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We Don’t Talk About It. Ever. – a brilliant new local addiction memoir by Desiree-Anne Martin
Celebrate an inspiring woman during Women’s Month with We Don’t Talk About It. Ever., the brilliant debut memoir by ex-heroin addict and ex-hooker, now mom and 14-years-clean addictions counsellor, Desiree-Anne Martin.
Unearthing new southern African fiction – 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award longlist announced
The longlist for the 2018 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award has been announced!
2018 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award shortlist announced, including poetry in isiZulu and Tshivenda
The shortlist for the 2018 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award has been announced!
Don’t miss the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje at Clarke’s Bookshop in Cape Town
Clarke’s Bookshop and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.
Don’t miss the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life at African Flavour Books
African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.
Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed
Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed.
New from Zapiro! WTF: Capturing Zuma – A Cartoonist’s Tale
WTF is renowned cartoonist Zapiro’s account of the Zuma years in 400 brilliant cartoons and the stories behind them.
New book alert! Business as Usual after Marikana – society looks on as miners are exploited, oppressed and dehumanised
Leave it to the president, government and ‘big business’ and we will die. This is the lesson learned from the Marikana massacre. At least it should have been, but still society looks on as miners are exploited, oppressed and dehumanised in the land of their birth.
Africa! Submissions are open for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology
Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology: An award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for writers and photographers across Africa.
Celebrate BlackBird Books’s 3rd birthday! (Plus: 3 for 2 special offer on BlackBird Books titles)
BlackBird Books is celebrating its 3rd Birthday!
Details of Panashe Chigumadzi’s South African author tour for her new book These Bones Will Rise Again
A timeous book, with Zimbabwe’s elections having taken place on 30 July, These Bones Will Rise Again responds to the November 2017 ousting of Robert Mugabe, exploring events leading up to the ‘coup not coup’ that brought his 37-year rule to an end.
Don’t miss Panashe Chigumadzi at African Flavour Books for the launch These Bones Will Rise Again
African Flavour Books and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Don’t miss the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book These Bones Will Rise Again at Exclusive Books Brooklyn in Pretoria
Jacana Media and Exclusive Books Brooklyn Mall invite you to the launch of Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? Get ready for South Africa’s most erotic novel ever: The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes
Still hungry after Fifty Shades? The Ecstasy of Brush Strokes is a sexy, intelligent and sometimes shockingly candid story. Loaded with desire and obsession, it promises to be South Africa’s most erotic novel ever.
Born trapped in a girl’s body – Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge
In April 1981, Landa Mabenge enters this world, trapped in a girl’s body.
Tumelo Buthelezi’s debut novel The Last Sentence out now from BlackBird Books
From BlackBird Books, the pioneering publisher of An Image in a Mirror, Nwelezelanga, Sweet Medicine and If I stay right here, a new story …
An evening with Mpho Dagada: On Bitcoin and growing your wealth
Join Mpho Dagada for a book event at Bridge Books Maboneng.
Birding in South Africa’s National Parks – the first book dedicated to birding in South African parks
Of the 700 regularly seen terrestrial species in South Africa, at least 640 can be found in the 19 national parks, with 13 of the 15 species endemic to South Africa and another 19 of the 20 species endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Don’t miss a book discussion of Christy Chilimigras’s shockingly brilliant debut memoir Things Even Gonzalez Can’t Fix
Join Christy Chilimigras as she discusses her new book, Things Even Gonzalez Can’t Fix, which talks about her childhood with addict parents.
Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of This Is How It Is: True Stories from South Africa
The Life Righting Collective and Jacana Media invite you to the launch of This Is How It Is: True Stories from South Africa.