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04/11/2025

๐ŸŒŸ Big news! ๐ŸŒŠ Our graphic novel, Pearl of the Sea has been nominated for the inaugural ES Graphic Novels List!

There are 5 incredible titles on the list, and now itโ€™s up to readers like you to vote for your favorite throughout May 2026.

๐Ÿ† The winner will be announced on June 1, 2026!

Weโ€™re thrilled to be part of this first-ever list and canโ€™t wait to see which story wins your heart. ๐Ÿ’–



https://sites.google.com/isb.be/irisaward/selections/2026-es-graphic-novels

21/10/2025

Honoured and humbled to be named the 2025 University of Johannesburg Prize Debut Winner for Weeping Becomes a River. ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ’™

Congratulations to my fellow shortlisted writers Khumisho Moguerane (Morafe) and Anna Stroud (Who Looks Inside). It is a privilege to have been in your company, and I celebrate the brilliance you bring to our literary landscape.

Deep gratitude to the UJ Prize jury and the University of Johannesburg for recognising poetry in this way, and to everyone who has journeyed with this book. From readers to friends, family, and my publisher Penguin Random House SA ๐Ÿง

This recognition belongs to all who believe in the power of words to hold memory, to grieve, and to dream.

21/10/2025

๐”ฝ๐• ๐•ฃ ๐•๐• ๐•ฆ๐•ฃ ๐”พโ„๐”ธ๐•„๐•„๐•ยฎ โ„‚๐• ๐•Ÿ๐•ค๐•š๐••๐•–๐•ฃ๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ:
Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling

Weeping Becomes a River is an immersive, poetic, and mythical audio journey rooted in traditional South African storytelling.
With soundscape compositions by Elvis Sibeko, who weaves indigenous South and West African and Western instrumentation together, this book is a poetโ€™s invitation to imagine possible ways of being as we navigate seemingly discordant worlds.

Written and narrated by Siphokazi Jonas
Sound design by Elvis Sibeko
Published by Penguin Random House South Africa

Listen here: https://www.audible.com/pd/Weeping-Becomes-a-River-Audiobook/B0FND9WTZT?srsltid=AfmBOoriqfI6G-FuThexIB9Pv6UzNvHqDZFgA55TmxbnZ9APfAkhil-W

21/10/2025

The hunt is on in Gareth Crocker Booksโ€™s Now You Bleed, the heart-stopping sequel to Now You Suffer ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Cops are dying, poisoned one by one. Detectives Ruben and Zander are out of leads and out of time, until they turn to counsellor Melissa for help. But the killer isnโ€™t who anyone expectsโ€ฆ

Dark, gripping, and impossible to put down: https://loom.ly/iHngJkQ

17/04/2025

Penguin Random House SA and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Blood's Inner Rhyme by Antjie Krog.

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