New releases
Can coconuts be trusted with the revolution? First look at Rekgotsofetse Chikane’s debut book Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation
Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation is an account of the university protests that gripped South Africa between 2015 and 2017, better known as #FeesMustFall.
Opposition to apartheid within the law and through the law – Confronting Apartheid by John Dugard
Most personal histories of apartheid in Southern Africa tell the story of the armed struggle. This book is about opposition to apartheid within the law and through the law.
Lethal White – the most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet!
Lethal White is the gripping, page-turning next instalment in the highly acclaimed Strike series, written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
‘The latest and perhaps juiciest Trump tell-all to land this year’ – Full Disclosure by Stormy Daniels
She was already well-known in some circles before March 6, 2018, but that’s probably the first time you heard the name Stormy Daniels. That’s the day she filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Her much-anticipated tell-all book releases in stores today!
Her codename is Kingfisher. Her mission: to seduce and marry the most powerful man in the world.
The Kingfisher Secret by Anonymous – featuring a controversial and wealthy businessman who is running for President of the United States and a former porn star about to go public with details of their relationship …
Read the opening chapter of Transcription, the new novel from bestselling, award-winning author Kate Atkinson
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Transcription, the magnificent new novel by bestselling, award-winning Kate Atkinson, author of a Life After Life and A God In Ruins.
Out now from the Picador Africa Heritage Series: Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo
Picador Africa celebrates five important books in the Heritage Series. 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with Myself by Nelson …
Cover reveal: The Freedom Artist, the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri
Jonathan Ball Publishers has revealed the cover for the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri!
Rare archival photographs contrasted with vivid scenes of the modern city in Johannesburg Then and Now
Johannesburg Then and Now by Marc Latilla – a superb collection of images and text that will delight both local residents and visitors, out now from Penguin Random House SA!
‘He’s gone off the rails. We’re in Crazytown’ – Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is out now
‘Explosive’ – The Washington Post
‘Devastating’ – The New Yorker
‘Unprecedented’ – CNN
A Spark of Light – The powerful and provocative new novel by Jodi Picoult
Have you heard the good news? The brand new Jodi Picoult novel is releasing next week!
Laugh-out-loud funny with a poignant undertow of sorrow – Mark Winkler’s new novel Theo and Flora
When novelist Charlie Wasserman’s wife Sascha divorces him, he finds a box of letters among the belongings his investment-banker wife did not care to remove when she signed over their house and asked never to be contacted by him again.
Imprisoned – Sylvia Neame’s extraordinary personal account of incarceration under apartheid
Imprisoned: The Experience of a Prisoner Under Apartheid by Sylvia Neame is coming soon from Jacana Media.
A gripping story of obsession, jealousy and a missing girl – Lezanne Clannachan’s new novel The Colour of Lies
Anna knows what lies look like. She can see untruths spill from heads and colour the air …
‘She disappeared’ – Read an extract from An Unquiet Place by Clare Houston
‘High on the plateau, evening crept across the sky. Swallows pitched and swung through the air, and a small breeze lifted the grasses, sending a ripple across the surface of the reservoir.’
Cover reveal! Dijo – the new cookbook by Lesego Semenya
Jacana Media has shared the cover for Lesego Semenya’s new cookbook Dijo!
Early Riser – Jasper Fforde’s first standalone novel is full of imagination, wit and intelligence
Imagine a world where all humans must hibernate through a brutally cold winter … Early Riser by Jasper Fforde is out now!
Don’t miss the Suzelle DIY recipe book tour!
Get ready to pop on your apron – Suzelle DIY has a new cookbook out – Recipes – and she is coming to your city.
Louis Botha: A Man Apart – the new book from bestselling author Richard Steyn
Louis Botha’s life illuminated in full, from Richard Steyn, the bestselling author of Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness and Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship.
These Things Really Do Happen To Me! Khaya Dlanga chats to Jenny Crwys-Williams about his new book
‘I think anybody could read this and simply enjoy it, but I also think many people could learn from it …’