News & Reviews
International film rights acquired for The Scattering
04 February 2021
Lauri Kubuitsile’s award-winning novel about the Herero genocide is envisaged as a European/southern African co-production.
Penguin Random House South Africa is delighted to announce that film rights to The Scattering have been acquired by international production company Mycroft Berlin GMBH. Producers Johannes von Jena and...
Memoirs, Mind Management & Miscellany
18 November 2020
Our bookshelves are straining under the number of compelling and evocative non-fiction reads we've just released.
From the latest edition of Ripley's Believe It or Not, bursting with the weird and unexplained, and a fairy tale from the master of trivia himself, Stephen Fry, to inspirational books from Seth Godin and...
Review of 'Field Guide to Renosterveld of the Overberg'
21 October 2020
By William Bond
Emeritus Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town
Relative to Cape fynbos, renosterveld has long been the poor sister described as boringly uniform, and monotonously grey by its detractors. This book will surely help to change that perception. Unlike most guides to our Cape flora, this one caters...
Virus-proof Your Small Business: 50 ways to survive the Covid-19 crisis
09 May 2020
There are always silver linings. There is always hope. There are always smart ways forward, and we should never lose hope. Growth may be just around the corner, both for you and for the nation. Now let’s explore the practical things you can do to keep your own profit-over-cost ratio as healthy as possible, for as long as possible. Here are...
Penguin Random House releases film tie-in edition of The Griekwastad Murders
08 May 2020
The book The Griekwastad Murders by Jacques Steenkamp is now a motion picture starring Arnold Vosloo and to coincide with the release of the film, Griekwastad, Penguin Random House (PRHSA) released a film tie-in edition. The e-book is already available from e-retailers and the print edition will be in stores soon.
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