Book excerpts
‘Twilight is deepening and the smoke hangs thickly in the streets’ – Read an excerpt from Zola, the debut novel by Johan Jack Smith
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Johan Jack Smith’s debut novel Zola.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
Get comfortable this evening with a bar of chocolate and an excerpt from Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up – a book for anyone who’s ever worried life isn’t going to plan!
Listen to an extract from The Last Trial by Scott Turow, a masterful courtroom thriller that unfolds in page-turning suspense
Pan Macmillan has shared an audiobook excerpt from The Last Trial by Scott Turow!
The DA was severely divided on the question of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg. The book is …
‘It was a strange time …’ Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook of The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Lees ’n uittreksel uit Negentien minute deur Jodi Picoult, vertaal deur Daniel Hugo (Plus: Kyk na die boeklokprent)
Jodi Picoult se roman Negentien minute het pas in Afrikaans by Jonathan Ball Uitgewers verskyn, vertaal deur Daniel Hugo, en fokus op skoolskietery. Lees hier ’n uittreksel en kyk na die lokprent.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Alligator and Other Stories – the debut short story collection from an exciting talent to watch
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend.
In trying to deal with the end of an abusive 45-year marriage, Grietjie turns to crochet: Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer
Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer by Nadia de Kock and Hilda Steyn, where a woman shares her story of abuse and survival through the power of crochet.
The DA was severely divided on the subjects of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg by Mashaba’s former chief of staff Michael Beaumont.
Na ’n aanslag op sy lewe vlug JJ van Solms die berge in: Lees ’n uittreksel uit By die brandende berg deur Piet van Rooyen
JJ van Solms, so hardegat soos wat hy hardwerkend is, moet vlug wanneer sy vennote hom probeer vermoor. Lees ‘n uittreksel uit By die brandende berg deur Piet van Rooyen.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Kate Eberlen’s romantic, touching and wise new novel Only You
The Friday Night Book Club: Exclusive excerpts from Pan Macmillan every weekend. Get comfortable this evening with a glass of wine and …
‘Die Vrystaatse winternag ruik na die dood en ’n belofte van ryp’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit My naam is Legio deur Madelein Rust
Sal forensiese sielkundige Renata Malan uiteindelik antwoorde vind? Het sy die moordgeen by haar pa geërf? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Madelein Rust se jongste roman, My naam is Legio.
Hy lyk soos ’n Keltiese kryger en aanvaar nie ‘nee’ vir ’n antwoord nie: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die Ier se ultimatum deur Nelia Engelbrecht
Lees ‘n uittreksel uit Die Ier se ultimatum deur Nelia Engelbrecht. Die heruitgawe het in Junie by LAPA Uitgewers verskyn ter viering van Romanza se vyftiende bestaansjaar.
Yes To Life in Spite of Everything – a newly discovered classic by worldwide bestseller Viktor E Frankl (PLUS read an excerpt)
Find hope even in dark times with this rediscovered masterpiece by the 16 million copy bestselling author of Man’s Search For Meaning.
‘I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.’ Read an excerpt The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
So begins The Book of Longings, the exquisitely written new novel from Sue Monk Kidd, the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings.
Love Vera? Love Shetland? Love audiobooks? Listen to an excerpt from The Long Call, the first in a new series by Ann Cleeves
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The Long Call, the captivating first novel in a brand new series from the bestselling creator of Vera and Shetland, Ann Cleeves.
‘Haar arms is om sy nek voor sy kan sê shiraz’: Lees ’n stomende uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se e-rotiese roman, Perke
Voel jy ingeperk? Lees ’n uittreksel uit Didi Potgieter se stomende, sissende e-rotika, Perke.
Friday Night Book Club: Read an excerpt from Peter James’s new plot-twisting page-turner Find Them Dead
It’s the weather to snuggle up with a good book. Get comfortable this evening with a mug of hot chocolate and an excerpt from Find Them Dead, the new Roy Grace novel from the highly acclaimed number one bestselling author Peter James.
‘Skrik is ’n sirene sonder klank’: Lees ’n uittreksel uit Malene Breytenbach se jongste spanningsverhaal, Skadumagte
’n Jong, roekelose joernalis ondersoek die moord op ’n regter. Lees ’n spanningsvolle uittreksel uit Skadumagte deur Malene Breytenbach.