Kalk Bay Books
Not to be missed! Jonathan Jansen will be in conversation with John Maytham at the launch of Breaking Bread at Kalk Bay Books (3 Oct)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of Breaking Bread: A Memoir by Jonathan Jansen.
Don’t miss the launch of Hedley Twidle’s new essay collection Show Me the Place at Kalk Bay Books (9 May)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of Show Me the Place by award-winning non-fiction writer Hedley Twidle.
Help South Africa’s beloved indie bookshops keep their doors open during lockdown
The latest edition of Burn After Reading tells you everything you need to know about supporting your local independent bookshop.
Footnotes, May 2020: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye. …
Jonny Steinberg will be in conversation with Mark Gevisser about his latest book One Day in Bethlehem at Kalk Bay Books (10 Mar)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg.
Don’t miss the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger, in conversation with Henrietta Rose-Innes, at Kalk Bay Books
Penguin Random House and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of She Down There by Lynton Francois Burger.
Don’t miss the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter at Kalk Bay Books (21 Nov)
LAPA Publishers, Catalyst Press and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter.
Join conservationist Richard Peirce for the launch of Orca: The Day the Great White Sharks Disappeared at Kalk Bay Books (31 Oct)
You are invited to the launch of Orca: The Day the Great White Sharks Disappeared, the thrilling new book by shark conservationist Richard Peirce.
Don’t miss the launch of Marguerite Poland’s new novel A Sin of Omission at Kalk Bay Books (17 Oct)
The great Marguerite Poland returns with a new novel set once again in her beloved Eastern Cape.
Don’t miss the launch of the extraordinary book The Last Elephants at Kalk Bay Books (9 April)
‘Who and what would we be without elephants in the world? What would their extinction say about the human species? What would be the cost of the loss of this animal to the landscapes, to the ecology of other species such as insects, birds, mammals, plants and trees and more … and to the human psyche?’ – Dr Ian McCallum
Join Ivan Vladislavić, in conversation with Mark Gevisser, for the launch of The Distance at Kalk Bay Books (2 April)
Penguin Random House and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of Ivan Vladislavić’s new novel The Distance.
Don’t miss the launch of North by Frank Owen, the pen name of Diane Awerbuck and Alex Latimer (19 Feb)
Penguin Random House and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of North by Frank Owen, the pen name of Diane Awerbuck and Alex Latimer.
Join Vivian Bickford-Smith and Bill Nasson at Kalk Bay Books for the launch of Illuminating Lives
Please join us for the launch of Illuminating Lives: Biographies of Fascinating People from South African History edited by Vivian Bickford-Smith and Bill Nasson. They will be in conversation with Finula Dowling.
There Goes English Teacher: Forthcoming memoir from Modjaji Books launching twice in Cape Town
Searingly honest, heartachingly funny and deeply sad, Karin Cronje’s powerful memoir There Goes English Teacher spans three years of adventures and misadventures as an English teacher in a small Korean village and later at a university.
Don’t miss an evening with Mandy Wiener, author of Ministry of Crime, at Kalk Bay Books
Meet Mandy Wiener, award-winning investigative journalist and author of Ministry of Crime at Kalk Bay Books.
Join Suzan Hackney and Karina M Szczurek for the launch of Tsk Tsk: The Story of a Child at Large at Kalk Bay Books
If you’re in Cape Town, join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of Tsk Tsk: The Story of a Child at Large by Suzan Hackney at Kalk Bay Books!
Join Hayden Eastwood and Sean Christie for the launch of Like Sodium in Water at Kalk Bay Books
Kalk Bay Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Like Sodium in Water by Hayden Eastwood.
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.
Join Claire Robertson for the launch of Under Glass at Kalk Bay Books
Umuzi and Kalk Bay Books invite you to join us for the launch of Under Glass by Claire Robertson.