Book events

Don’t miss the launch of The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia at UCT (24 Mar)

You’re invited to the launch of The Asian Aspiration: Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Hailemariam Desalegn and Emily van der Merwe.

Join Jakkie Cilliers for a dialogue on Africa’s future at the launch of Africa First! at UJ (19 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Africa First! Igniting a Growth Revolution by Jakkie Cilliers at the University of Johannesburg.

Don’t miss The East African Cookbook experience with Shereen Jog in Joburg (19 Mar)

Join Penguin Random House for the multicultural experience of East African cooking at the launch of The East African Cookbook by Shereen Jog.

Get blown away by James-Brent Styan and Anneleigh Jacobsen at this year’s Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town (11-14 Mar)

Come and meet James-Brent Styan and Anneleigh Jacobsen at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town.

Join Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut for the launch of Understanding South Africa at Love Books (12 Mar)

Join Jacana Media at Love Books for the launch of Understanding South Africa by Carien du Plessis and Martin Plaut.

Can chaos and uncertainty breed opportunity? Find out at the launch of Bruce Whitfield’s new book The Upside of Down in Joburg (2 Apr)

Join Pan Macmillan for the launch of The Upside of Down: How Chaos and Uncertainty Breed Opportunity in South Africa by Bruce Whitfield, award-winning financial journalist and broadcaster.

Kom neem deel aan ‘n boekgesprek met Irna van Zyl en Chris Karsten by die KKNK (28 Maart)

Penguin Random House SA nooi jou graag na ‘n boekgesprek oor Bloedsteen deur Irna van Zyl en Anderman se vrou deur Chris Karsten by vanjaar se Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.

Join Irna van Zyl for the launch of her heart-stopping new novel Blood Stone at The Book Lounge (18 Mar)

The Book Lounge and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Blood Stone by Irna van Zyl.

Author tour: Christy Lefteri, bestselling author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo, will be in South Africa in March!

Christy Lefteri, author of the moving, powerful, compassionate and beautifully written novel The Beekeeper of Aleppo, will be in Cape Town and Joburg from 10–18 March 2020.

Don’t miss Tracy Going, Landa Mabenge and Desiree-Anne Martin chatting about writing their lives at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town

Memoirists Landa Mabenge, Tracy Going and Desiree-Anne Martin will be in conversation with Cathy Park at the Blown Away by Books Festival in Cape Town.

Kom vier die bekendstelling van Die afloerder en Geen engel nie by Die Bordienghuis-teater in Wellington (5 Maart)

Penguin Random House SA nooi jou vriendelik uit na die bekendstelling van Die afloerder deur Anel Heydenrych en Geen engel nie deur André Krüger.

Don’t miss the launch of The World According to Roger Ballen in Joburg (19 Mar)

The David Krut Bookstore, Jonathan Ball Publishers and Rabbi Cyril Harris Community Centre invite you to the launch of The World According to Roger Ballen.

Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Changing a Leopard’s Spots: The Adventures of Two Wildlife Trackers (17 Mar)

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Changing a Leopard’s Spots by Alex van den Heever with Renais Mhlongo.

Jonny Steinberg will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser about his latest book One Day in Bethlehem at Kalk Bay Books (10 Mar)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg.

Don’t miss Pavlo Phitidis’s talk ‘Next Level’ at the UCT Graduate School of Business Distinguished Speakers Series (4 Mar)

Join business growth expert, author and co-founder of Aurik Business Accelerator Pavlo Phitidis at the UCT Graduate School of Business Distinguished Speakers Series.

Kom kuier saam met 12 skrywers by die LAPA WOW Biblioteekdag in Stellenbosch (11 Maart)

Kom ontmoet ons spogskrywers Jaco Jacobs, Fanie Viljoen, Nanette van Rooyen en nog meer by die LAPA WOW Biblioteekdag.

Don’t miss the Pretoria launch of Born Freeloaders – the new novel by Phumlani Pikoli

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the Pretoria launch of Born Freeloaders by Phumlani Pikoli.

Bring jou kinders na die Afrikaans Kinderboekfees in Durbanville (6–8 Maart)

Toys @ Pinehurst en LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die Afrikaans Kinderboekfees vanaf 6 tot 8 Maart 2020.

Don’t miss the launch of Patricia Schonstein’s new novel The Inn at Helsvlakte at The Book Lounge (10 Mar)

The Book Lounge and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Inn at Helsvlakte by Patricia Schonstein.