Book launches

Don’t miss the launch of Like Sodium in Water by Hayden Eastwood at Bridge Books Maboneng

Bridge Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Like Sodium in Water by Hayden Eastwood.

Silent auction at the Cape Town launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s new book The Fatuous State of Severity

Cape Town-based artist Skubalisto, aka Skhumbuzo Vabaza, has created a painting which he describes as ‘the effect Phumlani Pikoli’s writing has on [his] creative process’.

Don’t miss the launch of The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head, the new novel from John Hunt, at the Circa Gallery

Umuzi invites you to the launch of The Boy Who Could Keep a Swan in his Head by John Hunt.

Don’t miss the launch of Mary Watson’s The Wren Hunt at The Book Lounge, with Sally Partridge

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson.

Join Johan Raath for a Recce Story Night in Pretoria

Date: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Event: SASFA Story Evening
Venue: Ruimsig Country Club, Johannesburg
Time: 18:30 for 19:00
Click here for more information.

Don’t miss the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems in Gansbaai

Marine Dynamics and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of Living Shores: Interacting with Southern Africa’s Marine Ecosystems.

Join Koleka Putuma to celebrate Collective Amnesia’s one-year anniversary at The Book Lounge

we are going to have wine, read from the book, sign the book, celebrate the book. It has changed my life & I couldn’t have done it without you.

If you are in CPT come through.

Collective Amnesia Merchandise & Copies of the Books will be on sale!

Join Johan Raath, author of Blood Money, for a Recce Story Night in Roodepoort

Blood Money: Stories of an ex-Recce’s Missions as a Private Military Contractor in Iraq is out soon from Jonathan Ball Publishers. Shortly …

Save SA fiction: Don’t miss the launch of the Storied initiative

Storied is a campaign to save South African fiction and get people investing in its future. Come along to the Share Block Party to see how you can be a part of this exciting crowd-funding campaign.

Join Tembeka Ngcukaitobi for the launch of The Land Is Ours with Eusebius McKaiser at Constitution Hill

Penguin Random House and Constitution Hill invite you to the launch of The Land Is Ours by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.

Share a book and a glass of wine at the launch of Brutal Legacy by Tracy Going

When South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting Tracy Going’s battered face was splashed across the media back in the late 1990s, the nation was shocked. What had started off as a fairy tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.

Join Tembeka Ngcukaitobi and Thandeka Gqubule for the launch of The Land is Ours in Joburg

Exclusive Books and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Land Is Ours by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.

Don’t miss the launch of Tracy Going’s searing, heartbreaking memoir Brutal Legacy at Love Books

When South Africa’s golden girl of broadcasting Tracy Going’s battered face was splashed across the media back in the late 1990s, the nation was shocked. What had started off as a fairy tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything that Going was looking for – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.

Join NR Brodie and Lauren Beukes for the launch of Knucklebone in Cape Town

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the Cape Town launch of Nechama Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone.

Join Chwayita Ngamlana for the launch of her debut novel If I Stay Right Here in Joburg

You are invited to the launch of Chwayita Ngamlana’s debut novel If I Stay Right Here.

Don’t miss the launch of Tracy Going’s searing, heartbreaking memoir Brutal Legacy at The Book Lounge

What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.

Don’t miss the Kalk Bay launch of Messages from the Bees by Robin Winckel-Mellish

Kalk Bay Books and Modjaji Books are delighted to invite you to the launch of Robin Winckel-Mellish’s second collection of poems Messages from the Bees. Christine Coates will introduce Robin, who will also read from her collection.

Breaking News – UK journalist Jeremy Thompson launches his autobiography in Cape Town

Jacana Media invites you to the Cape Town launch of Jeremy Thompson’s autobiography, Breaking News.  

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity.