Penguin nonfiction and zebra press are nonfiction imprints of penguin. Want to get your hands on the latest and hottest new books from penguin random house. The lost boys of bird island 2018 is a non fiction book by mark minnie, a former police detective and chris steyn, an investigative journalist, both from south africa. Verity publishers is currently developing juvenile fiction and nonfiction titles with special preference for works written in line with south african dept of basic educations caps guidelines for foundation and intermediate phase. We have recently started publishing south african fiction, in both english and afrikaans, to great success with our second novel, coldsleep lullaby, receiving the sunday times fiction prize 2006. We publish short stories, novels, memoir, biography, poetry, essays, narrative non fiction, reference books and relevant non fiction. We work with a select group of books, authors and publishers. Electronic publishing is also a growing segment of the publishing industry.
The book is about alleged corruption within the last apartheid government of south africa. Valley press is an independent publishing house based in scarborough, north yorkshire, uk. From poetry to biography to fiction, there will be an outlet for writing by. Jonathan ball publishers is the leading publishers and distributors of english general books in south africa. We are also approved suppliers with various education departments in south africa. Our publishing process pegasus publishers publishing. Bookstorm publishes nonfiction books, how to submit your manuscript. She joined lapa in 2004 and gained tremendous success with her romanza.
Britz started her publishing career at perskor, and later worked as a story editor at huisgenoot. Van aggelen african literary agency is a boutique literary agency. The history of publishing in south africa is enmeshed with the culture of resistance that. We publish narrative nonfiction politics, current affairs, history, military history, sport, true crime, biographiesautobiographies, health and wellbeing, humour, business and personal finance. Penguin nonfiction and zebra press are nonfiction imprints of penguin random house south africa. Twentythree south african authors were shortlisted for 2018 south african literary awards sala.
Works published include fiction, non fiction, childrens books, reference works as well as school and university textbooks. Some of sohos most popular stories will whisk you away to france, china, england, laos, northern ireland, thailand, australia, japan, germany, south africa. Literary agents of south africa, self publishing companies of south africa, printers in south africa and more full list of services here you are currently viewing the directory of publishing companies in south africa. For more than twenty years, soho crime has been publishing atmospheric crime fiction set all over the world. Our focus is currently on nonfiction books for adult readers. Cape media corporation is south africa s leading publisher. We supply books from almost any publisher in south africa fiction, non fiction. In the second part of the made in africa series, i am talking to a few publishers and platforms that promote african publishing. Jonathan ball publishers also act as agents for british and american publishers, marketing and distributing books on their behalf in southern africa. We publish quality books and other publications with a focus on cultural and political history, biography and. Founded in 2011, kwarts publishers has come a long way and today we have published books for more than 140 authors, many of whom have come back to publish a second and third book. Imbali academic publishers partners with authors in pursuit of knowledge.
Founded in 2017, this south african publishing company offers a new alternative. The jacana literary foundation jlf is a notforprofit organisation which seeks to promote and foster excellent writing from south and southern africa through. Books etc south africa offers a personal and exclusive selection of south african and uk books, as well as a plain english proofreading service. We are a young creative team of passionate publishers, journalists and graphic designers who focus on creating quality, proudly south african. South africa has a rich and vibrant history of producing excellent literature. All of them are open to unsolicited submissions directly from authors.
The winners, which include authors, poets, writers and literary practitioners whose works are continuously contributing to the enrichment of south africa. Member driven anfasa is a memberdriven association aiming to uphold and enhance the profile and status of academic and non fiction authors in south africa. Ste publishers is an independent south african publisher founded in 1996. Why nonfiction books dominate bestseller lists in south africa. Possibilities for fiction publishing on the continent have opened up beyond south africa, to kenya, nigeria, zimbabwe and uganda. The press has also taken a leading role in publishing a wide range of new work in african american, asian american, latino, gay. Fiction works are published through penguin fiction and umuzi, two imprints of penguin random house south africa, while nonfiction is. Through our rainbird division we provide selffunded publishers with. In some respects, the road to publishing nonfiction books is easier to travel than fiction. Publishers of literature, general nonfiction, cookery, arts and craft books, and childrens books in afrikaans and english. Publishing literature in southern africa publishers weekly. The shop offers a small selection of collectible books etc for sale.
A boutique literary agency, van aggelen african literary agency only receive queries via email. Most focus in on one or two aspect of non fiction, such as history books, memoir, or cookbooks. In analysing the publishing lists and sales figures of the local nonfiction publishers pan macmillan, jonathan ball, penguin. Anfasa aims to give voice to the interests and concerns of all academic and non fiction authors, whether or not their works have appeared in print. Morris says she believes people are starting to appreciate south african fiction more and more, but that publishers will still publish less in. This is the third year these good folks in south africa have collected and published previously unpublished short fiction on a theme, and each year their vision gets broader and they already. The new press is a nonprofit independent publisher focusing on contemporary social issues, with an emphasis on race relations, womens issues, immigration, human rights, labor and popular economics, and the media. Real african publishers independent publishers group. The south african book trade lost another stalwart on 12 december last year, when the death of lapas fiction publisher cecilia britz stunned the afrikaans book community. Publish a book with penguin penguin books south africa. Imagnary house is a publisher and bookstore of creative childrens and ya fiction and nonfiction in south africa. In the past decade, we have published more than 150 books of fiction, non fiction and poetry, by authors based anywhere from york to leeds, london to bermuda, china, south africa. If you are an expert in a field or have sufficient experience in an area which can be anything from stamp collecting to raising chickens, many publishers. Imbali academic publishers a first of its kind in south.
Jacana media book publishing company in south africa. You can also find south african publishing services companies. As a publisher you are using your nonfiction to subsidise your fiction publishing. Morris says nonfiction is easier to publish in south africa, as the authors will generally already have a profile or established platform, being a journalist or wellknown figure. South african nonfiction published by pan macmillan sa. Our strength lies in our strong base of south african. Verity publishers is a publishing company located in south africa, we publish books of all kinds, including childrens books, academic books, fiction and non fiction.
Literary agents for african writers african literary. Our focus is on african fiction and non fiction books. Formed from the merging of random house penguin books south africa and random house struik in 2015, penguin. A boutique publisher with a special focus on local kids books and ya literature about fantasy, science fiction. Electronic versions of your full manuscript should be in one file and not. We strongly suggest that you read basil van rooyens book get your book published in 30 relatively easy steps for general advice on getting published in south africa. Bk publishing is a vibrant publishing house in the heart of pretoria.
The blog is dedicated mostly to south african books, uk books, plain english, food, south african wine. A south african literary magazine founded by four university of cape town graduates, featuring long form non fiction, fiction, poetry, photography and illustration. We specialise in south african history, politics and current affairs. The press has also taken a leading role in publishing. We have more than 32 years experience in the book industry and have been supplying books to libraries since 1996. Whether youre after fiction or non fiction, or genres such as action, romance. South african works of non fiction published by pan macmillan south africa. Imagnary house is a publisher and bookstore of creative childrens and youngadult fiction in south africa. Sa booksellers the official website of the south african. Bookstorm currently only publishes nonfiction titles aimed at the south african market. African sun press is a publishing company based in cape town.
How to get published in south africa the reading list. Pasa is the largest publishing industry body in south africa, and is committed to creativity, literacy, the free flow of ideas and encouraging a. We publish poetry, fiction and childrens books, all relating to africa in some way. Manuscript submission verity publishers south africa. African fiction and non fiction books and high quality cook books. You can see a list of all publishing houses in south africa.
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