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New book alert! Two Tons o’ Fun by Fred Khumalo (PLUS: Enter to win a copy!)
Fred Khumalo’s Two Tons o’ Fun – a charming coming-of-age novel set in a Johannesburg township – is out now from Umuzi!
Don’t miss the launch of Sally Andrew’s new Tannie Maria mystery The Milk Tart Murders at Love Books (30 Mar)
Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the in-store launch of The Milk Tart Murders: A Tannie Maria Mystery by Sally Andrew!
Don’t miss an evening with 2021 Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, at The Book Lounge (10 Mar)
You are invited to an evening with 2021 Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut at The Book Lounge!
Damon Galgut wins the 2021 Booker Prize for The Promise
Cape Town-based author Damon Galgut’s latest novel, The Promise, has been awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for 2021.
Sex, drugs and anxiety – Read an excerpt from Tshidiso Moletsane’s explosive new novel Junx
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Junx, the debut novel from Tshidiso Moletsane.
‘During his second term in office, Jacob Zuma claimed to have been poisoned on three separate occasions’ – Read an excerpt from Imraan Coovadia’s new book The Poisoners
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Poisoners, the new book by Imraan Coovadia.
Win a prize hamper containing 8 of Damon Galgut’s books!
One lucky reader will WIN a hamper of 8 books by Damon Galgut, courtesy of Penguin Random House SA!
Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé, in conversation with Masande Ntshanga (3 Jun)
Penguin Random House and The Reading List invite you to the virtual book launch of Mad Honey by SJ Naudé!
Spend a weekend with Tannie Maria, your favourite fictional agony aunt! (21–23 May)
A weekend with your favourite agony aunt in beautiful Franschhoek!
2021 Sunday Times/CNA Literary Awards longlists announced
South Africa’s most prestigious literary awards are back with two thrilling fiction and non-fiction longlists, and a dedicated new sponsor.
Two islands. Two women. Read an extract from Claire Robertson’s new novel Isle!
‘She puts herself under a spell of serenity, to be tranquil and swift. Nothing she does can break it. She cuts her finger and curses out loud and she is still between its buffers. The ceaseless hum.’
‘This is the most important book of the last ten years’ – Damon Galgut’s The Promise eagerly awaited!
Damon Galgut’s forthcoming novel The Promise is already receiving enthusiastic praise from some big international names!
Elisabeth Moss to star in TV adaptation of Lauren Beukes’s novel The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes’s metaphysical thriller set in 1930s Chicago, is to be made into a TV series starring Elisabeth Moss.
Win a copy of Afterland, the new novel by Lauren Beukes, courtesy of Penguin Random House SA!
Penguin Random House is running a giveaway!
Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of Afterland by Lauren Beukes.
‘We’d got to be friends, Karl Udengaard and me, mostly because of the Nazis.’ Read an extract from Mark Winkler’s new novel Due South of Copenhagen
Umuzi has shared an extract from Due South of Copenhagen, the new novel from Mark Winkler.
[Video] Watch Ivan Vladislavić reading an excerpt from his novel The Distance
In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy falls in love with Muhammad Ali.
9 South African fiction e-books to travel away with during lockdown
All dressed up and nowhere to go? Hitch a ride with Penguin Random House SA!
A roadtrip through an imagined post-pandemic America – watch a video of Lauren Beukes talking about the research for her new novel Afterland
Lauren Beukes’s new novel Afterland – a high-concept feminist dystopian thriller – is out now from Umuzi!
Acclaimed author Lauren Beukes returns with Afterland – a striking feminist dystopian thriller (PLUS Virtual Book Launch details)
A brilliant blend of psychological suspense, American noir, and trenchant science-fiction, Afterland is the high-concept feminist thriller that Lauren Beukes’s fans have been waiting for!
How the book community can stay connected without leaving the house – some advice and ideas from Penguin Random House!
During these deeply challenging times, books can be a source of comfort and escape. Crucially, they are also a way for us to remain connected even while we’re physically apart.