Fiona Snyckers’s new novel Lacuna, a response to JM Coetzee’s Disgrace written from the point of view of Lucy Lurie, is out now…
Rekgotsofetse Chikane, youth activist and author of Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation, spoke to The Reading List about the nature of…
Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture by Pieter-Louis Myburgh is available now from Penguin Random House. In spite of Cyril Ramaphosa’s…
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an extract from The Blackridge House by Julia Martin. The Blackridge House is a meditation on…
Vagabond: Wandering Through Africa on Faith by Lerato Mogoatlhe is out from BlackBird Books in April 2019! ‘Sometime in November 2007…
The Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) is pleased to announce that submissions for the ninth annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry…
Penguin Random House has shared a video interview with award-winning author Carol Campbell, talking about The Tortoise Cried Its Only Tear,…
In Rebels and Rage: Reflecting on #FeesMustFall, Adam Habib, prominent and outspoken university official during the recent student protests, takes a…
Gail Schimmel’s new novel The Accident is out in March 2019 from Pan Macmillan! The Accident is the fourth novel from Gail Schimmel,…
The Distance—the highly anticipated new novel from Ivan Vladislavić—will be out from Umuzi on 6 February 2019. Meanwhile, enjoy an…
Read an excerpt from The First Safari: Searching for François Levaillant by Ian Glenn, out now from Jacana Media! The First Safari tells…
Friday Black is a piercingly raw debut story collection from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a young writer with an explosive voice; a…
Pan Macmillan has shared an excerpt from The God Who Made Mistakes by Ekow Duker. The excerpt was shared as part of The Friday…
Attention aspiring storytellers: make your writing dreams a reality with the Gama❤Phile Writers’ Competition! Gama❤Phile, Pan Macmillan SA and the Pilanesberg…
From now on submissions for the Gerald Kraak Prize will be kept open all year round. Selections for the 2019…
Penguin Random House has revealed the cover for Cari Mora, the new novel from Thomas Harris, bestselling author and creator of The…
Mindful poems about tolerance, justice and hope for the future, by Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple….
Mohale Mashigo chatted to The Reading List about her new book, Intruders. Read ‘The High Heel Killer’ – a short…
An Orchestra of Minorities is the second novel by Chigozie Obioma, the author of The Fishermen, which was shortlisted for…
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt and photographs from Michelle Obama’s deeply personal memoir Becoming, a work of deep reflection and…
We Are No Longer at Ease is a collection of personal articles, essays, speeches and poetry mainly from voices of young…
Rebecca Davis chatted to The Reading List about her new book Self-Helpless: A Cynic’s Search for Sanity, a humorous take on…
The Man Who Killed Apartheid: The Life of Dimitri Tsafendas by Harris Dousemetzis is out now from Jacana Media. In…
Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an extract from Anna Burns’s novel Milkman, which was recently awarded the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Milkman is…
Mark Winkler discusses his new novel, Theo & Flora, and why writing is like performing surgery on yourself. Winkler sat down…
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from Transcription, the magnificent new novel by bestselling, award-winning Kate Atkinson, author of…
Jonathan Ball Publishers has revealed the cover for The Freedom Artist, the new novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri! ‘Okri’s…
Picador Africa celebrates five important books in the Heritage Series. 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with…
‘Come to me …’ she said, softly, ‘and I will make your pen sing again.’ BlackBird Books has shared an…
‘Excellent’ – Sunday Times ‘Totally intoxicating’ – Vice ‘Extraordinary and moving’ – Observer ‘Sally Rooney is a treasure’ – Elif…
Umuzi has revealed the cover for Zakes Mda’s new novel The Zulus of New York! The Zulus of New York is a work…
Lives of Great Men, the award-winning memoir from Chike Frankie Edozien, is out now from Jacana Media. The book won…
Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone is a West African Fantasy about a girl who must fight against the monarchy to…
Read an excerpt from The Theory of Flight, the debut novel by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, courtesy of Penguin Random House SA….
Moving between Ghana and London, Michael Donkor’s debut novel Hold is an intimate, powerful coming-of-age novel. It’s a story of…
The People in the Trees is a powerful work of visionary literary fiction from Hanya Yanagihara, the bestselling author of the…
BlackBird Books is celebrating its third Birthday with an event and a special offer! Special offer As part of the…
Pan Macmillan and The Reading List have launched a Friday Night Book Club, with exclusive excerpts from the latest South…
The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela, the new book from acclaimed author and public commentator Sisonke Msimang, will be out from…
Jacana Media has launched a new Modern Classics series, kicking off with How We Buried Puso by Morabo Morojele, to be published…
