Penguin Books and The Book Lounge take pleasure in inviting you to the launch ofCrossbones by Nuruddin Farah.
The launch will take place on Tuesday 4 September at 5.30pm for 6pm.
Date: Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm
An ageing Jeebleh has returned to Somalia to visit old friends in his beloved Mogadiscio. He is accompanied by his son-in-law, Malik, a journalist intent on covering the region’s ongoing turmoil. Instead of the chaos, however, the two are greeted by an eerie calm, enforced by white-robed figures bearing whips. Soon, Malik’s brother, Ahl, arrives in Puntland, the region notorious as a pirates’ base. Ahl is searching for his stepson, who has vanished from the States, apparently recruited by an imam allied to Somalia’s rising insurgency.
On 27 August, Rosemund Handler, author of Us and Them, will be in conversation with SAfm's Nancy Richards. Join them at 8pm at the Marais Road Hall (opposite Marais Road Synagogue) in Sea Point, Cape Town.
Read about Rosemund Handler's approach to novel-writing here.
Your first two novels, Madlands and Katy’s Kid have a strong focus on characters, whereas your third, Tsamma Season, is predominantly a novel about place. Could you elaborate on your previous titles and your approach to novel-writing in general?
To celebrate the release of the fourth and final Spud book, Spud – Exit, Pursued by a Bear, John van de Ruit conducted a live Twitter chat on 7 August. Fans followed #Spud4, the official hashtag for the book, and tweeted their questions to John at @johnvanderuit.
Here are a few highlights:
@johnvanderuit: Welcome to the twitter chat. Remember to use #Spud4 to join. Coffee up, scrape the snow off your boots & fire away
The Extraordinary Book of South African Golf is a must read for any golf fanatic. Drawing from years of experience as a sports and golf journalist, Michael Vlismas has put together a fascinating collection of trivia, quotes,amazing scores, hilarious anecdotes and behind-the scenes tales from South African golf.
This extraordinary book of South African golf trivia contains captivating stories such as:
Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is today announcing the acquisition of Author Solutions, Inc (ASI) from Bertram Capital for $116 million in cash.
Formed in 2007, ASI is now the world’s leading provider of professional self-publishing services. It has enabled 150,000 authors to publish, market and distribute more than 190,000 books in print and electronic formats and benefits from several powerful growth trends including user-generated content, eBooks and digital publishing and marketing technologies.
We spoke to Kerry and asked her some questions about careers, South Africa and her worst job ever:
1. Why do you think that the majority of people in this world dislike their jobs and are unfulfilled?
This is for a number of reasons but some of the main ones are:
• Insufficient thought or attention
Books keep your mind in shape but what about your skin? Winter can take its toll on our skin which is why we're happy we can give away 10 of these Eucerin packs, containing 1 x DermatoCLEAN eye make-up remover and 1 x Hyaluron filler.
The Hyaluron filler contains SPF15 to protect you from the South African sun, while it supports the skin against premature ageing and the deepening of wrinkles. The make-up remover will remove all the gunk and chemicals and let's your skin BREATHE...