Keegan & Samier: Die sokkerfiasko.
Damon Galgut wins the 2021 Booker Prize for The Promise
Cape Town-based author Damon Galgut’s latest novel, The Promise, has been awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for 2021.
Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park wins the American Historical Society’s Martin A Klein Award
Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park wins the American Historical Society’s Martin A. Klein Award
Congratulations to Tsitsi Dangarembga on being awarded the 2021 German Peace Prize
‘I’m sure you would have preferred to give up on occasion, Tsitsi, to simply give in to the temptation to just lead a normal, ordinary life. […] But you are far from ordinary.’
2021 SA Book Awards winners announced – Refiloe Moahloli’s How Many Ways Can You Say Hello? takes top prize
The winners of the 2021 SA Book Awards were announced on Wednesday, 6 October, during a virtual ceremony.
Marguerite Poland wins 2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Award for Fiction
Doyenne of the South African literary landscape Marguerite Poland was awarded the 2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Award for Fiction for her historical novel A Sin of Omission.
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi wins the 2021 Women’s Prize
Jonathan Ball Publishers is delighted to share that Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women’s Prize for fiction with her spellbinding novel, Piranesi.
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.
The Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology longlist announced
The 2020 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award longlist has been announced!
Tsitsi Dangarembga awarded 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Jacana Media is thrilled to announce that Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded the 2021 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Tsitsi Dangarembga wins the PEN Pinter Prize – to celebrate buy This Mournable Body at 50% off!
Jacana Media is thrilled to announce that Tsitsi Dangarembga, who was recently shortlisted for the Booker Prize, has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize.