News & Reviews
The 21 Must-read Books of 2021 So Far
09 July 2021
From edge-of-the-seat thrillers to riveting non-fiction, and a cookbook to get your tastebuds tingling, these are the books causing a stir this year.
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Uncommon Bird Sightings Around South Africa Cause a Buzz with Twitchers
07 April 2021
Birding gets especially exciting when rare sightings are made, as dedicated birder and co-author of Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, Niall Perrins, writes.
“IT’S BEEN A PRETTY EXPLOSIVE START TO THE YEAR on the rarities scene. On Birding Big Day on the 28th of November last year, a team in KwaZulu-Natal picked up a...
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...
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