The Book Lounge

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.

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Phumlani Pikoli’s short story collection The Fatuous State of Severity.

Don’t miss George Bizos and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi at The Book Lounge for the launch of 65 Years of Friendship

Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of 65 Years of Friendship by George Bizos: A story of a remarkable friendship between two remarkable men.

Join Sally Partridge for the launch of Mine at The Book Lounge

You are invited to the launch of Sally Partridge’s fifth novel for young adults, Mine.

Don’t miss the launch of The Knock on the Door at The Book Lounge, with Pravin Gordhan

Pan Macmillan invites you to the launch of The Knock on the Door: The Story of the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee by Terry Shakinovsky and Sharon Cort.

Join Vernon RL Head and John Maytham at The Book Lounge for the launch of Featherings

Jacana Media and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Featherings: True Stories in Search of Birds, the new book edited by Vernon RL Head.

Join James-Brent Styan at The Book Lounge for the launch of Heartbreaker: Christiaan Barnard and the First Heart Transplant

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Heartbreaker: Christiaan Barnard and the First Heart Transplant by James-Brent Styan.

Don’t miss the launch of Enemy of the People at The Book Lounge

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Enemy of the People by Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit.

Don’t miss the Joburg and Cape Town launches of Bantu Holomisa: The Gamechanger

Join Pan Macmillan SA for the Joburg and Cape Town launches of the much-anticipated new book Bantu Holomisa: The Game Changer by Eric Naki.

Don’t miss the Cape Town launch of The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa at The Book Lounge

The Book Lounge and Pan Macmillan invite you to join them for the Cape Town launch of The Blessed Girl by Angela Makholwa.

Join Richard Steyn in Cape Town for the launch of Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship by Richard Steyn.

Don’t miss the launch of Lauren Segal’s Cancer: A Love Story, the memoir of a four-time cancer survivor

MFBooks Joburg and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Cancer: A Love Story by Lauren Segal.

Don’t miss the launch of Bare Ground, award-winning author Peter Harris’s debut novel, at The Book Lounge

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Bare Ground, the debut novel by award-winning author Peter Harris.

Trevor Noah’s book Born A Crime wins Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award

Trevor Noah’s book took top honours, while The Book Lounge won best independent bookseller for the fourth year in a row, at the Sefika Awards last night.

The Open Book Festival programme is now live

The programme for the seventh Open Book Festival has been announced – with a record number of events!

Don’t miss the launch of The Fifth Mrs Brink by Karina Szczurek at The Book Lounge

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the Cape Town launch of Karina M Szczurek’s new soul-baring memoir, The Fifth Mrs Brink.

Don’t miss the launch of Deon Meyer’s new novel Fever at The Book Lounge

The Book Lounge and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Fever by Deon Meyer.

Don’t miss the launch of Tim Noakes: The Quiet Maverick by Daryl Ilbury at The Book Lounge

Penguin Random House and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Tim Noakes: The Quiet Maverick – tonight!

Don’t miss the launch of Steven Boykey Sidley’s Free Association at The Book Lounge

Pan Macmillan and The Book Lounge invite you to join Marianne Thamm and Steven Boykey Sidley for the launch of Free Association!