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Calling all debut writers! Are you ready to launch your literary career?
The Jacana Literary Foundation invites aspiring authors to submit their entries for the 2025 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
Jacana Literary Foundation reveals standout manuscripts from the third edition of From Pitch to Publication
The Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) has announced the standout manuscripts from the third season of From Pitch to Publication, an initiative aimed at providing a platform for emerging writers to showcase their work to industry professionals.
Jonny Steinberg wins prestigious Book Critics Circle award for Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Bestselling South African author and scholar Jonny Steinberg scooped the award for best biography for Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage at the National Book Critics Circle awards in New York last week – one of the most prestigious awards in the publishing industry!
‘It isn’t always advisable to write things which are better left unsaid’ – Five minutes with CA Davids
How to Be a Revolutionary was recently awarded the 2023 Sunday Times Fiction Prize. The Penguin Post asked the author, CA Davids, some questions on her novel and the win.
2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award shortlist announced!
The Jacana Literary Foundation has announced the shortlist for the 2023 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award!
Revolutionising South African Literature: Jacana Media’s Collaboration with DSAC and ANFASA
Jacana Media is delighted to announce a contract to publish work by five new authors writing across South Africa’s official languages under the Vela Books imprint.
Elizabeth Gilbert withdraws new Russia-set novel The Snow Forest from publication
Jonathan Ball Publishers regrets to inform you that the release of The Snow Forest by Elizabeth Gilbert has been postponed to a future date.
The Lazy Makoti named best in the world!
The Lazy Makoti was named best in the world at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards!
Jonathan Ball Publishers withdraws The Outsider: The Unauthorised Biography of Herman Mashaba by Prince Mashele from market
Jonathan Ball Publishers has confirmed that The Outsider: The Unauthorised Biography of Herman Mashaba by Prince Mashele has been withdrawn from market.
Truth to Power: Penguin Random House takes legal steps against individuals distributing pirated ebook
Penguin Random House SA has announced it will be taking legals steps against individuals sharing the pirated version of André de Ruyter’s book Truth to Power.
Truth to Power: Penguin Random House will take legal action against illegal distribution of Andre de Ruyter’s book
Penguin Random House is appalled by the illegal distribution of a pirated PDF of Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom by André de Ruyter, which is being disseminated on WhatsApp.
The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading … five books your literary friends will add to the top of their TBR piles
Forget scented candles and ironic T-shirts – give your literary friends the perfect gift this festive season! Here are five of the best novels and short story collections of 2022.
Boeke is die beste geskenke … en hierdie drie is perfek vir geskiedenisliefhebbers!
Bederf die boekwurms in jou lewe met die perfekte geskenk hierdie feesseisoen. Hier is drie van die beste geskiedkundige boeke in Afrikaans vir 2022!
The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading – five books your outdoorsy friends will love
Give yourself or your nature-loving friends the perfect gift this festive season. Here are five of the most epic local books about nature published in 2022!
Boeke is die beste geskenke … en hier is vyf kookboeke perfek vir foodies en storieliefhebbers
Bederf die boekwurms in jou lewe met die perfekte geskenk hierdie feesseisoen. Hier is vyf van die beste Afrikaanse kookboeke vir 2022!
The perfect festive gifts for 2022 loading – five cookbooks your foodie friends will devour!
Give your food-loving friends and family the perfect gift this festive season. Here are five great local cookbooks from 2022!
Boeke is die beste geskenke – en hierdie vyf is perfek vir onderwysers en ouers!
Is jou BVV (beste vriend vir altyd) ‘n ouer of onderwyser? Hier is vyf van die beste boeke om onder hul kersboom te sit die jaar!
‘I swear you can’t make stuff like this up’ – Read an excerpt from Tshidiso Moletsane’s Sunday Times Fiction Prize-winning novel Junx
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Junx, the debut novel from Tshidiso Moletsane, winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Prize!
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Tshidiso Moletsane wins 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Prize for Junx
‘A tour de force. Bold, raw and surprisingly elegant Gonzo style writing.’ This is how the judges for this year’s Sunday Times Fiction Prize described debut author Tshidiso Moletsane’s Junx. The book is published by Penguin Random House under the Umuzi Trailblazer imprint.