The Book Lounge

Don’t miss the launch of A Person My Colour: Love, Adoption and Parenting While White by Martina Dahlmanns

Modjaji Books and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Modjaji’s latest memoir, A Person My Colour: Love, Adoption and Parenting While White by Martina Dahlmanns with contributions by Tumi Jonas-Mpofu.

There Goes English Teacher: Forthcoming memoir from Modjaji Books launching twice in Cape Town

Searingly honest, heartachingly funny and deeply sad, Karin Cronje’s powerful memoir There Goes English Teacher spans three years of adventures and misadventures as an English teacher in a small Korean village and later at a university.

Join Rebecca Davis at the launch of her new book Self-Helpless at The Book Lounge

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of Self-Helpless: A Cynic’s Search for Sanity by Rebecca Davis.

Don’t miss the launch of Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph by Landa Mabenge at The Book Lounge

Landa Mabenge will launch his new book Becoming Him: A Trans Memoir of Triumph at The Book Lounge in August.

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Turning and Turning by Judith February

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of Turning and Turning: Exploring the Complexities of South Africa’s Democracy by Judith February.

Join Imraan Coovadia at The Book Lounge for the Cape Town launch of A Spy in Time with Ashraf Jamal

You are invited to the launch of Imraan Coovadia’s new novel, A Spy in Time, a dazzlingly original tale for extraordinary times.

Don’t miss the launch of Shame on You by Amy Heydenrych, in conversation with Mohale Mashigo

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Shame on You by Amy Heydenrych.

Don’t miss Mphuthumi Ntabeni and Bongani Kona at the launch of The Broken River Tent at The Book Lounge

Join Mphuthumi Ntabeni in conversation with Chimurenga editor Bongani Kona for the launch of The Broken River Tent.

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of An Image in a Mirror by Ijangolet S Ogwang

BlackBird Books and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of An Image in a Mirror, the debut novel by Ijangolet S Ogwang.

Don’t miss the launch of Patagonia by Maya Fowler at The Book Lounge

Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Patagonia by Maya Fowler.

Don’t miss Jan-Jan Joubert at The Book Lounge for the launch of Who Will Rule in 2019

The Book Lounge and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Who Will Rule in 2019, the new book by Jan-Jan Joubert.

Join Tembeka Ngcukaitobi at The Book Lounge for the launch of The Land is Ours

The Book Lounge and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Land is Ours: Black Lawyers and the Birth of Constitutionalism in South Africa by Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.

Join Rahla Xenopoulos for the launch of The Season of Glass at The Book Lounge, with Diane Awerbuck

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

Two Cape Town launches for Zukiswa Wanner’s Hardly Working

Zukiswa Wanner will be in Cape Town this weekend to launch her new book, Hardly Working: A Travel Memoir of Sorts!

Don’t miss international bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz at The Book Lounge

Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge presents international bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz launching Hellbent, the third book in the Orphan X series.

Don’t miss the launch of Mary Watson’s The Wren Hunt at The Book Lounge, with Sally Partridge

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson.

Join Claire Robertson and Diane Awerbuck at The Book Lounge for the launch of Under Glass

Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Under Glass by Claire Robertson.

Join Koleka Putuma to celebrate Collective Amnesia’s one-year anniversary at The Book Lounge

we are going to have wine, read from the book, sign the book, celebrate the book. It has changed my life & I couldn’t have done it without you.

If you are in CPT come through.

Collective Amnesia Merchandise & Copies of the Books will be on sale!

The Book Lounge launch of Secret Keeper, Kerry Hammerton’s third collection of poetry

The Book Lounge and Modjaji Books are delighted to invite you to the launch of Kerry Hammerton’s third collection of poetry, Secret Keeper. Finuala Dowling will be in conversation with Kerry, who will also read from her collection.

Don’t miss the launch of Tracy Going’s searing, heartbreaking memoir Brutal Legacy at The Book Lounge

What had started off as a fairy-tale romance with a man who appeared to be everything – charming, handsome and successful – had quickly descended into a violent, abusive relationship.