Book launches

Don’t miss a reading of Our Ghosts Were Once People, with Sisonke Msimang, Bongani Kona, Khadija Patel, Vonani Bila, Paula Akugizibwe and Madeleine Fullard (1 Sep)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to a virtual reading of Our Ghosts Were Once People: Stories on Death and Dying, edited by Bongani Kona.

Wie het sy mes in vir wie? Kom vind uit by die aanlynbekendstelling van Moord op Lake Panic deur Leon van Nierop (2 Sep)

Dis een gesprek wat jy nie wil mis nie! Kom kuier saam met Leon van Nierop en Phyllis Green by die aanlynbekendstelling van sy jongste roman, Moord op Lake Panic.

Join Peter Hain for the virtual book launch of A Pretoria Boy, in conversation with Judge Dennis Davis (25 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a conversation between Judge Dennis Davis and Lord Peter Hain about his new book A Pretoria Boy. 

‘I’m like an­cestral bubblegum stuck to your shoe’ – Read an excerpt from Charlie Human’s new book Ancestral

Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Ancestral, the new novel by Charlie Human.

Môreaand om 20:00! Moenie die virtuele bekendstelling van Verkleurmannetjie deur François Bloemhof mis nie (24 Aug)

Kom vier die aanlynbekendstelling van François Bloemhof se jongste jeugroman, Verkleurmannetjie, in gesprek met Louis Awerbuck.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain (26 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual launch of A Pretoria Boy by Peter Hain.

Dra jou mooiste masker en kom geniet die bekendstelling van Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard in Pretoria (20 Aug)

Jy word hartlik uitgenooi na die Pretoria-bekendstelling van Vier susters deur Gerda Taljaard, in gesprek met Prof. Willie Burger.

FLF virtual launch of renowned historian Niall Ferguson’s Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe (25 Aug)

Join the Franschhoek Literary Festival for the launch of bestselling author Niall Ferguson’s new novel, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.

Kom kuier saam met Lizz Meiring en Morné Malan by die aanlynbekendstelling van sy jongste roman, Wildekus (17 Aug)

LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou na die virtuele bekendstelling van Wildekus deur Morné Malan. 

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Erika Bornman’s Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu (12 Aug)

Penguin Random House invite you to join News24.com books editor Shaun de Waal in conversation with Erika Bornman, author of Mission of Malice: My Exodus from KwaSizabantu.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out, edited by Sue Nyathi (12 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a series of conversations as women speak out and make their Secrets Become Stories.

[Free webinar] Thinking the Future: New Perspectives from the Shoulders of Giants (4 Aug)

Join Daily Maverick Associate Editor Ferial Haffajee, bestselling author Clem Sunter and scenario-planner Mitch Ilbury as they discuss how we can think more effectively about the future and, in the process, make better decisions about our lives.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of When Secrets Become Stories: Women Speak Out, edited by Sue Nyathi (5 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for a series of conversations as women speak out and make their Secrets Become Stories.

FLF virtual launch of international bestselling author Christy Lefteri’s new novel, Songbirds (4 Aug)

The Franschhoek Literary Festival invites you to the launch of bestselling author Christy Lefteri’s new novel Songbirds.

Have you been changed by Small Things? Don’t miss this book discussion with Nthikeng Mohlele (5 Aug)

Join masterful storyteller and literary novelist Nthikeng Mohlele in an incisive and thought-provoking conversation with Unisa English Studies Department lecturers Reinhardt Fourie, Princess Bembe and Antoinette Pretorius as they delve into the intricacies of Mohlele’s remarkable novel Small Things.

Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Vier die bekendstelling van Afrikaner Sondebok? deur Albert Blake in jou woonkamer! (3 Aug)

Was Ossewabrandwag-leier Hans van Rensburg ‘n verbete Afrikaner-fascis of ‘n gerieflike sondebok? Kom vind uit by die bekendstelling van Afrikaner Sondebok deur Albert Blake.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Shana Fife’s Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some (4 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife!

Stel jou wekker! Moenie die virtuele bekendstelling van Marilyn deur Chanette Paul mis nie (12 Aug)

LAPA en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Chanette Paul se langverwagte Vywervrou-trilogie vervolg, Marilyn.

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!

Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Moenie die bekendstelling van Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers mis nie! (27 Julie)

LAPA Uitgewers en Graffiti Boeke nooi jou graag na die virtuele bekendstelling van Die Stella-moorde deur Susan Cilliers.