Authors & Events

06 November 2014

‘A slow burner that gets hotter and hotter as the pages turn. Crime fiction doesn’t get any better’ - Mike Nicol THE BOOK Inspector Albertus Beeslaar has left the ruthless city, only to have his hopes of finding peace and quiet in the Kalahari shattered by the brutal murder of artist...

Q& A with Melissa Siebert

11 August 2014

Q&A with Melissa Siebert Fiona Snyckers recently chatted to author Melissa Siebert about her debut novel, Garden of Dreams. The interview was facilitated by The "Good Book Appreciation Society" on Facebookl Fiona Snyckers: Garden of Dreams is about the abduction in India of a teenage boy, Eli de Villiers. Eli is half...

Penguin Books Celebrates the Launch of Good Morning, Mr Mandela by Zelda la Grange

25 June 2014

On the 19th of June 2014, Penguin Books played host to more than 300 guests at the much-anticipated launch of Zelda la Grange’s Good Morning, Mr Mandela and Goeiemôre, mnr. Mandela at The Venue in Melrose Arch. The event was attended by select members of the media, well-known TV and radio personalities, members of the Mandela family,...

South African Book Fair: 13-15 June 2014

03 June 2014

South African Book Fair Programme Friday 13 June Time Author Title Description Publisher Venue 10:00 - 12:00 Gavin Fish Taming the Teenager School Principals and...

Fiona Leonard's Advice to Aspiring Writers

11 April 2014

I will always be grateful to the New York agent whose rejection letter contained the sage advice “books about Africa don’t sell”. Those five words lit a fire in my soul that inspired me in a way no other rejection letter ever could have. I’d spent five years writing The Chicken Thief and I simply wasn’t prepared to...

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