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House of Horrors, the shocking story of how the Springs Monster tortured and abused his family, is now available in English
House of horrors, the English translation of Susan Cilliers’s bestselling Afrikaans exposé Huis van gruwels: My 16 jaar in die Springs hel, is now available.
Wie is Cecilia Steyn en hoe kan een mens vyf ander manipuleer om moord te pleeg? Vind uit in Afspraak met moord deur Jana Marx
Nuut by LAPA: Jana Marx skryf oor een van die opspraakwekkendste moordsake in die land se geskiedenis in Afspraak met moord.
Tokoloshes, whiskey and pilchards – read an interview with Anneleigh Jacobsen about her debut thriller Corporation Games
Anneleigh Jacobsen recently chatted to fellow author Pamela Power about her debut fictional corporate thriller, Corporation Games.
Penguin Random House South Africa acquires LAPA Publishers
Penguin Random House South Africa, a division of Penguin Random House and the largest English language publisher in South Africa, has announced its purchase of LAPA Publishers, the country’s largest Afrikaans-language publisher, from the ATKV.
Find out more about The Lion’s Binding Oath and Other Stories by Somali author Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
The Lion’s Binding Oath and Other Stories by Somali author Ahmed Ismail Yusuf is available now from LAPA Publishers.
‘Your birth mother didn’t want you.’ Read an excerpt from Sacrificed, Chanette Paul’s US debut
Catalyst Press has shared an excerpt from Chanette Paul’s novel Sacrificed.
[Watch] Anneleigh Jacobsen explains how her new thriller Corporation Games came about
Corporation Games by Anneleigh Jacobsen is a fictional corporate thriller based on a number of real-life financial scandals that have rocked South Africa.
‘I first came to Africa in 1994 when South Africa teetered on a knife’s edge.’ Read an extract from Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter
Read an excerpt from Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter, as shared by News24.
‘In the end, you’re a victim of your own comfort zone’ – Chanette Paul chats about her US debut, Sacrificed
Catalyst Press chats to South African author Chanette Paul about her US debut, Sacrificed.
‘Afrikaans-speaking doctor operates on Mandela’ – Read an excerpt from Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher
Read an excerpt from Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher – the Afrikaans-speaking doctor who performed surgery on Nelson Mandela.
Caroline Kurtz explores what it was like to grow up between cultures in her memoir, A Road Called Down on Both Sides
In her memoir, A Road Called Down on Both Sides: Growing Up in Ethiopia and America, Caroline Kurtz writes about what it was like to grow up between the two countries.
Operation Mandela by Willem Laubscher: The true story behind the chaos when an Afrikaans doctor operated on Nelson Mandela
What happened in the late 1980s when a white, Afrikaans doctor performed surgery on Nelson Mandela? Willem Laubscher tells all in Operation Mandela.
Cecilia Britz, the doyenne of recreational fiction, dies
It is with great sadness that LAPA’s personnel learned of the death of Cecilia Britz. She passed away on 12 December 2019.
Read an excerpt from Corporation Games by Anneleigh Jacobsen – a thriller based on real-life financial scandals
Read an excerpt from Anneleigh Jacobsen’s debut thriller, Corporation Games, in which tokoloshes have been sent to root out evil in Sandton.
Join in and share the best in African literature across social media during #ReadingAfrica Week 2019 (1–7 Dec)
What are you reading at the moment? An old favourite? A new find? An undiscovered classic? Fiction, poetry, comics or essays?
Whatever you’re reading, it’s time to shout it from the rooftops.
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.
LAPA Publishers invite you to an evening of conservation in Pretoria
LAPA will host an evening of conservation on Tuesday 12 November, aiming to protect lions, indigenous stories, rhinos, and elephants.
What happens when the spirit world clashes with corporate greed? Corporation Games – a new fictional corporate thriller by Anneleigh Jacobsen
Corporation Games by Anneleigh Jacobsen – a fictional corporate thriller based on a number of real-life financial scandals that have rocked South Africa.
Join Henry Trotter for the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between at The Book Lounge (7 Nov)
LAPA Publishers, Catalyst Press and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Cape Town: A Place Between by Henry Trotter.