Book excerpts

‘In Johannesburg is die kwarantyn nooit gelig nie’ – Lees ’n boeiende uittreksel uit Toekomsmens deur Isa Konrad

Lank nadat die res van die wêreld die resessie ná Covid-19 oorkom het, moes die volk opstaan en hul stede herbou. In Johannesburg is die kwarantyn nooit gelig nie. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Toekomsmens deur Isa Konrad.

‘I was diagnosed with autism when I was about four years and six months old’ – read an extract from Help! My Child is Atypical

Read an extract from Help! My Child is Atypical where author Christien Neser interviews Emile Gouws, an advocate for people on the autism spectrum and PhD candidate who was diagnosed with autism at age four.

‘I was expecting a Hannibal Lecter type from Silence of the Lambs’ – Read an excerpt from Autopsy: Life in the Trenches With a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal

Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Autopsy: Life in the Trenches With a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal.

‘Diep in sy binneste fladder iets kortstondig’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Elsa Winckler se jongste liefdesverhaal, Ware noord

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Ware noord, Elsa Winckler se jongste liefdesroman. Evan weet met al sy bagasie kan hy niemand naby hom toelaat nie en Anya is baie versigtig na ’n mislukte verhouding, maar die noodlot het ander planne.

‘Voertsek, man! Jy verdraai die storie’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die heelal op my tong, Anoeschka von Meck se jongste roman

Elkeen het ’n heelal in hul mond. Keuses wat jou wentelbaan van uur tot uur bepaal. Lees ’n uittreksel uit Anoeschka von Meck se jongste roman, Die heelal op my tong.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Eli’s Promise – a rich, rewarding novel by Ronald H Balson, the author of Once We Were Brothers

Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and an excerpt from Eli’s Promise, the story of a ‘fixer’ in a Polish town during World War II, his betrayal of a Jewish family, and a search for justice 25 years later – by Ronald H Balson, the winner of the National Jewish Book Award!

Read an excerpt from The Land Wars: The Dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony by John Laband

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from John Laband’s new book The Land Wars: The Dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony. 

The Return – Read an excerpt from international number one bestselling author Nicholas Sparks’s powerful new love story

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks’s new novel is The Return – a moving story about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die dooies praat nie, die sesde titel in Peet Venter se Thys Krige-reeks

In Die dooies praat nie, die sesde titel in Peet Venter se Thys Krige-reeks, bevind Thys homself met ’n belangrike dokument wat hy vir die ondersoekende joernalis Petro de Wet moet aflewer. Lees ’n uittreksel.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from The Darkest Evening – a brilliant new DCI Vera Stanhope novel to savour from Ann Cleeves

Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and an excerpt from The Darkest Evening, the new DCI Vera Stanhope novel from bestselling author Ann Cleeves!

‘This story is bigger than me, it’s bigger than us, it’s bigger than all of us’ – Read an excerpt from So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture by Anton Harber

Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from So, for the Record: Behind the Headlines in an Era of State Capture by Anton Harber.

Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from A Family Affair, the new novel from bestselling author Sue Nyathi

Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and an excerpt from bestselling author Sue Nyathi’s new novel A Family Affair! 

Book excerpt: Bouwer Bosch shares his secrets to success in Conversations with Influencers by Elma Smit

In this excerpt from Conversations with Influencers by Elma Smit, Bouwer Bosch talks about how he became an influencer, his vulnerability in the public eye, his divorce from actor Leandie du Randt and the advice he would give to his 16-year-old self.

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Plek van poue deur Henriëtte Linde-Loubser (Plus: Kyk na die aanlynbekendstelling op Facebook)

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Plek van poue deur Henriëtte Linde-Loubser, ’n gotiese roman in die tradisie van Victoria Holt, en kyk na die aanlynbekendstelling op Facebook.

Read an excerpt from The Kingdom – Jo Nesbo’s dark, gripping new standalone thriller

Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Kingdom, the gripping new standalone thriller from multi-million copy bestseller Jo Nesbo!

Try this delicious low-carb recipe for homemade Granadilla Ice Cream from Home Food with Zero Guilt! by Trish van der Nest

Summer is almost here, and that can only mean one thing – ice cream! For delicious homemade ice cream with none of the guilt, try Trish van der Nest’s Granadilla Ice Cream recipe from her new cookbook, Home Food with Zero Guilt!

Two brothers. One town. A lifetime of dark secrets. Find out more about Jo Nesbo’s new standalone thriller The Kingdom

In the mountains of Norway a man lives a peaceful existence. However one day his younger brother, always the more successful and charming of the two, turns up to visit, accompanied by his new wife. It soon turns out that the little brother is not quite as angelic as he seems …

Lees drie stories uit Boodskapper van die gode deur Murray La Vita, benoem vir die 2020 kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse

‘Hello, Elvis here’: Lees drie stories uit Boodskapper van die gode, ’n keur uit die veelbekroonde joernalis Murray La Vita se rubrieke, sketse en essays – benoem vir die 2020 kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse.

Lees ’n stomende uittreksel uit Smit Motors deur Réney Warrington, benoem vir die 2020 kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Smit Motors deur Réney Warrington, wat onlangs benoem is vir die 2020 kykNET-Rapport-boekpryse in die filmafdeling.

Friday Night Book Club: A woman who must escape her past. A child who must unlock her future. Read an excerpt from Kristin Hannah’s new novel Wild

Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and an excerpt from Wild, the new novel from Kristin Hannah!