Luzuko Goba, a South African studying at Oxford, navigates the worlds of the undocumented, and the people living on the margins of life in Oxford, England. His father, a former political exile, has just died, and Luzuko is weighing up his father’s life of sacrifice and the price they both paid for freedom back home.

This is a book about wayfarers, out of time, and on the wrong side of the UK’s department of immigration. They are the paperless.

Sweeping and soulful, Buntu Siwisa observes the hidden and exceptional modern lives of migrant Africans in England in this beautiful debut.

Struggling with integrating back into society after escaping her captor after five years of torture, sexual abuse as well as prostitution, Minenhle finds herself turning against the people who love her the most.

Haunted by dreams and memories of her torture and torment she turns to illegal substances in order to try and deal with the pain.

In a moment of weakness, lawyer Ian Brand sends out a tweet; it changes his life irrevocably. Thuli Khumalo, Fallist leader on a campus that stinks of petrol and teargas, must choose between betraying her father and forsaking her principles. Snaar Windvogel, once the little violin girl of Matjiesfontein, is now in transition under the knife of Piekenier Leqluerck, plastic surgeon and fossa impresario.

These colourful characters populate a carnivalesque landscape where the only certainty is that the Mother City’s mysterious crossbow killer will strike again . . . while Twitter gangs spread suspicion, truck drivers are attacked on national roads, and Number One meets with gang leaders – all under the watchful eye of the Institute for Encouragement in a nameless city in China.

An astonishing novel documenting the turbulent time in which we live, where issues such as privacy and identity, fake news and fact, and race and ethnicity inflame passions.

Translated by Henrietta RoseInnes.

Ná die trauma van ʼn onstabiele verhouding bedank Laynie as onderwyseres en verkoop haar woonstel. Sy gebruik ʼn deel van die opbrengs om ʼn lang vakansie te neem op Klippiesbaai waar sy ʼn krimi wil skryf.

Met haar aankoms kruis haar paaie met haar buurman, Stefan Koeglenberg. Die stormagtige ontmoeting tussen Laynie en Stefan is nie die ideale afskop vir goeie buurmanskap nie en in Laynie se gedagtes is hy ná hierdie voorval “die willewragtig langsaan”.

ʼn Wapenstilstand en versigtige vriendskap ontwikkel tussen hulle, maar Stefan sukkel om die dood van sy vrou en hul seuntjie te verwerk en sluit sy hart vir ʼn kans op nuwe geluk. Die liefde loop egter sy eie pad en het die vermoë om selfs die diepste seer te genees.

Hoe gebeur dit dat ’n hele gevestigde gemeenskap sy tentpenne uitruk en die wildernis intrek?

In Geknelde land gee FA Venter ’n diep-menslike antwoord op dié en ook op baie ander vrae oor die Groot Trek. Dit is die verhaal van die Dreyer-gesin van Grensplaas en vertel van die ontberings en terugslae wat dié boeregesin moes verduur voor hulle uiteindelik ook besluit om te trek.

Athol Fugard is South Africa’s most prominent international playwright. This is his only novel.

Tsotsi has been adopted as the Grade 11 official English novel in South Africa for 2016; a new generation will be exposed to Tsotsi and help it on its way to becoming a modern classic.

Ravaged Souls follows the lives of four friends.

Luxolo and Vuyolwethu Ndamase are childhood sweethearts and are happily married until they lose their only son to an accident caused by Vuyo. From there life changes for them as they deal with their grief and loss, finding comfort outside their union.

Lubabalo Sobukwe is a pastor’s kid hiding his sexuality from his family and close friends. He lives a lie until he meets Ryan Cook and falls madly in love. He now has to decide whether to keep living the lie and jeopardise his chance at happiness or own his truth and risks killing his father and losing his family. Ryan on the other side still battles with scars of being abandoned and disowned by his family for his sexuality. He also has to deal with lies about his paternity. He has found a sense of belonging with Lubabalo but can he risk his mental health and give him a chance.

Gert Garries: ’n Baaisiekel-babelas word in 2002 by die KKNK opgevoer en gee vleis aan ’n karakter uit Etienne Leroux se roman Magersfontein, O Magersfontein! Die plaaswerker Gert Garries ry vir drie dae met die verbrande liggaam van sy kind op sy fiets rond. Hy wil ’n doodsertifikaat bekom, ’n voorvereiste voordat hy die kind kan begrawe. Weens sy velkleur word hy egter deur die burokrate van bakboord na stuurboord gestuur. Na sy ontmoeting met Le Grange, ’n empatiese verkeersbeampte, ontstaan ’n sonderlinge verhouding tussen hulle. Hierdie verhouding suggereer ’n beter toekoms en menslike identiteit vir Gert, terwyl die kind simbool word van ’n bitter en wrang verlede. Eindelik begrawe Gert sy kind saam met die room van die Engelse.

Die gehoor volg Gert Garries op sy drie dae lange fietsrit en beleef saam met hom ’n prutpot van emosies.

Die drama word gepubliseer in 2019 as Gert Garries: ‘n Baaisiekel-blues.

Dan Sleigh’s latest work is once more an historical novel. While Eilande was published in English set at the beginning of the Western presence in the Cape, Afstande is much closer to the foundations of Western civilisation itself. It is based on the Anabasis of the Greek soldier and writer Xenophon, in which he reported on what has been described as one of the great adventures in human history. This “adventure”, which began in 401 BC, was nothing less than one of the clearest examples of human hardship and endurance. The adventurers were an army of ten thousand Greek mercenaries who were hired by a Persian prince to overthrow his brother, the king of the mighty Persian Empire.

He ingeniously introduced another main character besides Xenophon, namely the Jewish eunuch Nagri, who was hailed as a prophet in Babylon, where the Israelites were in exile at the time. In Sleigh’s version the prisoner, Nagri, is used by Xenophon to compile the Anabasis from his cryptic notes. Afstande is therefore an intertwinement of the stories of two writers, namely the soldier-writer and the writer-prophet.

Apart from being a grueling, authentic portrayal of one of the most remarkable military adventures in history, Sleigh’s novel is a representation of man’s search for identity and stability in a fast-changing, turbulent and unforgiving time. He shows how religion and ideology paradoxically guide and complicate this search. Through his two writer characters, their alliance and the friction between them, he also investigates the passion, desires, conflicts, but above all the emotion that underlies being a writer. In this way Sleigh transforms antique material into something absolutely contemporary and he achieves what all great writers achieve, and that is to confirm the permanence of that which is universally human.

Hans van Rooyen is a former police general raised by two women who survived the 1899 South African War. He finds himself being cared for in an old age home by the daughter of liberation struggle activists.

At 80, he carries with him the memories of crimes he committed as an officer under the apartheid government. Having eluded the public confessions at the TRC for his time in the Border Wars, he retained his position in the democratic South Africa, serving as an institutional memory for a new generation of police recruits.

Zoe Zondi is tasked to care for the old man. Her gentle and compassionate nature prompts Hans to review his decision to go to the grave with all his secrets. Zoe has her own life story to tell and, as their unlikely bond deepens, strengthened by the isolation that COVID-19 lockdown brings, they provide a safe space for each other to say the things that are often left unsaid.

Met Louw Roodt se verdwyning ná ’n werkgeselligheid word Kristien Liebenberg se grootste vrees bewaarheid: Haar lewensmaat kom nie huis toe nie. Was Louw in ’n ongeluk, het sy ’n affair, is sy ontvoer, aangerand, of erger, in die sandduine en bosse van die Kaapse Vlakte vir dood agtergelaat? Of het dit met hulle groot bekgeveg die oggend te doen?

Toe breek die nuus van ’n man wat in ’n Kaapse hotel vermoor is. Dieselfde hotel waar Louw was. Dieselfde aand as wat sy verdwyn het. Dieselfde man wat vroeër dié dag die gasspreker by haar werk was. Het Louw iets met die moord te doen en vlug sy nou? Die polisie dink so. Of hou die verdwyning verband met haar ma wat een-en-twintig jaar gelede voor hulle huis in Tamboerskloof met motor en al gekaap is? ’n Voorval wat vir Louw ’n groot sielkundige knou gegee het.

Deur al die vrae en groeiende paniek, weet Kristien Louw is in die moeilikheid en sy moet haar red.

'n Splinternuwe, skitterende versameling kortverhale deur Nataniël. 20 in Afrikaans en 8 in Engels. Skreeusnaaks, aangrypend, wys, onvoorspelbaar en -- soos altyd -- hoogs vermaaklik.

Soos gewoonlik delf hy goud uit sy kinderjare -- oor sy ouers, sy ouma -- maar daar is ook fantastiese en fantasmagoriese verhale oor sy lewe as sanger op plattelandse dorpies, oor 'n vreemdeling wat hom een aand in sy huis help om sy vrese te besweer, en hoe 'n mens jou eerste reus oorwin . . .

Nadine Gordimer's subtle and detailed study of the forces and relationships seething in the South Africa of the day.

Mehring is rich. He has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. His wife, son and mistress leave him; his foreman and workers become increasingly indifferent to his stewardship; even the land rises up, as drought, then flood, destroy his farm. As the upheaval in Mehring's world increasingly resembles that in the country as a whole, it becomes clear that only a seismic shift in ideas and concrete action can avert annihilation.

Sangomas and cops don’t mix. Usually. But this is Joburg, a metropolis that is equal parts flash and shadow, and where not everything can be easily explained.

Ian Jack, a disillusioned former police officer, teams up with Reshma Patel, a colleague from his old life, to investigate a routine housebreaking gone bad. But when they uncover links to a possible animal poaching and trafficking syndicate, things go from complicated to dangerous to downright evil.

Set against the richly textured backdrop of a livewire African city, this fast-paced thriller offers a disturbing contemporary take on justice and morality. To be read with the lights on.

Ricardo woon in Kewtown saam sy ma, ouer broer, Anton, en sussie, Tracy, wat deurmekaar is met die gangster van die blokke, Capone. Maar voor Ricardo sy oë uitvee, is beide sy ma en broer oorlede, en eindig hy op in ’n wendyhuis agter op Capone se jaart.

Hoe moet hy maak, as hy nie eers vir sy girlfriend, Mentha, ’n bord warm kos kan aanbied of ’n Sealy Posturepedic vir hulle kan koop nie?

’n Meesleurende bildungsroman deur die bekroonde skrywer van As die Cape Flats kon praat.

In the spring of 1970, a Pretoria schoolboy falls in love with Muhammad Ali. He begins to collect cuttings about his hero from the newspapers, an obsession that grows into a ragged archive of scrapbooks. Forty years later, when Joe has become a writer, these scrapbooks both insist on and obscure a book about his boyhood. He turns to his brother Branko, a sound editor, for help with recovering their shared past. But can a story ever belong equally to two people? Is this a brotherly collaboration or a battle for supremacy?

This is an intricate puzzle of a book by a writer of lyrical power and formal inventiveness. Against a spectacular backdrop, the heyday of the greatest showman of them all, Vladislavić unfolds a small, fragmentary story of family life and the limits of language. Meaning comes into view in the spaces between then and now, growing up and growing old, speaking out and keeping silent.

Privaat speurder Zeus van Wyngaardt sou nooit kon droom dat ’n godin soos Diana Engelbrecht (sy naam is Zeus, hy ken godinne) op ’n dag by sy gehawende kantoor in Springs sou instap nie. Haar opdrag: Vind die vermiste Esias Kok.

Zeus besef gou agter elke storie is daar baie stories, en dié godin is dalk nie wat sy voorgee om te wees nie. Soos wat hy elke spoor begin volg, vervaag die grense tussen die reële en die digitale wêreld, oortreder en slagoffer, skuld en onskuld …

In hierdie aweregse roman vervleg Julio Agrella die lewens van uiteenlopende karakters op vindingryke wyse. Dit wat agter die geslote deure van die armstes tot die rykstes in die samelewing gebeur, wys dat misbruik en geweld nie onderskeid tref nie. ’n Boek wat die leser sal skok, sal laat lag met die donker humor daarvan, en aan die raai sal hou tot die einde.

Berdine se lewe in Johannesburg is vir goed verby, en die verbintenis met haar familie en vriende wat sy jare lank verwaarloos het, is aan die herstel.

Haar ouma Bertha se nalatenskap van diensbaarheid en naasteliefde staan voorop vir Berdine en haar droom om ’n kliniek op te rig om die armes gratis te bedien gaan nie om eie eer nie. Dit gebeur nie oornag nie en ten spyte van haar nuutgevonde geloof pak die twyfel en mismoedigheid haar beet. Berdine loop ook ’n pad met Tiekie en haar babadogtertjie en sy kuier weer by Bekkie. Sy leer die vernames van die dorp ken wat hul naaste met onselfsugtige liefde dien.

Dieter Daneel is steeds aan die voorpunt van omtrent elke bedrywigheid en met die naamgee-seremonie, toe die skuiling aan Bertha Human opgedra word ter waardering van haar jare lange diens aan die dorp en sy mense, word die wêreld onderstebo gekeer en Berdine weereens voor ’n keuse gestel.

Die wêreld van die gemarginaliseerde is ’n eensame plek, sou Jakkie Duvenhage spoedig ontdek.

Die bewuswording van sy “andersheid” dompel hom in ’n lewe wat wipplank ry van skoonheidstitels en aanvaarding tot skokterapie en huisgeweld. Deurentyd voel hy die druk van staande te probeer bly teen die sosiale diskriminasie wat sy lewenswyse ontlok.

En dan word hy by ’n reeks sinistere moorde betrek...

It's a story of forbidden love. A young woman named Thab’sile Ngcobo from a famous wealthy family in Durban finds herself falling in love with a township guy who lives on a hand to mouth budget. His name is Mphathi Samson Mhlongo. He crossed his path with Thabi Ngcobo during a disciplinary hearing. He worked as a cleaner in a cleaning company that was owned by Thabi. It was love at first sight for both of them. They fortunately did not waste time, they threw themselves right in the deep of their uneasy relationship. Thabi’s parents had already arranged someone else from another affluent family to marry her. The story unfolds in an unexpected way. Part 2 is about their lives as a married couple. Thabi’s life takes a turn as she is now disowned by her father. She gets to learn the hardships of township life and the struggles they go through as a casted out couple. How they raise their children and their day to day lives. Part 2 is a window that allows access to their somewhat challenged life. The story takes a turn when their illegally adopted daughter is diagnosed with a gruesome illness that nearly claims her life. Their daughter’s sickness invites temptations, as they cannot afford her medicals bills. Thabi and Mphathi’s love is again tested. Will it survive this time around?

Talk of the Town by award-winning writer Fred Khumalo comprises short stories he wrote over many years. In this vibrant collection Khumalo explores identity and belonging through tales about African foreign nationals in South Africa, xenophobia, South Africans abroad, exiled comrades during apartheid, and past and current township life. At times hilarious and at times gut-wrenching, this is a collection that will move you.

‘n Boeiende historiese fiksie met hart. Dit dek ‘n fassinerende tyd in ons land se geskiedenis: die eeuwending van 1900. Die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog woed en in Parys is die sentimente oorheersend pro-Boer en anti-Brit.

Paul Roux is ‘n jong Afrikaanse argitek wat help ontwerp en oprig aan die ZAR se pawiljoen by die Paryse wêreldskou. Die leser beleef saam met hom die oorweldigende kleure, geure en teksture van die stad van liefde. Hy raak verstrik in absint en in die nagklubs van guitige Parys raak hy die spoor byster, maar hy het ‘n geliefde tuis, ‘n Joodse meisie.

Dis tegelyk liefdesverhaal en historiese roman, met volronde karakters en ‘n trefseker gevoel vir lokaliteit.

Om Amelie se tafel
Amelie doen nie groepwerk nie. Sy doen nie motorbestuur nie, en sy doen ook nie mans wat vir haar lelies of juweliersware aandra nie. Ja, sy't 'n bietjie bagasie - en wie het nogal nie? Maar wanneer spanbou-spesialis en bedryfsielkundige Chris op die prentjie verskyn, en boonop veroorsaak dat Amelie 'n ver ent pad moet ry om sowaar in simpel groepies te gaan rondfoeter, word haar wêreld omgekeer. Die man sukkel met haar en weet nét watter knoppies om te druk. Wanneer sy Chris leer ken en besef hy't 'n groot, luide familie - presies die soort wat sy so graag om 'n gesellige etenstafel in haar eie tuin sou wil sien, die soort waaroor sy droom sedert haar ouers se ontydige dood - is haar kop aan die draai. Dit verg allerlei ompaaie, en harde werk van Chris se kant, om deur Amelie se bagasieknope te sny. Sal sy haar dinge kan laat staan en die familie wen waarna sy so smag? En dít voor Chris besluit sy's net té veel moeite?

Liefde in laslap
Natalie Olivier het geen familie van haar eie nie, maar by haar vriendin Amelie se mense voel sy tuis. Totdat Amelie se swaer van Italië terugkeer. Neethling Meyer se sjokoladebruin oë onthuts Natalie heeltemal. En toe hy haar boonop soen, wil haar hart net nie meer normaal klop nie. Maar Neethling is 'n beroemde skrywer van rillerromans wat duidelik sy lewe as vrygesel geniet. Natalie weet mos hy is nie die tipe wat langtermynverhoudings aanknoop nie. Wat ook al tussen hulle is, sal nie hou nie. Jare ná haar kinderdae in die weeshuis vind Natalie uiteindelik meer oor haar verlore familie uit en begin sy om haar lewensverhaal in 'n laslapdeken uit te beeld. Maar Neethling se silhoeët duik telkens in haar uitbeeldings op. Is hul stories werklik bestem om te vervleg?

Liefde deur 'n lens
Wanneer Nicola Meyer agter haar kamera skuil, voel sy veilig en in beheer. Dit laat enige onstuimigheid in haar binneste bedaar. Selfs toe sy, in haar beroep as fotograaf, vlugtelinge oorsee afgeneem het, het sy al die hartseer in haar foto's gekanaliseer en dit só van haar afgeweer. Sy huil nooit nie. Maar toe sy na Suid-Afrika terugkeer, dreig haar onderdrukte emosies om uit te borrel - en dis alles Francois Olivier, haar skoonsus se baie aantreklike broer, se skuld. Hy soen haar onverwags, vat aan haar, en laat haar wêreld tol. Hy sien die hartseer raak wat sy diep wegsteek en daag haar uit om te erken hoe sy voel. Nicola probeer om met haar kamera afstand tussen hulle te skep. Maar as sy haar weer kom kry, fokus sy op sy sterk gelaatstrekke. En wat is die uitdrukking wat sy daar sien? Geen man het al ooit só na haar gekyk nie. Sal Nicola haar verskansing kan laat vaar?

Lady Die het huisvesting gevind in die ruïne van ’n kerk, in ‘n stadsbuurt genaamd Simoelégri. Baie vlugtelinge het hier opgeëindig, ná eers die virus en toe nog rampe tot sosiale onrus gelei het. In ander dele van die land is daar nog ’n mate van orde, maar nie in Simoelégri nie. In Simoelégri is jou beste vriend die straat se dwelmhandelaar, en jou enigste bron van hitte 'n konkavuur. Oral loop die gerugte van groter onrus en geweld.

Aangrypend. Simoelégri is die wenner van die Groot Afrikaanse Romanwedstryd.