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Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive ‘The Dog’ Barker launches his biography
Former Bafana Bafana coach Clive ‘The Dog’ Barker has released a biography, Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker.
Jacana Media acquires Southern African rights for Panashe Chigumadzi’s new book, These Bones Will Rise Again
Jacana Media has announced a southern African rights agreement with Panashe Chigumadzi for her new book, These Bones Will Rise Again.
Read an excerpt from Born to Kwaito – ‘Yizo Yizo: The Poetry of Dysfunction’ by Sihle Mthembu
‘Ronnie Nyakale virtually strangled Teboho when he auditioned for the part of Papa Action.’
‘There’s no doubt’ – Liza Smit believes the National Party was involved in her parents’ murders
Liza Smit says she has no doubt that the murders were politically motivated, and executed through the National Party.
World rights sold for CM Elliott’s Sibanda series of Zimbabwean crime novels
Jacana Media is thrilled to announce that world rights have been sold for CM Elliott’s Zimbabwean crime novels, the Sibanda series.
Book giveaway! Jacana Media is giving away copies of Nthikeng Mohlele’s Rusty Bell and Small Things
Jacana Media is giving away copies of the new editions of Nthikeng Mohlele’s books Rusty Bell and Small Things!
Pitch your book and convince Jacana Media it needs to be published!
Jacana Media is once again offering aspiring writers a once-a-year opportunity to pitch their books in person at a From Pitch to Publication session.
Jacana Media announces new Modern Classics series with How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele
Jacana Media has launched a new Modern Classics series, kicking off with How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele, to be published in June 2018.
Don’t miss the Joburg launch of Born to Kwaito: Reflections on the Kwaito Generation
Save the date for the launch of Born to Kwaito, a new BlackBird Books publication by Esinako Ndabeni and Sihle Mthembu.
Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology closing date extended to 31 August 2018
The Jacana Literary Foundation has extended the deadline for the Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology, which honours African writing and photography that ‘provokes thought on the topics of gender, social justice and sexuality’.
Join Clive Barker for the launch of his biography Coach!
Save the date for the launch of Clive Barker’s biography, Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker by Michael Marnewick.
Don’t miss the launch of The Broken River Tent by Mphuthumi Ntabeni at David Krut Bookstore
Join Mphuthumi Ntabeni for the launch of his debut novel The Broken River Tent.
How to get published in South Africa – Jacana Media explains
How to get published in South Africa.
Join Jacana Media and Love Books to celebrate the worldwide success of CM Elliot’s Sibanda series
Want to find out what happens when your wildest dreams come true, when the series you wrote is about to move beyond what is often called ‘modest sales’ in southern Africa?
‘Truly brilliant and darkly funny’: Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Christy Chilimigras about her memoir Things Even González Can’t Fix
Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Christy Chilimigras recently about her painfully beautiful memoir Things Even González Can’t Fix.
New book alert! Coach: The Life and Soccer Times of Clive Barker by Michael Marnewick
An insightful biography of Mzansi’s longest-serving national football coach and arguably the most successful!
Don’t miss the launch of Brian Willan’s new biography of Sol Plaatje at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley
Sol Plaatje University invites you to the launch of the Jacana Media publication Sol Plaatje: A life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932 by Brian Willan.
‘The definitive portrait of a great South African’ – Sol Plaatje: A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932
Celebrating one of South Africa’s most accomplished political and literary figures.
Extremisms in Africa examines the correlation between poor governance and the emergence of extremist movements
Extremisms in Africa challenges both the efficacy and wisdom of purely militarised responses to extremist movements, typified by the Global War on Terror, as well as the cursory replication of international counter-terrorism frameworks promulgated by the United Nations and European Union in Africa.
Angela’s Ashes meets Shirley, Goodness and Mercy in Carol Gibbs’s debut autobiographical novel All Things Bright and Broken
Sharp, insightful, and abundant in measured humour: Carol Gibbs’s debut autobiographical novel All Things Bright and Broken.