Book events
Don’t miss the launch of Whatever, the frank and hilariously dark memoir of 19-year-old Saskia Bailey, at Love Books (4 April)
MFBooks Joburg invites you to the launch of Saskia Bailey’s debut book, Whatever: A 21st-century Memoir.
Don’t miss a book discussion of We Are No Longer at Ease at the Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival (22 Mar)
Is free higher education a human right? Join Jacana Media for a book discussion and intergenerational conversation at Constitution Hill.
Join Marlene van der Westhuizen for the launch of Plate at Orange Restaurant
Penguin Random House invites you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Join Marlene van der Westhuizen for the launch of Plate at Exclusive Books Hyde Park, followed by a dinner
Exclusive Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Don’t miss the launch of Carsten Rasch’s memoir Between Rock and a Hard Place at Love Books (28 Mar)
MFBooks Joburg and Love Books invite you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch, ‘a survivor from the South African punk and new wave scene of the eighties’.
Join Julia Martin for the launch of her memoir The Blackridge House at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Blackridge House by Julia Martin.
Join Carsten Rasch in conversation with Valiant Swart for the launch of Between Rock and a Hard Place in Stellenbosch
MFBooks Joburg invites you to the launch of Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carsten Rasch, ‘a survivor from the South African punk and new wave scene of the eighties’.
Don’t miss the book launch of The A to Z of South African Politics at Constitution Hill (19 Mar)
Constitution Hill, Exclusive Books and Jacana Media invite you to the book launch of The A to Z of South African Politics: People, Parties and Players.
Don’t miss a book discussion of Breaking A Rainbow, Building A Nation with Rekgotsofetse Chikane and The Cheeky Natives
Join Rekgotsofetse Chikane, youth activist and author, for a book discussion and live podcast recording with The Cheeky Natives.
Zapiro returns to FanCon in Cape Town! (28 April)
Zapiro, South Africa’s top multi-award winning cartoonist, returns to FanCon!
Join Prof. Ntongela Masilela for a seminar at JIAS titled ‘Ezekiel Mphahlele: An Incomparable Figure for all Horizons’
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study invites you to a seminar titled ‘Ezekiel Mphahlele: An Incomparable Figure for all Horizons’, presented by Prof. Ntongela Masilela.
Join the Miriam Tlali Reading and Book Club in celebrating indigenous languages
As we celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages, The Miriam Tlali Reading and Book Club invites you a panel discussion on the theme ‘Literacy in Indigenous Languages as the Foundation of Community, Economic, Social and Political Advancement’.
Don’t miss the launch of Katharine Kilalea’s mesmerising debut novel OK, Mr Field at The Book Lounge (20 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to an evening with Katharine Kilalea, author of OK, Mr Field.
Join The Cheeky Natives in conversation with the editors and contributors to We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall (26 Mar)
Catch The Cheeky Natives in conversation with the editors and contributors to the new book We Are No Longer at Ease: The Struggle for #FeesMustFall.
Don’t miss the launch of Marlene van der Westhuizen’s new cookbook Plate at The Book Lounge (14 Mar)
Struik Lifestyle and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Plate by Marlene van der Westhuizen.
Don’t miss the launch of The Last Elephants by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell at The Book Lounge
Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Last Elephants by Don Pinnock and Colin Bell.
Don’t miss a discussion of the new book Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage in Durban (26 Mar)
Xubera Institute for Research and Development, The Brenthurst Foundation and Pan Macmillan invite you to the launch of Democracy Works: Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage, by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst and Tendai Biti.
Apartheid agents, war memories and legacies – Join Barry Gilder at Rhodes for a discussion around his book The List
The Rhodes University Department of Political and International Studies and Office of Equity and Institutional Culture invite you to a public dialogue titled ‘Apartheid Agents, War Memories and Legacies’ on Thursday, 14 March 2019.
Join Richard Sutton for the launch of his new book The Stress Code at Exclusive Books Hyde Park
Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the Johannesburg launch of The Stress Code by Richard Sutton.
Zakes Mda’s brilliant new novel is The Zulus of New York – Joburg and Cape Town launch details here!
Zakes Mda’s new novel, The Zulus of New York, will be published by Umuzi in March 2019.