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Launch of I’m the Girl Who Was Raped by Michelle Hattingh
That morning, Michelle presented her Psychology honours thesis on men’s perceptions of rape. She started her presentation like this, “A woman born in South Africa has a greater chance of being raped...
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Launch of Affluenza by Niq Mhlongo
Niq Mhlongo returns with a collection of short stories that cover the span of our democracy: crime, xenophobia, racism and homophobia, the new black elite, land redistribution, the Zuma presidency....
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Launch of The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo
‘My mother died seven times before she gave birth to me. I am grateful for that corpse that somehow always seemed to resurrect itself. My father is gone but his smile is alive on my brother’s face....
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Launch of Pleasure by Nthikeng Mohlele
The notion of pleasure in all its guises is one of the oldest and most enduring grand themes of literature, presented here through the eyes and thoughts of writer and dreamer Milton Mohlele....
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Launch of Cold Case Confession by Alex Eliseev
A 13-year-old mystery. A hidden letter. A search for truth. For 13 years, a dark secret lay hidden beneath a carpet in southern Johannesburg. Then, on a regular autumn night in...
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Launch of The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed. And both are sworn enemies, sharing...
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Launch of Dutch Courage by Paige Nick at Beefcakes
PLEASE NOTE THIS LAUNCH IS AT BEEFCAKES. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Go here to book tickets. Grace Hendriks has led a pretty sheltered life. So when her sister Natalie begs her to take her place as a Rihanna...
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Launch of Fordsburg Fighter by Amin Cajee
When Amin Cajee left South Africa to join the liberation struggle he believed he had volunteered to serve ‘a democratic movement dedicated to bringing down an oppressive and racist regime’. Instead, he...
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Launch of Continental Shift by Kevin Bloom & Richard Poplak
Africa is falling. Africa is succeeding. Africa is betraying its citizens. Africa is a place of starvation, corruption, disease. African economies are soaring faster than any on earth. Africa is...
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Down in the Basement: The Plot Hole
Stuart Cairns(Winner Laughmaster 2014) and Westley Cockrell(Winner Joke Slam 2015) are fresh new talents on the South African entertainment scene. They have been producing shows all over South Africa...
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Special event with The Centre for African Language Diversity
Katrina Esau, alias Ouma Geelmeid, is the youngest of the three remaining speakers of Nǀuu. In tandem with her granddaughter, Claudia du Plessis, she has been engaged in teaching her highly endangered...
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Launch of Always Anastacia: A Transgender Life in SA by Anastacia Tomson
I stand in front of the mirror as I remind myself that I don’t have to wear the uniform anymore. I don’t have to dress myself in men’s attire. I can grow out my nails, and paint them with polish. I am...
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Launch of Little Suns by Zakes Mda
‘There are many suns,’ he said. ‘Each day has its own. Some are small, some are big. I’m named after the small ones.’ It is 1903. A lame and frail Malangana – ‘Little Suns’ – searches for his beloved...
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Storytime: Ocean
The ocean is swimming with marvellous creatures. Today we’ll be reading about a boy who rescues a whale and keeps it in his bathtub, come and find out what happens next and tell us all about your...
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