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The Inside-Out Man Cover Reveal

We are thrilled to reveal the cover of The Inside-Out Man by renowned South African author Fred Strydom, which will release in May this year through Umuzi.

Brilliant jazz pianist Bent lives from gig to gig in a city of dead ends. He is plagued by fragmented visions of the past, and has resigned himself to a life of quiet desolation. That is, until the night he meets wealthy and eccentric jazz fan Leonard Fry.

In the days that follow, Leonard makes Bent a devilish deal, proposing a bizarre experiment in which Bent will play a vital part.

Q&A with Eoin Colfer

An exciting original Iron Man novel written by hugely popular Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer! An all new adventure book for children with the invincible Marvel superhero.

Tim Noakes joins PRHSA authors to make banting more affordable

Penguin Random House SA (PRHSA) is proud to announce that Prof. Tim Noakes will co-write his next Banting book with PRHSA authors Bernadine Douglas and Bridgette Allan. The Banting Pocket Guide will be published in partnership with The Noakes Foundation (TNF) early in 2017.

Marita van der Vyver’s new novel to be published early 2017

Penguin Random House will be publishing Marita van der Vyver’s thirteenth novel, You Lost Me, early in 2017 in English and Afrikaans. The author, who lives in France, will be in South Africa to promote the novel in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria in March and May 2017. Readers will also have the opportunity to see her in Stellenbosch during Woordfees, and at the Franschhoek Literary Festival.

Another international book deal signed for The Reactive by Masande Ntshanga

After much interest in the UK, publisher Jacaranda Books have acquired the rights to publish South African author Masande Nsthanga’s acclaimed literary novel The Reactive in the UK and across the Commonwealth. An American edition of the novel was published earlier this year, and German translation rights have also been sold.

The Caine-prize nominated author’s debut novel is a poignant, life-affirming story about secrets, memory, chemical abuse and family, and the redemption that comes from facing what haunts us most.

Press Release: Dan Brown's new novel, Origin, to be published by Transworld Publishers

LONDON (September 28, 2016) - Global publishing phenomenon Dan Brown, author of the #1 international blockbusters Inferno and The Da Vinci Code, has written his latest Robert Langdon thriller titled Origin.

Roald Dahl Writing Competition Winner

The Dream-Catcher

By Kiara Wales

Uplands Preparatory School

Sally Andrew wins Nielsen Booksellers’ Choice Award

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Penguin Random House author Sally Andrew won the Nielsen Booksellers’ Choice – Book of the Year Award for her book, Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery at the 2016 Nielsen Bookseller’s Awards ceremony, held at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town yesterday evening.

Penguin Random House South Africa wins 2016 Sefika Trade Publisher of the Year Award

Penguin Random House South Africa received top honours in the category Trade Publisher of the Year at the 2016 Sefika Awards ceremony, held at the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town yesterday evening.

The Sefika Awards celebrate booksellers and publishers for the roles they play in promoting a culture of reading in South Africa. The Trade Publisher of the Year Award rewards overall excellence in the South African Trade Publishing sector.

South African crime writer to team up with thriller superstar James Patterson

South African crime writer Jassy Mackenzie will contribute a book to James Patterson’s imprint BookShots. Patterson, who is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time, with sales in excess of 325 million copies worldwide, will be writing, collaborating on, or personally curating every title published by the new imprint.