Book events

You won’t want to miss this! Robert Jones Jr will be joining The Cheeky Natives for a virtual launch of his debut novel The Prophets (17 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Cheeky Natives invite you to the launch of The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Future Tense by Tony Leon, in conversation with Waldimar Pelser (8 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Future Tense by Tony Leon.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean, in conversation with Pippa Hudson (10 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of Girl A by Abigail Dean.

Meet author Terry-Ann Adams at a Those Who Live in Cages speed date and book signing (27 Feb)

Jacana Media and Book Circle Capital invite you to a book signing for Terry-Ann Adams’s debut novel, Those Who Live in Cages.

Don’t miss the launch of Like Water is for Fish: The Power of Story in Our Lives by Garth Japhet, co-founder of Soul City Institute and founding CEO of Heartlines (3 Mar)

Join Pan Macmillan for the online launch of Heartlines CEO Garth Japhet’s new book, Like Water is for Fish, hosted by Paula Fray and Exclusive Books.

Kom vier die bekendstelling van Malene Breytenbach se spanningsverhaal Skadumagte in Stellenbosch (11 Maart)

Kom sit aan by ’n driegang-maal en luister wanneer LAPA-skrywer Malene Breytenbach met Louise Esterhuizen gesels oor haar roman, Skadumagte.

[Book discussion] Join Richard Sutton for a discussion of his new book Stressproof with the Johannesburg Business School (23 Feb)

Join the Johannesburg Business School and Richard Sutton, author of Stressproof: The Game Plan, for a discussion on the conundrum of stress and its performance advantage versus its destructiveness; and stress-related challenges facing decision-makers in the world of business today.

Kom luister hoe gesels Anoeschka von Meck stoepstories in Stellenbosch oor haar jongste roman, Die heelal op my tong (18 Maart)

Anoeschka von Meck, skrywer van Die heelal op my tong, gesels op 18 Maart met Theo Kemp oor dié heerlike leeservaring. Moenie die geleentheid plus ’n driegang maal in Stellenbosch misloop nie!

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of They Called You Dambudzo by Flora Veit-Wild, with Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Shaun Viljoen (25 Feb)

Please join Jacana Media for a Don’t Shut Up conversation between Flora Veit-Wild, Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Shaun Viljoen for the launch the soon-to-be published They Called You Dambudzo.

Don’t miss the launch of Brent Meersman’s new book Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa (17 Feb)

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Brent Meersman’s new book Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa.

Don’t miss the virtual launch of 69 Jerusalem Street by Lindiwe Nkutha (24 Feb)

Modjaji Books is thrilled to invite you to the virtual launch of Lindiwe Nkutha’s debut short story collection, 69 Jerusalem Street.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of You Never Really Know by John Hunt, in conversation with Michele Magwood (9 Mar)

Join Penguin Random House and The Reading List for the launch of John Hunt’s new novel You Never Really Know.

Celebrate Saul Sithole, a neglected pioneer of South African science, at the launch of The Forgotten Scientist (18 Feb)

Jacana Media invites you to the virtual book launch of The Forgotten Scientist: The Story of Saul Sithole by Lorato Trok.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Slabbert by Albert Grundlingh, in conversation with Tony Leon (17 Feb)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Slabbert: Man on a Mission by Albert Grundlingh.

The Zuri Book Club will be discussing Critical But, Stable with author Angela Makholwa this month

This month’s Zuri Book Club read is Critical But, Stable by bestselling author Angela Makholwa!

Don’t miss the launch of Brent Meersman’s new book Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa (16 Feb)

The Cape Town Press Club and Pan Macmillan present the launch of Rattling the Cage: Reflections on Democratic South Africa by Brent Meersman.

She saves strangers’ lives: Meet Dr Anne Biccard, author of the word-of-mouth bestseller Saving a Strangers Life: The Diary of an Emergency Room Doctor

Join Jacana Media for a Don’t Shut Up Conversation between author Anne Biccard – writer, stray dog collector and the doctor we know you’d want on call – and her editor Michele Magwood, award-winning journalist and critic and the former books editor of the Sunday Times.

Kirstenbosch Wednesday Talk: Encounters with Cape Clawless Otters with Matthew Syphus (10 Feb)

Matthew and Mary Ann Syphus have been observing Cape Clawless Otters on the Cape Peninsula coastline for the past 18 years and have kept meticulous records of each encounter.

Don’t miss the virtual launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems (14 Feb)

Join Hands-On Books to celebrate the launch of Bernard Levinson’s Collected Poems!

Don’t miss the South African launch of The City of Tears, the new novel from bestselling author Kate Mosse (1 Feb)

Join Pan Macmillan for the South African launch of Kate Mosse’s new novel The City of Tears!