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A fresh, groundbreaking report edited by Dion Chang that announces a new way of understanding South Africa’s diverse urban tribes, New Urban Tribes of South Africa breaks the mould of how businesses use traditional demographic segmentation models to connect with South Africa’s new, colourful cast of characters. ...

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Alan Hollinghurst's first novel since The Line of Beauty, winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize ...

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The master of Swedish crime fiction returns with the winner of the prestigious Scandinavian Glass Key Award ...

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Part wry romance, part social commentary, Survival Training for Lonely Hearts tracks the complexities of modern living in South Africa, caught between the collateral damage of the old and the emerging configurations of the new, across divides both personal and political. ...

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It has tried-and-tested recipes in it, but it isn’t a cookbook. It’s made up, but it isn’t a novel. Agony Chef, the mysterious Delilah, is a witty advice-giver, food-lover and a bit of a know-it-all who seems rather like the alter ego of author Kate Sidley, but isn’t her, actually. ...

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In The Things I Could Not Say, Frank Chikane tackles a range of issues that relate to his term as director-general in the presidency of South Africa from 1996 to 2008. ...

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The Hungry Season takes science writer Leonie Joubert and photographer Eric Miller to eight different cities and towns around southern Africa as they explore the complex issues around food security. ...

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Take It From Me records the ups and downs of the career path of South African singer, songwriter, actor and producer, Danny K. A performer from a young age, Danny K talks about the good, the bad and the ugly of the music business, his influences and how rejection can sometimes pay off. ...

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A fast-paced, hilarious guide to surviving your youth in South Africa. Expect a history lesson with a difference, what makes a comedian tick, some alternative political insights and thoughtful crystal-ball gazing. Join Nik Rabinowitz and Gillian Breslin on a side-splitting journey to discover the ‘real’ South Africa. ...

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Killing Kebble by Mandy Wiener shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

PAN MACMILLAN is delighted to announce that on Saturday night MANDY WIENER’s bestselling book, Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed, was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. Mandy Wiener is an Eyewitness News journalist. She joins a prestigious group of six South African authors shortlisted for the non-fiction Alan Paton Award. To date over 66 000 copies of her debut release have been sold across all editions.

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City of Lost Souls

MORTAL INSTRUMENTS 5: CITY OF LOST SOULS

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

The demon Lilith has been destroyed and Jace has been freed from her captivity. But when the Shadowhunters arrive to rescue him, they find only blood and broken glass. Not only is the boy Clary loves missing–but so is the boy she hates, Sebastian, the son of her father Valentine: a son determined to succeed [...]

The Rhyming Rabbit

The Rhyming Rabbit

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Poor old Rhyming Rabbit is feeling lonely and left out. None of his fellow rabbits appreciate his carefully thought-out poems. And as for the other animals he meets? They just tell him to be quiet! Then one starry night he meets someone who shares his enthusiasm for poetry . . .

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Niky Daly

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Niki Daly’s high regard for children is always beautifully expressed through the books he creates for them. He has won numerous awards at home and abroad for his lyrical writing and gently humorous illustrations.

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New Urban Tribes of South Africa

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

  Years on from the birth of the Rainbow Nation, South Africans can no longer simply be categorised as black, white, coloured or Indian. Old stereotypes have been replaced by a new cast of colourful characters that approach life, love and brands from very different perspectives. Influenced by both global cosmopolitan culture and traditional belief [...]

Paper Sons and Daughters

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

A stowaway, Ho Sing Kee, hides for long weeks aboard a ship crossing the Indian Ocean. Leaving behind his village and his ancestors, he looks to the gold mountain in Johannesburg as an escape from his bleak life in devastated 1950s China. In South Africa he will become a ‘paper son’, a literal translation of [...]

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United States Department of Justice Files Anti-Trust

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Publisher's Weekly reports that, 'The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group, HarperCollins and Macmillan, charging them with colluding to raise e-book prices when they moved from the wholesale model to the agency model …'

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