Book events

Don’t miss an evening of sensual delight with Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, The Lazy Makoti and The Cheeky Natives! (14 Feb)

Join Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, The Lazy Makoti and The Cheeky Natives for an evening of sensual delight with chocolate body paint, exciting toy giveaways and tips for pleasure lovers.

Join Amy Heydenrych for the launch of her new thriller The Pact at Love Books (5 Feb)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of The Pact by Amy Heydenrych.

2020 Time of the Writer Festival – dates and authors announced

The dates and initial line-up for the 2020 Time of the Writer Festival have been announced!

Join The Business Book Club for a discussion of Sweat Scale $ell with business accelerator Pavlo Phitidis (4 Feb)

The February edition of The Business Book Club will feature business accelerator Pavlo Phitidis.

Join cricket legend Ali Bacher and David Williams for a lunch-time launch of South Africa’s Greatest Bowlers at the Rand Club

Who are South Africa’s greatest bowlers? Join cricket legend Ali Bacher and top journalist David Williams for a lunch-time discussion at the Rand Club to find out!

Don’t miss an evening with Prue Leith in Cape Town (PLUS a cooking demonstration!) (5 Feb)

Join Pan Macmillan for a meet and greet and cooking demonstration by Prue Leith to celebrate her two latest cookbooks, Prue and The Vegetarian Kitchen (coming March 2020).

Join Hassen Ebrahim for the launch of his memoir Marabastad to Mogadishu: The Journey of an ANC Soldier at Love Books (29 Jan)

Jacana Media and the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation invite you to the launch of Marabastad to Mogadishu: The Journey of an ANC Soldier by Hassen Ebrahim.

Don’t miss the launch of Rodney Trudgeon’s Concert Notes: A Selection of Favourite Orchestral Masterpieces at the Artscape (27 Jan)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Fine Music Radio invite you to the launch of Rodney Trudgeon’s Concert Notes.

Don’t miss Phumlani Pikoli’s multidisciplinary exhibition Occupying A Fatuous State of Severity in Joburg (23 Jan)

Multidisciplinary artist and writer Phumlani Pikoli is debuting an exhibition entitled ‘Occupying A Fatuous State of Severity’, based on his book, at TMRW Gallery in Joburg.

Don’t miss the Literary Alliance book discussion of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure (15 Feb)

Join the Literary Alliance for a Valentine’s Day book discussion of Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure, with author Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng.

Calling all book lovers in Stone Town Zanzibar! Make sure to diarise the launch of Ndileka Mandela’s memoir I Am Ndileka

StepOne will be hosting Ndileka Mandela in Zanzibar’s first event of its kind as she launches her new book I Am Ndileka.

Don’t miss the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger at the Two Oceans Aquarium (2 Feb)

Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger.

Don’t miss the launch of Sylvester Chauke’s book Stand Against Bland at Book Circle Capital in Melville (6 Feb)

Book Circle Capital invites you to the launch of Stand Against Bland by Sylvester Chauke in Melville. 

Save the date! Launch of South Africa’s Greatest Bowlers Past and Present, by Ali Bacher and David Williams, at The Wanderers (22 Jan)

Penguin Random House invites you to the launch of South Africa’s Greatest Bowlers Past and Present – written by cricket legend Ali Bacher and top journalist David Williams, this is a book that no cricket fan can be without.

Join Armand Aucamp for LowCarb in the Lowveld cooking classes in Hoedspruit (29 Feb 2020)

Don’t miss LowCarb in the Lowveld with Armand Aucamp, author of the Banting and keto cookbook Armand kook kaal – die maer uitgawe!

Daar was nie sulke boeke toe ons kinders was nie – LAPA-skrywers vier diversiteit in kinderliteratuur in Distrik Ses

Skrywers Bianca Flanders, Susan Ongansie en André Trantraal skryf kinderboeke wat hul wêreld uitbeeld omdat daar nie sulke boeke was toe hulle klein was nie.

Video: Waldimar Pelser lees voor uit In gesprek met Waldimar: Sy 100 beste ontledings, inleidings en beledigings

Waldimar Pelser lees voor uit sy boek, In gesprek met Waldimar, by die onlangse bekendstelling in Pretoria.

Join Dr T at the Johannesburg signing of her latest book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure (14 Dec)

Come and meet the indomitable Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng in person at an exclusive book signing at Bargain Books in Johannesburg this weekend!

Join Grant Fowlds for the launch of Saving the Last Rhinos at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront in Cape Town (10 Dec)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Saving the Last Rhinos: The Life of a Frontline Conservationist by Grant Fowlds and Graham Spence.

Kook saam Kaaps

Kom brekfis saam met die skrywers van Kook saam Kaaps, Koelsoem Kamalie en Flori Schrikker, by #OnseFees in die Paarl (7 Des)

Kom brêkfis saam met Koelsoem Kamalie en Flori Schrikker by #OnseFees op 7 Desember 2019.