[Sponsored] A remarkable new literary talent – Read an excerpt from Tumelo Buthelezi’s debut novel The Last Sentence
‘Come to me …’ she said, softly, ‘and I will make your pen sing again.’ BlackBird Books has shared an…
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[Sponsored] Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien—an incredibly powerful portrayal of what it means to be a gay Nigerian man
Lives of Great Men, the award-winning memoir from Chike Frankie Edozien, is out now from Jacana Media. The book won…
[Sponsored] Celebrate BlackBird Books’s third birthday! (Plus: 3 for 2 special offer on BlackBird Books titles)
BlackBird Books is celebrating its third Birthday with an event and a special offer! Special offer As part of the…
[Sponsored] Jacana Media announces new Modern Classics series with How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele
Jacana Media has launched a new Modern Classics series, kicking off with How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele, to be published…
[Sponsored] Read an excerpt from Mphuthumi Ntabeni’s The Broken River Tent, a novel about the life and times of the Xhosa chief Maqoma
Jacana Media has shared an extract from The Broken River Tent, the debut novel by Mphuthumi Ntabeni.
[City Editor] The biography of a generation—Niq Mhlongo reviews Clinton Chauke’s Born in Chains: The Diary of an Angry ‘Born Free’
The JRB City Editor Niq Mhlongo reviews Clinton Chauke’s debut book, Born in Chains: The Diary of an Angry ‘Born Free’. Born…
New short fiction: ‘The Man at the Bridge’ by Kiprop Kimutai, commended by the 2018 Gerald Kraak Award
The JRB is proud to present a new short story by Kiprop Kimutai, ‘The Man at the Bridge’, which was…
[Sponsored] Profiles of over 600 apartheid activists collected in From Protest to Challenge Vol. 4 Political Profiles, 1882–1990
From Protest to Challenge Vol. 4: Political Profiles, 1882–1990, by Thomas G Karis and Gwendolen Carter, revised and updated by Gail…
[Sponsored] Two new books, from Tumelo Buthelezi and Ijangolet S Ogwang, out soon from BlackBird Books
BlackBird Books has announced two new publications. The Last Sentence, the debut novel by Tumelo Buthelezi, and An Image in…
[Sponsored] ‘Johannesburg is both a place that I know and don’t know’: An interview with Stephen Clingman about his memoir, Birthmark
Stephen Clingman chats to The Reading List about his memoir, Birthmark, published by Jacana Media. The Reading List: Thank you very…