Penguin Random House SA

Don’t miss Bhekisisa Mncube at the launch of The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy

Penguin Random House and DBE Wise Up Wednesday Book Club invite you to the launch of a unique book: The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy by Bhekisisa Mncube.

Don’t miss the launch of Gordon Wright’s new cookbook Karoo Food in Stellenbosch

Wild Karoo, the new cookbook by the beloved author of Veld to Fork, is sure to find the road straight to your soul.

Penguin Random House SA’s International Book of the Week: The Grey Ghost by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell

The careers and lives of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are on the line in the thrilling new adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of adventure.

Don’t miss the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos at the new Issy’s Coffee and Gift Shop

Umuzi invite you to the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos.

Don’t miss Rahla Xenopoulos in conversation with Fred Strydom for the launch of The Season Of Glass

Umuzi and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Season of Glass by Rahla Xenopoulos.

All you need to know about Killing Commendatore, the new novel by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami’s hotly anticipated new book Killing Commendatore will be available in South Africa in November 2018!

An extraordinary tale for extraordinary times: Win a copy of A Spy in Time

Win a copy of Imraan Coovadia’s new book, A Spy in Time, as well as Tales of the Metric System, courtesy of Umuzi!

A Table Full of Strangers: Read the first chapter of Michael Ondaatje’s new novel Warlight

A mesmerising new novel from Michael Ondaatje, the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The English Patient, Warlight is a novel of violence and love, intrigue and desire.

Come on a slow food journey at the launch of Karoo Food, the new book from Gordon Wright

Following on the success of Veld to Fork, Karoo Food is bigger, better and tastier than ever, with more recipes, stories and anecdotes about life and food in the Karoo.

Try this delicious and comforting Butternut and Ginger Soup from Home Cooked and Heartwarming

What does one do when it gets cold outside? Indulge in books and comfort food, of course!

Read an excerpt from Rahla Xenopoulos’s modern Scheherazade’s tale The Season of Glass

Outside, the cold of Vienna’s winter cuts through people’s clothing into their very souls, but inside the Levi mansion a fire blazes in every room.

The African opera singer Musa Ngqungwana launches his memoir at Love Books

You are invited to the launch of Odyssey of a South African Opera Singer by Musa Ngqungwana at Love Books.

Win a copy of The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson PLUS a T-shirt

The Reading List is giving away two copies of The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson PLUS two T-shirts, courtesy of Penguin Random House SA!

Like Jane Austen fan fiction, but much more ruthless: Claire Robertson on her new novel Under Glass

Award-winning author Claire Robertson chatted to Nancy Richards on SAfm about her masterful new novel Under Glass.

Read an excerpt from Rahla Xenopoulos’s shimmering new novel The Season of Glass

It is past midnight and the stars are barely visible through the filth and fog of Seville when the doorway is opened, and she appears, illuminated by the moon.

A book that will grow your business and make you famous – Spin: The Art of Managing The Media by Nick Clelland and Ryan Coetzee

This short, punchy and irreverent book written by two experienced political communicators provides spin-doctor secrets for managing the media.

Zakes Mda’s new novel The Zulus of New York to be published by Umuzi in March 2019

Zakes Mda’s new novel, a work of historical fiction titled The Zulus of New York, will be published by Umuzi in March 2019. …

‘A terrifying flight into the heart of one of South Africa’s most prolific crimes’ – Heist! by Anneliese Burgess

‘A terrifying flight into the heart of one of South Africa’s most prolific crimes.’

‘The first thing Basjan did on arrival in the new land was to spit on it’ – Read an excerpt from Patagonia by Maya Fowler

The first thing Basjan did on arrival in the new land was to spit on it. It chagrined him that that was the first this land of grey dust got out of him, but it was necessary to rid himself of the taste of vomit. The salt water had been no help.