Authors & Events
Launch of Call It Dog
27 August 2013
Penguin Books and Love Books take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of Call it Dog by Marli Roode.
Set against the backdrop of a country struggling to absorb its bloody history and forge a new democracy, Call It Dog asks whether justice and truth are more important than the bonds of loyalty and love,...
Launch of In Love's Place
14 August 2013
Date: Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm
Venue: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com or 021 462 2425 by Monday, 19 August 2013
Find out more about In Love's Place.
Read an extract from the novel.
We chat to Michéle Rowe about her debut novel, What Hidden Lies
06 August 2013
The title refers to how lies and rumours can cause untold damage, even incite violence. It’s also about what lies hidden beneath the surface of our society, like the covering up of the fate of people who were removed and displaced. It also alludes to things hidden or buried in the characters’ past histories. Hopefully, once the reader...
Launch of Just So Stories
11 July 2013
Penguin Books and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories illustrated by Alex Latimer.
Generations of children have grown up with the Just So Stories and have been captivated by Kipling’s wonderful insights into the world around us - all delivered in his mesmerising, read-aloud...
Truths about marketing authors need to know
11 July 2013
Dear Lovely Author,
I’ve been wanting to reply properly to the letter you sent me for such a long time. You wrote so angrily, about how you had poured all this work into your book, got it published with a reputable publisher – only to see it apparently falling into a black hole. We both know it’s a very good book:...
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