Book excerpts

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Tony Park’s new novel Blood Trail

The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. A poacher vanishes, two young girls go missing, a tourist …

‘Reason and imagination must go hand in hand’ – Read an excerpt from Thinking the Future: New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants by Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Thinking the Future: New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants by Clem Sunter and Mitch Ilbury!

Moenie koue voete kry nie! Brei vir jouself die pragtige pantoffels uit 50 Tydlose Breipatrone deur Christa Swanepoel

Bederf jouself en almal wat jy ken met ’n paar mooi pantoffels wat jy self gemaak het. Probeer die gratis patroon uit 50 Tydlose Breipatrone.

‘Children are flesh and blood, not robots’ – navigate working from home with this excerpt from Future-proof Yourself by Nikki Bush

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Future-proof Yourself by internationally recognised parenting expert, author, thought leader and human potential expert Nikki Bush.

Read an excerpt from The Rising Tide – the new pulse-pounding thriller from Sam Lloyd

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Rising Tide by Sam Lloyd, the bestselling author of The Memory Wood.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Sindiwe Magona’s powerful and resonant new novel When the Village Sleeps

Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening and this excerpt from When the Village Sleeps by Sindiwe Magona!

Read an excerpt from Zachariah Rapola’s award-winning short story collection Beginnings of a Dream

Jacana Media has shared an excerpt from Beginnings of a Dream by Zachariah Rapola.

Find out more about Nicola Yoon’s new book Instructions for Dancing – and read the first 3 chapters!

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon is out now from Penguin Random House SA!

‘Vywervrou? Nee, ’n kaivrou. Dis wat sy is.’ Lees ’n uittreksel uit Chanette Paul se jongste roman, Marilyn

’n Mens se sondes haal jou altyd in. Selfs die wat jy nie self gepleeg het nie. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Marilyn deur Chanette Paul.

‘Die laaste gedagte wat deur haar kop gegaan het was: Jou klein feeks’: Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Die Seepunt-insident

Imelda Grys weet wie haar vermoor het, maar sal die speurders dit betyds kan uitpluis? Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Die Seepunt-insident deur Gerhard Greyvensteyn.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Anna Wharton’s chilling, clever debut, The Imposter

The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening …

So hekel jy ’n snoesige seshoekdeken vir die winter: Kry jou gratis patroon in die Julie-uitgawe van The Penguin Post

In die Julie-uitgawe van The Penguin Post wys Christa Swanepoel lesers hoe om ’n seshoekdeken te hekel. Kry jou gratis patroon vandag nog!

Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh narrates the audiobook of An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon (PLUS: Listen to an excerpt!)

Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon, read by Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh!

Find out more about Lesley Pearse’s new novel Suspects (PLUS: Read an excerpt!)

What do you do when your dream home becomes your worst nightmare?

Friday Night Book Club: A town’s descent into panic and paranoia … read an excerpt from Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan

Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening and this excerpt from Sixteen Horses, the debut literary thriller from an extraordinary new talent, Greg Buchanan.

Video: Kristel Loots lees ’n stukkie uit Blom in die hare (met ’n blom in haar hare)

Kristel Loots lees voor uit ’n ou gunsteling, Blom in die hare, wat in 2018 by LAPA verskyn het. Kyk gerus saam!

Listen to an excerpt from The Dictionary of Lost Words – a lyrical and thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from the audiobook of Pip Williams’s delightful debut The Dictionary of Lost Words, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Het jy ’n geliefde wat met ’n bipolêre versteuring leef? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Verhale van hoop deur Pieter van Zyl

LitNet het onlangs ’n uittreksel gedeel uit Pieter van Zyl se Verhale van hoop: Só help jy jou geliefde en jouself.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Zen Cho’s new novel Black Water Sister – a creepily atmospheric and surprisingly heartwarming tale

The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Treat yourself to a cup of hot chocolate this evening …