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The Testimony of Steve Biko – new book examines how Black Consciousness surged into public awareness
When Steve Biko entered the courtroom as a star witness in the famous SASO/BPC trial to deliver his testimony on Black Consciousness, those who had heard of the myth of the man named Biko got to witness him in court.
Good mothers and shocking secrets: Gail Schimmel chats about her novel The Park
Gail Schimmel’s latest novel, The Park, is the story of three women, new mothers, who become close friends.
First look at Angela Makholwa’s new book The Blessed Girl
Pan Macmillan recently revealed the cover for Angela Makholwa’s new novel, The Blessed Girl, and now we can reveal a little of what the book will be about!
Nathan Hill will be at Open Book this year – find out more about his debut hit The Nix
The Open Book Festival will take place in Cape Town from 6 to 10 September this year, featuring a number of exciting international authors including Nathan Hill!
First look at Nelson Mandela’s unfinished memoir – Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Drawing on Nelson Mandela’s own unfinished memoir, Dare Not Linger is the remarkable story of his presidency told in his own words and those of distinguished South African writer Mandla Langa.
Changing the way we think about African fiction: See what’s out from Cassava Republic Press
Teju Cole, Elnathan John, Sarah Ladipo Manyika, Olumide Popoola and more – check out what Cassava Republic Press has to offer!
Hamba kahle, Emma Mashinini
The feisty and inspirational Emma Mashinini has passed away at age 87. Emma’s memoir, Strikes Have Followed Me All My Life was originally published by The Women’s Press UK in 1989 and republished by Picador Africa in South Africa in 2012 with a new foreword by Jay Naidoo.
South Africa and the world are at an economic crossroads – Lorenzo Fioramonti
Lorenzo Fioramonti, author of Wellbeing Economy: Success in a World Without Growth, explains why you should buy his new book.
Don’t miss the launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, PE and Joburg
Join Pan Macmillan for these launches of Being a Black Springbok: The Thando Manana Story in East London, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg!
Cover reveal: Angela Makholwa’s new novel The Blessed Girl
The tantalising cover for Angela Makholwa’s new novel, Blessed Girl, has been revealed!
Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development
When I began to teach in 2012, I decided to start my course with an analysis of how money affects social order. What my students found particularly fascinating was the then-nascent world of cryptocurrencies, which I described at length as a crucial f
Video: Will Storr, author of Selfie, explains how we became so self-obsessed and what it’s doing to us
We live in an age of perfectionism. Every day, we’re bombarded with the beautiful, successful, slim, socially-conscious and extroverted individual that our culture has decided is the perfect self.
Read an excerpt from Selection Day, the new novel from Man Booker Prize-winning author Aravind Adiga
‘And I’ve got news for you, Pramod. You see, when I was twenty-one years old, which is to say before you were even born, I began working on a history of the Maratha campaign at the third battle of Panipat. It had a title: “1761: the soul breaks out o
Find out more about Angie Thomas, author of the Black Lives Matter-inspired YA hit The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, author of New York Times bestseller The Hate U Give, tells Epic Reads about her secret rap name, her love for hip-hop and sneakers, and her first the book she ever wrote.
First look at Achmat Dangor’s new novel, Dikeledi
Achmat Dangor’s new novel, Dikeledi, is out in September from Pan Macmillan.
Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu chats about his book The Soweto Uprisings: Counter Memories of June 1976
When the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of The Soweto Uprisings: Counter Memories of June 1976, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School.
Listen to Yemisi Aribisala read from her book Longthroat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Tastebuds
Yemisi Aribasala’s Longthroat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Tastebuds is a sumptuous menu of essays about Nigerian food, lovingly presented by the nation’s top epicurean writer.
Steven Boykey Sidley chats about his new book, Free Association
Life, in a Garden hosted Steven Boykey Sidley for the launch of his new book Free Association.
Mohale Mashigo lists five books she recommends for every South African library
Mohale Mashigo, author of The Yearning, recommends: Zakes Mda – Ways of Dying, Koleka Putuma – Collective Amnesia, Bessie Head – Maru, Alex Eliseev – Cold Case Confession and Tsitsi Dangarembga – Nervous Conditions.
New 40th anniversary edition of Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like
This 40th anniversary edition includes a Foreword by Njabulo S Ndebele, personal reflections on Steve Biko and Black Consciousness, as well as Biko’s first known published piece of writing.