Authors & Events
Launch of Making Finn at Kalk Bay Books

13 June 2013
Kalk Bay Books & Penguin SA invite you to meet Susan Newham-Blake author of Making Finn. Susan will be in conversation with Kalk Bay author, Dawn Garisch.
When: Tuesday, 18 June, 2013
Where: Kalk Bay Books, 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay
Time: 6.30 for 7pm
RSVP by 17 June here
or on
021 788 2266.
Please note: this is a free event but RSVPs...
Q&A with Peter Piegl and Sean Newman, Authors of Glenn Agliotti

12 June 2013
After writing Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality, what made you decide to turn your attention to the infamous Glenn Agliotti as the subject for your next book?
Glenn has been an interesting character for us, as we vividly remember watching his court appearances on TV as they were unfolding. Like Lolly Jackson, he's a...
Giovanna Fletcher Presents: A Day in the Life of Me ...

11 June 2013
Every day varies, but my writing days are a fairly consistent array of distractions that I struggle to knock on the head before getting on with the pressing task of writing.
I get up at a respectable eight o'clock (I'm conveniently forgetting the times I struggle to get out of bed before ten - they’re rare!), and potter around...
Launch of What Hidden Lies at The Book Lounge

10 June 2013
Penguin Books and The Book Lounge take great pleasure in inviting you to the launch of What Hidden Lies by Michéle Rowe. Michéle will be in conversation with Mike Nicol.
Date: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Time: 5.30pm for 6.00pm
Venue: The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, Cape Town
RSVP: booklounge@gmail....
10 Myths about Authors as Explored by ... an Author

06 June 2013
1. Being an author is glamorous.
Before I had managed to write a book, I had an image of what an author should be in my mind that was something akin to Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge; sitting down melancholically in the middle of the night at his type writer with the Eiffel Tower outside his window and, after a sip...