New books
New book alert! Know Them by Their Fruit: A Guide to Identifying South African Trees
Know Them by Their Fruit: A Guide to Identifying South African Trees by AT Ankiewicz is out soon from Jacana Media.
Secrets From The Cockpit by Robert Schapiro – a rare slice of aviation history
Secrets from the Cockpit: Pilots Behaving Badly and Other Flying Stories by Robert Schapiro is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Find out more about Gabriela Garcia’s debut novel Of Women and Salt – an instant New York Times bestseller (PLUS: Audiobook excerpt)
Gabriela Garcia’s Of Women and Salt is a sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter’s fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.
New book alert! The hotly anticipated It’s The Answers For Me by Khaya Dlanga – one of South Africa’s favourite authors
It’s The Answers For Me, the new book by Khaya Dlanga, is out in August from Pan Macmillan.
What drives a young person to kill their family members? Find out in Portraits of Pain by Melanie Moen
NEW! Portraits of Pain: Children who kill family members by Dr Melanie Moen
Read an excerpt from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel Malibu Rising – one of the most anticipated books of the year
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Malibu Rising, the new novel from bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Gita het ’n mantel vir elke okkasie, maar hoe lank kan sy wegkruip? Vind uit in Die geheime lewe van Gita deur Jacolet van den Berg
Die geheime lewe van Gita deur Jacolet van den Berg is nou beskikbaar by jou naaste boekwinkel en aanlyn.
Listen to an excerpt from Christian Cantrell’s Scorpion – a fast-paced near future thriller that will mess with your head
Scorpion by Christian Cantrell – a gripping international cat-and-mouse thriller with an ending you won’t see coming …
New book alert! Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History
Ambivalent: Photography and Visibility in African History will be published soon by Jacana Media.
The President’s Daughter – the new action-packed thriller from James Patterson and former President Bill Clinton
Every detail is accurate because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. The drama and action never stop because the other author is James Patterson. The President’s Daughter is out now from Penguin Random House!
’n Noodlottige fratsongeluk uit hul kinderdae spook by drie niggies in Stil vloei die Komati deur Elize Parker
’n Fratskoeël het hulle dit genoem. Die een wat hulle nefie, Jaco, in die voorkop net bo sy oog getref het. Stil vloei die Komati deur Elize Parker is nou beskikbaar!
Detective Kubu’s first case may also be his last – Facets of Death by Michael Stanley
Facets of Death by Michael Stanley is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Pitkos vir kinders en grootmense in Briewe van Mieliepit deur Fanie Viljoen – die heel eerste kinderboek uit LUCA se stal
Nou beskikbaar! Briewe van Mieliepit uit die pen van geliefde kinderboekskrywer Fanie Viljoen, en pragtig geïllustreer deur Megan Bird.
Burning Questions – from cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays – funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient
Penguin Random House SA is delighted to announce the publication of Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions: Essays 2004‒2021 in March 2022.
Pride Month spotlight! Pride is a unique celebration of LGBTQ culture
Pride: The Story of the LGBTQ Equality Movement is a unique and comprehensive account of the ongoing challenges facing the gay community, and a celebration of the equal rights that have been won for many as a result of the sacrifices and passion of this mass movement.
First ever children’s book published in endangered N|uu language
The first ever children’s book in the near-extinct San language of N|uu has been published.
New book alert! A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s seminal novel Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae
A new edition of Sol Plaatje’s Mhudi, with an Introduction by Sabata-mpho Mokae, will be out soon from Jacana Media.
World Travel – a celebration of the life and legacy of one of the most important food writers of all time, the inimitable Anthony Bourdain
In World Travel, a life of experience is collected into an entertaining, practical, fun and frank travel guide that gives readers an introduction to some of Bourdain’s favourite places – in his own words.
Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some – Shana Fife’s writing is like nothing you’ve read before
Ougat: From A Hoe Into A Housewife And Then Some by Shana Fife will be out in June 2021 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
New book alert! Another Life by Jodie Chapman – a dazzling, devastating coming-of-age novel
Another Life by Jodie Chapman is out now from Penguin Random House!