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"Melissa slaag ongetwyfeld daarin om die leser vasgenael te hou, van begin tot einde."

You are invited to the launch of For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens.

"Overall, the book sheds light on the darker workings of a massive industry. But it also provides much-needed insight into SARS and the world of tax collection."

"It is the achievement of Serpell’s novel to be at once complex and lucid, to evoke a Zambian past, present and (imagined) future both ironically and compassionately."

"I think he is a figure of reconciliation already. What he's achieved, where he came from, how he lives his life is all part of his story."

When Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks out onto the field at the Rugby World Cup in September 2019, it will be the crowning glory of an incredible journey that began on the impoverished streets of Zwide, a township outside Port Elizabeth.

Fresh off the press: Blessed by BOSASA: Inside Gavin Watson’s State Capture Cult

The South African Literary Awards (SALA) have shortlisted 26 authors in 13 awards categories for this year’s awards. The winners will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony on the 7^th November at Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History.

BookBedonnerd XII takes place from 23 to 26 October 2019. Here is the full programme. 

"If, however, the stories of these Afrikaner business tycoons are completely unknown to you, a reading of this book could and would be of great benefit and could assist you in understanding South African politics much better."

"The writing is visual and visceral, the world created is tangible, and the character of Malachi has expressed his voice with utmost clarity."

Kwela Books invites you to the book launch of Impossible return by Siona O'Connell.

In October Kwela Books celebrate one of our country’s finest novelists and poets, Finuala Dowling and the publication of her new novel Okay, Okay, Okay.  

The tenth Midlands Literary Festival took place from 30 August to 1 September 2019. Izak de Vries attended and shared some of his photographs and insights.

"Thematically, Triangulum is a compelling work that explores ideologies that are often at odds with one another, but which Ntshanga brings to an uneasy kind of integration while not leaving the reader with a clear, comfortable sense of resolution."

The book launch of Betrayal: The secret lives of apartheid spies by Jonathan Ancer will take place on Thursday 19 September 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town.

The book launch of Ming-Cheau Lin’s biography, Yellow and Confused, will take place on Wednesday 18 September 2019 at 17:30 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town.

"Ultimately, it is about coming to terms with being the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd."

The book launch of Sally Andrew’s Death on the Limpopo will take place on Saturday 14 September 2019 at Protea Bookshop in Stellenbosch.