Jacana Media

Jacana Media Jacana Media is the largest independent publishing firm in southern Africa. We have no bosses!

Jacana Media is an African publisher specialising in a range of different books - fiction, non-fiction, travel, natural history, current affairs, maps, cookbooks, lifestyle, art and educational and custom publishing.

Happy Holidays from Jacana Media🌲🎁
22/12/2025

Happy Holidays from Jacana Media🌲🎁

If you’re still hunting for a festive prezzie or great reads to tide you over the holidays, we’ve put together our 12 Bo...
12/12/2025

If you’re still hunting for a festive prezzie or great reads to tide you over the holidays, we’ve put together our 12 Books of Christmas. There’s something for everyone – fiction lovers, politics aficionados, natural history buffs, cartoon collectors seeking satiresfaction or little ones discovering a world of reading wonder.

Purchase these titles on our website by Sunday, 14 December to enjoy a very merry 30% discount. Disclaimer: We expect orders to reach you in time for the 25th, but we can’t account for acts of God.
https://jacana.co.za/?s=12+BOOKS+OF+CHRISTMAS&post_type=product

12/12/2025

Congratulations to Khumisho Moguerane and Shubnum Khan, winners of the 2025 Sunday Times Literary Awards! Moguerane's MORAFE (Jacana Media) reshapes our understanding of colonial borders while Khan's THE LOST LOVE OF AKBAR MANZIL (Pan Macmillan South Africa) illuminates Indian South African history 👏🏆
brittlepaper.com/2025/12/sunday-times/

09/12/2025

Discover what it really takes to write travel that matters. Join David Bristow as we unpack authenticity, detail and the art of true travel writing. ✍️🌍

Secure your spot now for only R150 through the link in our bio. 🔗

Secure your spot for only R150 now: https://jacana.co.za/product-category/jlf-courses/ 🔗

09/12/2025

Discover what it really takes to write travel that matters. Join David Bristow as we unpack authenticity, detail and the art of true travel writing. ✍️🌍

Secure your spot now for only R150 through the link in our bio. 🔗

Travel writing is more than pretty pictures 📸. It’s detail, bravery and real storytelling ✍️✨.Join David Bristow as he b...
08/12/2025

Travel writing is more than pretty pictures 📸. It’s detail, bravery and real storytelling ✍️✨.

Join David Bristow as he breaks down the habits of great travel writers, the trap of the ‘Selfie Safari’🤳, and why authenticity still wins 🌍.
From mastering detail to navigating AI and ‘freebies', this masterclass is your blueprint to writing journeys that matter 📚.

Secure your spot now for only R150 through the link in our bio. 🔗

Secure your spot for only R150 now: https://jacana.co.za/product-category/jlf-courses/ 🔗

Congratulations to Talana for being the lucky winner of the Beat Black Friday Sale. They win a whooping 8 prize-winning ...
08/12/2025

Congratulations to Talana for being the lucky winner of the Beat Black Friday Sale. They win a whooping 8 prize-winning Jacana Media titles!

We have two exciting internship opportunities available.Please see requirements in the Ad.PS: Give yourself an advantage...
05/12/2025

We have two exciting internship opportunities available.
Please see requirements in the Ad.

PS: Give yourself an advantage! Be sure to read this excellent article – https://tinyurl.com/4dmjv596 – on how to make your application stand out.
Goodluck!

We are over the moon! Last night, Khumisho Moguerane’s Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s...
05/12/2025

We are over the moon! Last night, Khumisho Moguerane’s Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s–1950s won the prestigious Sunday Times Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

The Jacana Media team could not have asked for a better festive present. Our warmest congratulations go to Khumisho Moguerane, a force of nature we are so lucky to know and love.

Join the celebrations with 20% off Morafe until Thursday, 11 December.
https://jacana.co.za/product/morafe/

Sunday Times ZA Exclusive Books

Don't miss the opportunity to meet Zapiro at one or more of these book signings in Cape Town.We can't wait to see you!Za...
04/12/2025

Don't miss the opportunity to meet Zapiro at one or more of these book signings in Cape Town.

We can't wait to see you!

Zapiro Exclusive Books

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