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Q&A with Mary Watson, Author of The Cutting Room

Mary Watson tells us about her new book.

After winning the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2006 for your short story, ‘Jungfrau’; what made you decide to write the psychological thriller, The Cutting Room?

I wanted to write a book that reflected on the experience of crime in South Africa. I also wanted to explore a relationship that was riddled with contradictions. Most simply, it’s a book about how people do bad things to each other, however subtle or dramatic.

10 Tips on How to Stay Sane as a Debut Novelist

Jennifer McVeigh's debut novel The Fever Tree, the epic tale of a British woman embarking on a new life in nineteenth-century southern Africa, has been critically acclaimed. Here, she reveals her 10 Tips on How to Stay Sane as a Debut Novelist.
  1. Don’t quit your job before you have a book deal. Very sensible advice that I spectacularly failed to follow. I left my job as a literary agent and stepped into the terrifying world of no salary, no professional support and no real hope of achieving what I was setting out to achieve.

Q&A with Gareth Crocker, Author of Never Let Go

Gareth Crocker tells us about his latest novel.

Never Let Go is centred on a parent’s worst nightmare – the loss of a child. As a parent yourself, did the idea for this story come to you out of your own fears?

Introducing Never Let Go

The latest novel from bestselling author, Gareth Crocker.

As he presses a revolver to his head, Reece Cole sees his little daughter’s handprints on the windowpane. One last, painful reminder of her all too short life. But then he notices something about the handprints that defies belief. Something that verges on the impossible.

He spends the next few days frantically trying to make sense of what is happening. Then a stranger stops at his gate with a small grey envelope. Inside is a single white card, inscribed with six breathtaking words: I can bring your daughter back.

Launch of Journey from Darkness by Gareth Crocker and Llewellyn Crocker

Join us for the launch of Gareth Crocker's latest novel.

Penguin Books and Exclusive Books take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of Journey from Darkness by Gareth Crocker and Llewellyn Crocker.

Date: Thursday, 18 October 2012 

Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm

Introducing Hamilton Wende's Only the Dead

An action-packed African adventure.

Deep in the Ugandan jungle, a mysterious new presence has infiltrated the Claws of God - a cult army of child soldiers led by the depraved General Faustin. The children are now being controlled by the sinister Papa Mephisto, and believe he is possessed by the magic and power of the lion.

Introducing Gareth Crocker's Journey from Darkness

An Ancient Elephant. A Land of Killers. One Chance.

Escaping an England crippled by the Great War, twin brothers Edward and Derek Hughes head to South Africa where, soon after their arrival, they discover a rare Desert Elephant – an animal believed by many to be a myth. Following an ancient ghost trail to Bechuanaland they find that the enormous matriarch is not alone. She is being pursued by relentless shadows, a black light that will stop at nothing to bring her down.

Launch of Alistair Morgan's The Land Within

Join us for the launch of Alistair Morgan's new novel.

Penguin Books and Kalk Bay Books take pleasure in inviting you to the launch of The Land Within. 

Date: Thursday, 4 October 2012 

Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm

Venue: Kalk Bay Books, 124 Main Road, Kalk Bay

RSVP: books@kalkbaybooks.co.za or 0217882266

Rosemund Handler on Novel-writing

A Q&A with fiction author, Rosemund Handler (plus an extract from her newest novel).

Your first two novels, Madlands and Katy’s Kid have a strong focus on characters, whereas your third, Tsamma Season, is predominantly a novel about place. Could you elaborate on your previous titles and your approach to novel-writing in general?

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