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AFRICAN WRITERS’ SERIES NOW AVAILABLE
Good news! Jonathan Ball is reprinting some of the much-loved titles from The African Writers Series (AWS). The series is a collection of books...
Bookstore Owner Pens A Book
Sewela Langeni, the owner of Book Circle Capital, an independent bookshop that focuses on African literature has written a children's book. Making...
Stock Up On Local Children’s Books
At Book Circle Capital we pride ourselves on our extensive collection of local children's books from toddlers to teenagers. We are passionate about...
Inaugural ‘Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers’ was a Resounding Success
Interest in women writers in South Africa, is undeniably in demand. If ever there are ‘Doubting Thomas’s’ such as those questioning the existence of...
ICONIC SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR ES’KIA MPHAHLELE CELEBRATED
ICONIC SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR ES’KIA MPHAHLELE CELEBRATED AT THE MARKET THEATRE ‘The Market Theatre’ dually hosted from 21st-28th February 2021, The...
SEWELA’S JULY PICKS
For You, I'd Steal a Goat by Niq Mhlongo, another collection of short stories from this legendary South African writer touching on current affairs,...
BOOKISH EVENTS LINE UP FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
Come enjoy an evening of literature, art and poetry with authors Yvette Ratshikhopa, Bokang Maragelo in partnership with Denzil & Jo Gallery....
A Note To Taiwa by PJ Mofokeng
A Note to Taiwa, A Reflective Essay on the Music of Moses Taiwa Molelekwa is a celebration of Molelekwa’s music and legacy on SA music industry...
MARK WILLIAMS LIFE-STORY
FORMER BAFANA BAFANA STRIKER MARK WILLIAMS HAS PENNED HIS LIFE-STORY A somewhat sparse yet upmarket crowd gracefully congregated, at the enthralling...
2020 WOMEN’S MONTH PICKS OLD AND NEW BY SEWELA LANGENI
South Africa's literary space is growing with more and more content released each year on local stories by local authors. What's even more exciting...
MICHELLE NKAMANKENG IS A BLOOMING SOUTH AFRICAN WORDSMITH
This year’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2021, delivered by the fallible South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, continues to justifiably...
THE GIRL WITH 21 QUESTIONS
Boitumelo Mothupi is an educator and a writer from Lehurutshe in the North West. She is passionate about developing children’s critical thinking and...
The magic of Refiloe Moahloli
According to the READ Educational Trust, 29% of SA's kids are illiterate. This is an alarming number that deserves our attention. We need more and...
Es’kia Mphahlele Evocation: 13 Years post his Demise
Es’kia Letobe ‘Mazwi’ Mphahlele was an iconic South African Author, Educationalist and Philosopher, who was born on 17th December 1919, in what...
THINGAMAGIC BOOK READING
Join us for a fun filled reading with Matina Mpofu author of Thingamagic. The book is also available in isiZulu. Date: Saturday 25 June 2022 Time:...
SANITY PREVAIL BY PERFECT HLONGWANE
A story that seeks to explore what sets individual stories apart, how they converge and collide and ultimately, the dilemma of being alive in the...
2021 WOMEN’S MONTH PICKS
August has become affectionately known as #WomensMonth, a time of the year when South Africans celebrate the bravery of the women of 1956 and...
SUPPORT THE MORRIS ISAACSON CENTRE FOR MUSIC WITH US
Join us as we support the Morris Isaacson Centre for Music in Soweto by collecting second-hand books for a group of incredibly intelligent,...
STACEY FRU: YOUNGEST ICONIC AUTHOR FROM SA
BY DR TSHEPO MVULANE MOLOI Tshepo Mvulane Moloi: As jollities of women’s month draw to an end, I wish to wax lyrical about teenager Stacey Fru as an...
ES’KIA MPHAHLELE’S HOMAGE TO MAMA ZONDENI VERONICA SOBUKWE
BY DR TSHEPO MVULANE MOLOI As part of women’s month commemorations, it is fitting to remind ourselves as a contemporary South African public, about...
ZWELETHU-OUR LAND BY JAKI SEROKE
Thanks to NB Publishers, keen readers interested in South Africa’s ‘Social History’, are in for a treat, from a new book, about the life story of Mr...
Spotlight on South Africa’s Literati
This year’s local revelries as regards the 30th ‘International Writers Day’, on Sunday 7th November 2021 was once again organised, as part of the...
WHAT’S WRONG WITH GLITTER BOOK READING
Eli is about to start school and he has a birthmark on his face that he is afraid he will be bullied about. Uncle Kelly helps Eli find his...
AFRICAN VOICES IN SEARCH OF A DECOLONIAL TURN
Edited by Siphamandla Zondi , this book may be summed up, as one among successful contemporary texts which deserve to be gregariously welcomed, as...
NTONGELA MASILELA (1948-2020): IN MEMORIA
By Dr. Tshepo Mvulane Moloi It was with despair, to receive the dreadful news on Monday morning, 6th of July 2020 that South African Professor...
70th ANNIVERSARY OF DRUM MAGAZINE
Since August 2020 DRUM magazine, perhaps owing to the Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the forthcoming demands of the fourth Industrial...
NONI JABAVU EXHIBITION GOES VIRTUAL
As part of women’s month celebrations in South Africa, the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature-based in Makhanda, continued to renew its...
ES’KIA MPHAHLELE AND ‘DECOLONISING EDUCATION’ IN SOUTH AFRICA
To decipher decolonial jargon, a case will be herein made for 'knowledges', beyond those forming part of the problematic hegemonic Eurocentric...