Book events
Join Living Coloured author Yusuf Daniels for a fun-filled evening of talks, food, spot prizes and more in Cape Town (3 August)
Yusuf Daniels invites you to a fun-filled evening in support of small businesses at Kenwyn Primary School in Cape Town.
Join Sarah Wild and Sipho Kings for the Joburg launch of South Africa’s Survival Guide to Climate Change (13 August)
Pan Macmillan and Love Books invite you to the launch of South Africa’s Survival Guide to Climate Change by Sarah Wild and Sipho Kings.
Don’t miss the launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley at Love Books (30 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley.
Join Masande Ntshanga and Karabo Kgoleng for a discussion of Triangulum at the Wits Writing Centre (30 July)
You are invited to a discussion of Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga at the Wits Writing Centre.
Don’t miss the New Daughters of Africa Women’s Month launch in Joburg – with a line-up of literature, music and performances by the contributors (3 Aug)
Join New Daughters of Africa for a morning of performance, music and literature at the Market Theatre.
Don’t miss bestselling author Iain S Thomas reading from his new collection, Every Word You Cannot Say, at The Book Lounge (31 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to join the internationally acclaimed author Iain S Thomas in Cape Town on 31 July, where he will be reading select excerpts from his new book, Every Word You Cannot Say.
Join Letshego Zulu for the launch of her tragic and inspiring memoir, I Choose To Live, at Exclusive Books Mall of Africa (24 July)
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of I Choose to Live by Letshego Zulu.
All the book launch details for The Stellenbosch Mafia by Pieter du Toit – in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Joburg and Pretoria
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit.
All the book launch details for Death on the Limpopo – the new Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew – around the country!
Death on the Limpopo – the third Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew – is out in September from Penguin Random House SA!
Don’t miss the launch of Because I Couldn’t Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman at The Book Lounge (7 Aug)
MFBooks Joburg and The Book Lounge invite you to the much-anticipated launch of Because I Couldn’t Kill You by Kelly-Eve Koopman.
Join Yusuf Daniels for the Cape Town launch of Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken) (18 July)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Yusuf Daniels’s humorous and unique memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken).
Join the #PleasureRevolution at the Joburg launch of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s new book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure (7 Aug)
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to join the #PleasureRevolution at the launch of Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng’s new book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure.
Sue Nyathi will be on the patio with Pippa Smith to discuss her books, The Polygamist and The Gold Diggers (20 July)
Sue Nyathi, author of The Polygamist and The Gold Diggers, will be chatting to Pippa Smith of The Book Revue this month.
Join Letshego Zulu for the launch of her memoir I Choose to Live: Life After Losing Gugu at Exclusive Books Sandton City (18 July)
MFBooks Joburg and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of I Choose To Live: Life After Losing Gugu, Letshego Zulu’s much-anticipated memoir of courage, healing and triumph.
First-ever book festival on the Cape Flats announced: The Read to Rise Book Festival (31 Aug-1 Sep)
A new book festival to be held in Mitchells Plain has been announced by Read to Rise.
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Yusuf Daniels’s memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken) (11 July)
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Yusuf Daniels’s humorous and unique memoir Living Coloured (Because Black and White Were Already Taken).
A story of healing and hope: Don’t miss the launch of As if Born to You by Susan Newham-Blake at The Book Lounge (25 July)
Penguin Random House and the Book Lounge invite you to the launch of As if Born to You by Susan Newham-Blake.
Celebrate Black Girls in Literature and Women’s Month with BlackBird Books and Bridge Books in Joburg (10 August)
BlackBird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, invites you to a Black Girls in Literature event at Bridge Books in Johannesburg – in celebration of Women’s Month!
2019 South African Book Fair – find out more about the authors and events!
The 2019 South African Book Fair will take place from 6–8 September at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.
Don’t miss the launch of Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala’s book Soft Magic at Exclusive Books Sandton City (10 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Soft Magic by Upile Chisala.