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Listen to an excerpt from An Unsuitable Match, the new novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope

‘Why on earth, after all you’ve been through, all you’ve survived, all you’ve achieved, why do you want to get married?’

Winging It: Jonathan Kaplan’s Journey from World-Class Ref to Rookie Solo Dad – out in April from Pan Macmillan

Winging It is the story of celebrated international rugby referee Jonathan Kaplan’s decision to have a baby by surrogate.

The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic US First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

The Meaning of Michelle, a book about Michelle Obama’s iconic journey and how it can inspire your own path, it out from Pan Macmillan SA this month.

2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards winners announced

The winners of the 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Awards have been announced. 

Award-winning journalist and bestselling Killing Kebble author Mandy Wiener has a new book coming in May!

‘The proximity of organised crime, politics and the police is frightening.’

‘An ecological fable for modern times’: Listen to an excerpt from The Melody by Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author Jim Crace

Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The Melody by Jim Crace, the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Harvest.

The crime author everyone’s talking about: Don’t miss Fiona Cummins’s new book The Collector

The Collector is the taut and terrifying new psychological thriller from Fiona Cummins, the author of Rattle.

Revealing the kind of ruler Nicholas II believed himself to be: Read an excerpt from Last of the Tsars

A short, slight man, Nicholas had succeeded his huge bear of a father, Alexander III, in 1894.

The most anticipated YA release of 2018: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone is a West African Fantasy about a girl who must fight against the monarchy to bring magic back to her people.

Watch the book trailer for Nthikeng Mohlele’s new novel, Michael K

In this response to JM Coetzee’s classic masterpiece, Life & Times of Michael K, Nthikeng Mohlele dabbles in the artistic and speculative to unpack the dazed and disconnected world of the title character, his solitary ways, his inventiveness, but also to show how astutely Michael K holds up a mirror to those whose paths he inadvertently crosses.

‘There are a few crazy stories in it!’ – Phumlani Pikoli chats about his debut book The Fatuous State of Severity

‘There’s a whole thing with some talking squirrels that meet a very interesting demise …’

Join Angela Makholwa and French author Bénédicte Ann at African Flavour Books

Angela Makholwa will be in conversation with French author Bénédicte Ann at African Flavour Books!

Win a copy of The Fatuous State of Severity by Phumlani Pikoli

Pan Macmillan is giving away three copies of Phumlani Pikoli’s new short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity!

Two families. One proposal. A decision that could pull them apart: An Unsuitable Match by Joanna Trollope

Number one bestselling author Joanna Trollope is back with her 21st novel: An Unsuitable Match is out now from Pan Macmillan!

The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution – a masterful study of a man entirely out of his depth

Last of the Tsars by Robert Service – a riveting account of the last 18 months of Tsar Nicholas II’s life and reign from one of the finest historians of Russia.

The nuances of publishing and editing in SA: Don’t miss a talk by Pan Macmillan SA publisher Andrea Nattrass at the Professional Editors’ Guild

Pan Macmillan publisher Andrea Nattrass is giving a talk about ‘The Nuances of Publishing and Editing Trade Books in South Africa Today’.

Marianne Thamm joins Glynnis Breytenbach and Thuli Madonsela at Woordfees

Presented by Pan Macmillan, well-known journalist and writer Marianne Thamm will joing Glynnis Breytenbach and Thuli Madonsela, two women whose lives are characterised by sheer willpower to pursue the truth, at Woordfees.

Join NR Brodie and Lauren Beukes for the launch of Knucklebone in Cape Town

Pan Macmillan and Exclusive Books invite you to the Cape Town launch of Nechama Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone.

A fast-paced thriller set in Joburg: Read an extract from NR Brodie’s debut novel Knucklebone

Pan Macmillan SA has shared the opening chapter of Knucklebone, the debut novel by NR Brodie.

Lupita Nyong’o to star in film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, currently starring in the smash hit Black Panther, has announced that she has signed on to star in a feature film adaptation of Trevor Noah’s memoir Born A Crime.