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Launch of Dr Philip’s Empire by Tim Keegan
Dr John Philip towered over nineteenth-century South African history, championing the rights of indigenous people against the growing power of white supremacy, but today he is largely forgotten or...
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Launch of Writing What We Like compiled by Yolisa Qunta
‘We still dream, but the innocence of the promise of freedom is lost.’ From the serious to the lighthearted, this book presents a snapshot of what smart young South Africans think about living in South...
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Storytime: Monique’s Favourites
Join us today to hear some of Monique’s absolute favourite stories. We can’t wait to find out what she’ll choose!
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Launch of Sue Williamson Life & Work
Since South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994, Sue Williamson has continued to address social issues such as the AIDS epidemic through installations and artworks that combine photographic...
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Launch of Promise & Despair by Martin Plaut
Most people believe that black South Africans obtained the vote for the first time in 1994. In fact, for almost a century suitably qualified black people had enjoyed the vote in the Cape and Natal, and...
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Launch of The Fires Beneath by Sean Morrow
The Fires Beneath is a powerful and affecting story of love and loss. Monica Wilson, née Hunter, was the most prominent social anthropologist of her day in South Africa, whose groundbreaking research...
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Launch of Questions for the Sea by Stephen Symons
Lyrical and lachrymose, Stephen Symon’s debut collection of poems fearlessly voyages through the vast and unknowable depths of ocean and adulthood. In sparse, yet gorgeously flowing verse, Symons...
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Storytime: Lions
Roooaaarrr! Bring your biggest, loudest roar with you today because Luca will be reading stories featuring some of our favourite lions.
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Boekbekendstelling van ‘Tuisland’ @ Die Boer, Durbanville
BESPREKINGS IS NOODSAAKLIK: Lorienne Brown op 011 327 3550 / RSVP@penguinrandomhouse.co.za
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Launch of Nero’s Violin by Johan van den Berg
We’re six people on a yacht in the middle of the ocean. The day is quiet. A radio report comes in – some swell and light rain, but nothing else. We can sunbathe, read. Wait and see. If the rain comes,...
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Launch of A Manifesto for Social Change by Moeletsi Mbeki
A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles. Architects of...
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Launch of Keeper of the Kumm by Sylvia Vollenhoven
Too much of South Africa’s history has been lost and suppressed, leaving a void for many South Africans. Sylvia Vollenhoven brings together her life and that of a long-ago ancestor, //Kabbo, a...
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Launch of ‘The Way I See It’ by Lerato Tshabalala
Lerato Tshabalala first came to our attention in 2011 with her ‘Urban Miss’ column in the Sunday Times, and since then she has by turns entertained, exasperated, amused and confounded her fans and...
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Launch of Wild as it Gets by Don Pinnock
What’s your cat up to when you’re not around? Do dragons exist? Are clouds alive? Why did three men risk their lives for a single penguin egg? These are just a few of the questions and stories puzzled...
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