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BLUE WEAVER 2020 FICTION CATALOGUE 021 701 4477 PO Box 30370Tokai, Cape Town7966South Africa
Table of Contents
ABOUT ................................................................................................................................................ 3
CONTACT ............................................................................................................................................ 4
LOCAL ................................................................................................................................................. 5
Castles in the Sand ......................................................................................................................... 6
Adamo ............................................................................................................................................ 7
Beyond the Beard .......................................................................................................................... 8
Seizure ............................................................................................................................................ 9
England Wants your Gold ............................................................................................................ 10
The Irish Boer Woman ................................................................................................................. 11
Dark Night of the Soul .................................................................................................................. 12
Ritchie’s War ................................................................................................................................ 13
Inside Out ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Join the Dots ................................................................................................................................ 15
Mute............................................................................................................................................. 16
Haze ............................................................................................................................................. 17
The Praying Nun ........................................................................................................................... 18
The Reckoning .............................................................................................................................. 19
The Tame Khaki ............................................................................................................................ 20
The Khaki Boer ............................................................................................................................. 21
One Black Ear ............................................................................................................................... 22
Let the Storm Burst ...................................................................................................................... 23
Prayer Flag ................................................................................................................................... 24
Elsie .............................................................................................................................................. 25
The Nature of Predation .............................................................................................................. 26
Twenty Eight ................................................................................................................................ 27
Ragnarok ...................................................................................................................................... 28
If I Retreat, Shoot Me................................................................................................................... 29
INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….30
Heelword...................................................................................................................................... 31
O Genade Katryn!......................................................................................................................... 32
Genade Katryn… Alweer! ............................................................................................................. 33
Die Avonture van Bal-Oog en Brommel ....................................................................................... 34
uManzekhofi nezaKhe.................................................................................................................. 35
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Izinkanyezi Ezintsha ..................................................................................................................... 36
Inhlamvu Yelanga ......................................................................................................................... 37
Amagelelo .................................................................................................................................... 38
INTERNATIONAL …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39
Long Live the Post Horn! .............................................................................................................. 40
The Woman in the White Kimono ............................................................................................... 41
Ogadinma ..................................................................................................................................... 42
An Act of Defiance ....................................................................................................................... 43
Children of War ............................................................................................................................ 44
Kitchen Curse ............................................................................................................................... 45
I Choose Elena .............................................................................................................................. 46
The Clothesline Swing .................................................................................................................. 47
The Divinities................................................................................................................................ 48
Paradise Rot ................................................................................................................................. 49
Wonder Valley.............................................................................................................................. 50
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ABOUT
Blue Weaver began trading in 2001 and is today a leading
independent distributor of local and international specialist
titles in South Africa.
Three of the key reasons for Blue Weaver’s success include the
following:
The provision of a direct marketing, sales and distribution
infrastructure in South Africa for publishers and authors,
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An understanding of and tenacity to meet the requirements of
an ever-changing publishing and book sales industry
A dedicated and experienced staff who strive to exceed the
expectations of our publishers, authors, and customers
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bookshops, libraries, library suppliers and specialist retailers
throughout South Africa.
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manages the warehousing, invoicing, dispatch and debt
collection of the majority of our titles. Booksite Afrika’s
relationship with its publishing associates is based on a strong
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business together.
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Academic and Scholarly: CONTACT
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LOCAL
LOCAL
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NEW
Castles in the Sand
Sub title: A riveting social drama
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780620886116
Extent: 217 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: October 2020
RRP: R195
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
A compelling and riveting social drama with strong elements of a mystery thriller set along
Durban’s beachfront and harbour area. The action peels away the outer layers of
respectable middle-class conformity revealing how, when relationships are based on
illusionary expectations, externl forces have the potential to destroy the delicate fabric of
their imaginary safe worlds, as if they were no more than fragile sandcastles at the mercy
of the incoming tide.
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
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NEW
Adamo
Sub title: One for a heartbeat; One for eternity!
Author: Talbot Cox
ISBN: 9781990960109
Extent: 352 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 152 mm
SA Rel date: September 2020
RRP: R250
Published by: Reach Publishers
Description:
Adamo is the greatest composer of musicals ever but despite intensive investigations,
his/her identity remains unknown. Royalties of more than a billion pounds have amassed
over the years.
Adamo composes a final musical about the world’s youth in revolt and promises to reveal
his/her identity. The world’s youth identify with the musical “One for a heartbeat, One for
Eternity”, and from countries far and wide they petition the United Nations for a symbolic
holding of hands despite ideological differences.
The Adamo enigma is the catalyst for people from diverse backgrounds, from the very
cradle of humankind in faraway Swaziland to the sophisticated Western cultures, to be
drawn into the fascinating intrigue.
Inextricably Merri Fencham from South Africa, Pierre Villeyand - the scion of a French
dynasty and famous conductor, sangoma Vusi Dlamini - a Swazi royal prince, and others
are drawn into the web of intrigue.
And overall, the ancient influences of the ancestors, the “Toothless Ones”, confound
Western stereotypes….
The drive of destiny cannot be denied as the ancient wisdom of Africa and modern
technology meld into an awe-inspiring finale at the Royal Albert Theatre.
About the Authors:
Talbot Cox, CAIB, FIB, AEP (Unisa) was a successful banker before embracing art as a
profession on his retirement in 1999. He established himself as a portrait and fine-art
artist and has had many exhibitions, live demonstrations and workshops.
Talbot is multi-talented: he is a classically trained musician and has played the double
bass in the Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra for some years.
This is Talbot’s first novel.
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NEW
Beyond the Beard
Author: Malphia Honwane
ISBN: 9780620884440
Extent: 113 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 210 x 151 mm
SA Rel date: September 2020
RRP: R180
Published by: Mnisley Media
Description:
The book, Beyond The Beard, highlights the challenges faced by men in modern society.
The novel was inspired by a reader, who, after reading my first book titled Dry Tears,
which focuses on problems faced by women in patriarchal societies, challenged me to
write a book exploring some of the issues that men are confronted with, in their everyday
lives. The setting of the book is between a village and a township, with the main character
caught in-between balancing his life using his experience of having lived in both settings.
Beyond The Beard also seeks to preach the gospel of togetherness, selflessness and
respect. It is also from the same book that we learn about the importance of forgiveness
and not holding a grudge. It is mostly said that people who love one another do not dwell
on each other’s mistakes. Through this book, may the spirit of apologising and forgiving
be entrenched even further. No one is rich enough to do without a neighbour.
In this world infested with high levels of gender-based violence and femicide incidents,
may this novel be one of the catalysts for peace! Lastly, enjoy, to the fullest, the African
proverbs, traditions and stories invoked in this piece of literature.
About the Authors:
Malphia Honwane is a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies graduate from the University of
Venda. He is a trained media specialist, analyst, writer, proofreader and editor who cut his
teeth in the world of media at institutions such as the SABC and The Citizen. He aslo
serves as a professional media analyst. He is an avid reader, writer and poet. Beyond the
Beard is his third published book, following in the footsteps of two other novels: Dry Tears
and Xivutla Na Mindzheko, published in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Other acclaimed titles by this author:
Title: Dry Tears
ISBN: 9780620778343
RRP: R195
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NEW
Seizure
Author: Willie Currie
ISBN: 9780620879262
Extent: 224 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 216 x 140 mm
SA Rel date: September 2020
RRP: R325
Published by: QuickFox Publishing
Description:
In an age of bewilderment, it is difficult to connect with our strange South African history.
The events surrounding the ‘Jameson Raid’ of 1895, in which an ebullient Rhodes and his
cronies tried to seize the old Transvaal Republic, demonstrate an early attempt at state
capture. Fifteen years later, an alliance of canny Boer War generals and the British
Colonial Office captured the state in the name of white settlers. One hundred years later,
President Zuma and his collaborators captured the post-apartheid state in the blink of an
eye.
Novelist Willie Currie explores these events with a sardonic vision. He blends history and
fiction in an unlikely adventure story that is at once entertaining and illuminating. Seizure
is a comedy wrapped in a tragedy underpinned by a fascinating quest. A typical South
African selle ou storie.
Kwadubula umbayimbayi. Inkosikazi emhlophe sayibamba thina. The cannon was
fired. We caught the white princess ourselves.
About the Authors:
Willie Currie is married to Barbara Klugman and they have a thirty-two-year-old son, Paul.
Willie and Barbara live in Johannesburg. In 2016 he published a novel called Blue Eland
Foxtrot, which is an adventure story with satirical intent set during the 1970s and 1980s.
He studied Political Philosophy and English at the University of Stellenbosch and holds an
MA in Film and Television Studies for Education from the University of London, Institute of
Education.
9England Wants your Gold
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780620673044
Extent: 216 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: October 2015
RRP: R195
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
The truth is, and history will so record it, that England wanted the control of this country
because it is the richest in gold in the world. England always puts in a claim where gold is
found. New York congressman, William Sulzer, 1900. A riveting story laced with romance,
humour, political intrigue and violence against the backdrop of the infamous Jameson
Raid that triggered the Anglo-Boer War. Caught up in the turbulence of the time is Brigid
O’Meara, a beautiful Irish musical hall performer who arrives in Pretoria in 1895 to have
an illegal abortion only to find herself drawn into the intrigues of a group of British
Uitlander sympathisers, who are planning the overthrow of Paul Kruger’s Boer Republic.
She falls in love with the charismatic leader of the group, a trader who is smuggling
weapons into the Transvaal and operating from a small, unpretentious hotel right on the
doorsteps of the Raadsaal. The discovery of gold in the Transvaal was a double-edged
sword bringing wealth to the impoverished agrarian economy, but adding to the
simmering conflict between the Republic and Great Britain. When a burgher announced
joyfully to General Joubert that a new gold reef had been discovered, he replied, `You
would do better to weep; for this gold will cause our country to be soaked in blood.’
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
10The Irish Boer Woman
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780620710848
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: June 2016
RRP: R240
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
The Irish Boer Woman is the second volume of the Brigid O’Meara trilogy (the first part
was England Wants Your Gold printed in 2015) that follows the life of an adventurous
young Irish woman who is drawn into the intrigues and violence of the Jameson Raid of
1895, and later incarcerated in a British concentration camp during the Anglo Boer War
for assisting active Boer commandos.
As an Irish nationalist, Brigid finds herself in the midst of a clash of cultures and
worldviews. She is drawn into the conflict of the Anglo Boer War by identifying and
entering the struggle of the Boers of the Transvaal to retain their independence, putting
her into direct conflict with British authorities representing an expanding global empire.
Adding to her emotional turmoil is her romantic involvement with a British Uitlander, who
is facing charges of high treason by the Transvaal Boer Government.
Through the characters, the reader enters the harrowing realities of a war in which the two
Boer Republics mobilized every man between 16 and 60 with no uniform, no money and
no formal training to take on the might of the British Empire.
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
11Dark Night of the Soul
Sub title: Journey to Redemption
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780620759144
Format: Hardback
Size: 223 x 152 mm
SA Rel date: August 2017
RRP: R240
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
In this Final volume of the Brigid O’Meara trilogy, the heroine, a beautiful Irish music hall
dancer/singer, who was drawn into gun smuggling during the 1895 Jameson Raid against
Kruger’s Boer Republic, and was incarceratedin a British concentration camp when she
sided with the Boers during the AngloBoer War, marries Willie Gray, the British Uitlander
and revolutionary who she fell in love with during the turbulent period building up to the
war.
Now, in the aftermath of the war, Bridgid undergoes a cathartic journey where she is
forced to confront the demons of the past that she has kept bottled up inside her.
The dark world she is projected into is a harsh one, far removed from the comfortable life
she has created with Willie and her son Ritchie, but it is also a world that gives insights
into the hypocritical social morals and sanctimonious self-rightiousness of the new rulung
British colonials. It is a world which gives Bridgid the freedom to take revenge on past
enemies, but also one in which she has to face retribution for actions that have sunk her
into a deep abyss from which there seems no escape.
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
12Ritchie’s War
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780994669254
Extent: 307 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: June 2018
RRP: R250
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
Looks at a young man, straight out of school, who fought in the East African campaign in
1916. It outlines the depiction of the equatorial environment and the health challenging
conditions under which the war was fought. Is a gripping story of war, intrigue, romance,
humour and spiritual awakening. The year is 1916, and, at age 19 Ritchie is launched into
a world conflict that he doesn’t fully comprehend. It is a time when the opposing sides in
World War 1 are European countries that have drawn on their colonies to assist in their
continental dispute. Ritchie volunteers for service in East Africa, and, although excited by
the prospects of a great adventure, soon begins to feel like a pawn in a game of chess
that is being manipulated by external forces to their own advantage.
The intolerable conditions of the East African campaign, where more soldiers died of
dysentery and malaria than of battle wounds, revives memories of his traumatic
experience as a 5-year old when he and his Irish-born mother were incarcerated in an
Anglo Boer War British concentration camp. It was to be the strong bond between mother
and son, along with her indomitable spirit that kept him alive in an environment of
insurmountable human suffering, disease and hunger. But it was a bond that was to be
sorely tested and ultimately broken by circumstances which come back to haunt him as
he retreats inwards after a near-death experience during the war in German East Africa.
On his return from the war, he sets out to discover the truth about his mother that leads
him into a dangerous encounter with kidnappers and criminals, and a liaison with a
woman who was indirectly responsible for his mother’s downfall and demise.
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
13Inside Out
Author: Patrick Moffett
ISBN: 9781784653712
Extent: 353 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 202 x 135 mm
SA Rel date: November 2018
RRP: R220
Published by: Vanguard Press
Description:
When Adam's wife, Wendy, is murdered, he executes a series of vigilante killings and, as
a result, is invited to join an organised covert operations unit, rather than face life in
prison. Given a new name and a new identity (and a faked death to boot), Adam adopts
the identity of Bataleur and commences his new life as a trained and lethal fighter and
assassin, working directly for the government. Alongside his new colleagues, he works to
take down prominent political players when requested, targeting businessmen and
women alike to maintain national security and apparent order.
Taking place in South Africa, Inside Out explores crime, gang culture and politics using
multiple narratives and various newspaper clippings to paint a vivid and action-packed
story of lawbreaking and violence that is well-concealed from society.
About the Authors:
Following a highly successful 35-year career in the IT industry, Patrick ditched his
corporate life in the big city in exchange for a house in a coastal forest and followed his
lifelong dream of writing a novel. Patrick lives with his wife of 47 years, two chows and an
inherited poodle. In between penning his latest violent thriller, he enjoys the somewhat
more peaceful company of his four adult children and eleven grandchildren.
14Join the Dots
Author: Patrick Moffett
ISBN: 9781784654733
Extent: 332 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 202 x 135 mm
SA Rel date: November 2018
RRP: R220
Published by: DKPH South Africa
Description:
From Afghanistan to Johannesburg, from Libya to London, a team of highly-trained
undercover operatives is engaged in a race against time.
Martin Stevens, Eleanor Watts, Nombeko Tshivhase and Lukas Shabalala work for the
underground agency IA3, under the command of Sid Blackman, Thabo Madonsela and
Julius Mafere. When a child-trafficking ring is exposed, this team must enlist the aid of the
CIA and the local police services in a dangerous mission to unearth the ring-leaders. But
the tentacles of this evil gang extend far beyond the borders of South Africa and the
team's investigation leads them deeper and further than they ever believed they would go.
What is the connection to the gangs of Soweto, and how is the nefarious and powerful
Imam Abed Al-Kumein involved? What is one of the largest investment banks in South
Africa's role and who is the mysterious hacker, Vladimir Al-Masri? What is the most you
would do, to halt the malevolent actions of powerful people? How many dots would you
join, when they led you into unspeakable horrors and danger?
About the Authors:
Following a highly successful 35-year career in the IT industry, Patrick ditched his
corporate life in the big city in exchange for a house in a coastal forest and followed his
lifelong dream of writing a novel. Patrick lives with his wife of 47 years, two chows and an
inherited poodle. In between penning his latest violent thriller, he enjoys the somewhat
more peaceful company of his four adult children and eleven grandchildren.
15Mute
Author: Christine Bernard
ISBN: 9780639915906
Extent: 280 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 208 x 144 mm
SA Rel date: October 2018
RRP: R200
Published by: FW Books
Description:
Is it possible to live in the world without speech? How much would you change if you had
to live only in your head? This is exactly what thirty-three-year old Rebecca Marley is
about to find out, as she embarks on this self-induced nine-month challenge. Will it be the
peaceful reprise that she so desperate seeks? Or will she be forced to face aspects of
herself that a noisy world helps hide so well?
About the Authors:
Christine Bernard is a South African author with an obsession for good coffee, books and
guinea pigs. She’s also a graphic and layout designer who illustrates on the side, but
she’s happiest when writing.
16Haze
Author: Christine Bernard
ISBN: 9780639915944
Extent: 340 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 208 x 144 mm
SA Rel date: October 2018
RRP: R200
Published by: FW Books
Description:
Everyone knows Rebecca Marley. She’s the crazy, brave and introspective woman who
spent nine months without talking. Everyone loves her. She’s raw, honest and relatable.
She’s also rich and famous, although I’m sure you knew that already. You’ve probably
read her articles, or her book, or seen one of her many interviews. She’s also socially
anxious, self-conscious and self-degrading, but she tries to keep that to herself.
Her once-silent world has changed, and the noise has engulfed her. It’s also about to get
noisier, as Rebecca agrees to a new challenge, perhaps even crazier than before. This
story picks up from Mute, and follows Rebecca on a new journey, one which we all face
today. It begs the question, ‘how do we find quiet in a deafening world?’
About the Authors:
Christine Bernard is a South African author with an obsession for good coffee, books and
guinea pigs. She’s also a graphic and layout designer who illustrates on the side, but
she’s happiest when writing.
17The Praying Nun
Sub title: A Slave Ship Saga #1
Author: Michael Smorenburg
ISBN: 9780620722612
Extent: 144 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 209 x 131 mm
SA Rel date: October 2018
RRP: R120
Published by: House of Qunard Publishing
Description:
In 1985 two divers discovered an ancient unchartered shipwreck off South Africa’s Cape
of Storms. Salvaging the wreck only inflames the enigma with the trail of secrets
compounding and the wreck refusing to yield her identity. Countless vessels, some
crammed with bullion, have joined this ship graveyard over the centuries, but what sort of
galleon was this, leaving only canon, cannon balls and scant few clues behind? Three
decades pass before the Smithsonian of Washington solves the riddle.
It’s 1794. On the fevered coast of Mozambique, Chikunda and his wife Mkiwa, stripped
naked and shackled, are heaved aboard the São José de Africa. Only a miracle may save
them from the horrors below deck where more than 400 fellow slaves are crammed. But
nobody can guess what fate has in store.
About the Authors:
Michael was born in 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. A serial entrepreneur with a
passion for marketing, he moved to California in 1995 where he founded a business
consultancy and online media and marketing engine. Michael later returned to SA in
2003.
He has an insatiable interest in the ocean, conservation, keeping up with the latest
breakthroughs in science, understanding the cosmos, and tracking the fast-changing
facets of culture. Michael is also intrigued by the old guard clinging to tradition, and the
neurology that explains it.
18The Reckoning
Sub title: A Slave Ship Saga #2
Author: Michael Smorenburg
ISBN: 9780639915326
Extent: 180 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 209 x 131 mm
SA Rel date: October 2018
RRP: R145
Published by: House of Qunard Publishing
Description:
A slave evades re-capture after his slave ship is wrecked at the treacherous Cape of
Good Hope, only to face handing himself over when his wife goes missing with the man
who rescued them. A tale of hope, fear and most of all, the yearning for freedom.
It's 1794 and the slave trade is at its ugly peak. When the Portuguese slave ship Sao
Jose Paquete de Africa shipwrecks at the Cape of Good Hope, only two hundred of the
four hundred slaves aboard survive.
Chikunda and his pregnant wife evade re-capture only to face the impassable cliffs of
Table Mountain. With the wild South Atlantic at their backs, Cape Town's gallows and
whipping post to the north, the British garrison blocking escape to the south, and dangers
of an untamed African coast to the east of a vast mountain range, escape seems
impossible.
When Chikunda's wife goes missing, he has a monumental choice to make. Pick up The
Reckoning now and lose yourself in a world you never could have imagined, a world
where freedom slips ever more out of a man's grasp.
About the Authors:
Michael was born in 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. A serial entrepreneur with a
passion for marketing, he moved to California in 1995 where he founded a business
consultancy and online media and marketing engine. Michael later returned to SA in
2003.
19The Tame Khaki
Sub title: Where love and loyalties collide
Author: Dave Baker
ISBN: 9780620753739
Extent: 366 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 234 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: June 2017
RRP: R245
Published by: I GO Books
Description:
It is 1899. A young English officer, Jack Whitelaw, leaves hearth, home and his lovely
English rose to join his new battalion and help see off the Boer commandos, which have
invaded The Natal Colony. The Challenges he faces prove far tougher than originally
envisaged, especially when he is wounded and nursed in a Ladysmith hospital by a
beautiful Dutch-speaking nurse, Rachel du Toit.
Their idyllic romance is put to a severe test when Rachel is forced to flee Ladysmith and
Jack’s battalion treks around Transvaal, fulfilling Lord Milner’s ‘scorched earth’ policy. You
will be fascinated as you follow the physical and emotional trails Jack experiences during
the Second Anglo-Boer War.
About the Authors:
Dave Baker’s background and psyche are rooted in South Africa’s rainbow of cultures.
Born and raised in the capital of the then Transkeian Territories, Mthatha, less than forty
kilometers from the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, he was raised as an English boy but,
during many years of his business career, was closely associated with many Afrikaans-
speaking colleagues and friends.
Dave has published three novels, If I Retreat, Shoot Me, The Tame Khaki and The Khaki
Boer. The first earned him the SA Writers’ Circle Quo Vadis award for The Self Published
Writer of the Year in 2015. All three books are available in stores now.
This title is also available in Afrikaans
Title: Die Mak Kakie
ISBN: 9781928283409
20The Khaki Boer
Sub title: When love and loyalty collide
Author: Dave Baker
ISBN: 9781928283201
Extent: 268 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 234 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: July 2018
RRP: R220
Published by: I GO Books
Description:
This is a continuation of the love story begun in the author’s previous novel, The Tame
Khaki, in which the twenty-year-old Jack Whitelaw set off from his home in Dorset to fight
the Boers in the southern tip of Africa. Wounded, he’s taken to a Ladysmith hospital,
where falls in love with a beautiful young nurse, Rachel du Toit, a boerenooi, whose father
and brothers are all fighting in a Boer commando. The love affair flourishes during the
siege– until Rachel is forced to flee Ladysmith and ends up in a British concentration
camp.
It’s now March 1902 and the war is virtually over. Shortly before Jack sailed for home,
Rachel forgave him for his part in Milner’s ‘scorched earth policy’ and he returns to
Pietermaritzburg determined to win her hand in marriage. His blissful life with his lovely
wife and two little children on a farm in the Natal Midlands begins to transform when
Britain declares war against Germany and his deep sense of loyalty to his ex-colleagues
and The Old Country kicks in. Rachel is at first fiercely opposed to him again donning a
British uniform but eventually relents, knowing Jack will continue to feel powerful pangs of
guilt if he doesn’t. You’ll become deeply engrossed – at times saddened – by what occurs
next.
About the Author:
Dave Baker’s background and psyche are rooted in South Africa’s rainbow of cultures.
Born and raised in the capital of the then Transkeian Territories, Mthatha, less than forty
kilometers from the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, he was raised as an English boy but,
during many years of his business career, was closely associated with many Afrikaans-
speaking colleagues and friends.
Dave has published three novels, If I Retreat, Shoot Me, The Tame Khaki and The Khaki
Boer. The first earned him the SA Writers’ Circle Quo Vadis award for The Self Published
Writer of the Year in 2015. All three books are available in stores now.
21One Black Ear
Author: Sheldon Baverstock
ISBN: 9781912964291
Extent: 367 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 197 x 132 mm
SA Rel date: July 2020
RRP: R275
Published by: Cranthorpe Miller Publishers
Description:
It's in the early years of the new South Africa and, despite its geographical remoteness,
nestling in the foothills of the Drakensberg, one farm's community finds it is not immune to
the legacies of the past and a society grappling with the trauma and consequences of
apartheid.
Dirk and his twin sisters, Pat and Lerryn, have joined their high-flyer father, Tom, after his
'retirement' move to the small conservative town of Fynberg with his young, new wife. His
purchase of the town's only restaurant and investment in a nearby farm, Caracal Ridge,
sets in motion a chain of events that will influence their lives and the lives of some of
those around them forever.
As the family negotiates the twists and turns of their changing country and the challenges
of reinventing the farm, and themselves, they find they have to deal with unexpected
situations. Some terrifying, some enlightening, they allow those in Caracal Ridge's
community the opportunity to fully appreciate each other.
About the Authors:
Born and raised in South Africa, Sheldon began writing towards the end of a long and
successful career in IT. Tenures with various global companies saw him and his family set
up homes in England, New Zealand and Australia where he currently resides. He has two
daughters and two sons. "One Black Ear" is his first novel.
22Let the Storm Burst
Author: Barry Cohen
ISBN: 9780620858311
Extent: 238 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 210 x 148 mm
SA Rel date: June 2020
RRP: R275
Published by: Barry Cohen
Description:
1895: A group of trekkers travel by wagon through the bushveld to the goldfields,
romance adventure, gold, action, and a plot to overthrow the Boer republic where our
hero assists in capturing the raiders, but is then arrested together with the plotters and
sentenced to death only to be saved. But it results in the Anglo-Boer war where our hero
saves his son from a hanging.
About the Authors:
Barry Cohen is a well-known figure within the golf sporting circles. Since his return to
Cape Town in the mid 1990’s, Cohen has done much to contribute to the sport.
In 2006, Cohen headed up the SA Golf Heritage Trust which aimed to build a golf
museum and honour those who have made a contribution to the game. Despite the trust
running out of funds in 2008, Cohen ensured the golf museum opened its doors in 2010.
23Prayer Flag
Sub title: A life of guilt, a quest for forgiveness
Author: Peter Prinsloo
ISBN: 9781916081932
Extent: 360 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 199 x 129 mm
SA Rel date: December 2019
RRP: R250
Published by: Sunrise Script
Description:
On his deathbed, Johannesburg multimillionaire Martin Simmons makes a cri de coeur
when he confesses to a brutal crime committed 50 years before, and admits to the
bigoted rejection of his daughter-in-law and grandson.
The ex-soldier's confession sets his lawyer, Richard Low, a challenge--to repatriate a
Japanese soldier's prayer flag seized as a war trophy to the grieving family, and heal the
wounds of a bitter family quarrel.
Easier said than done. Driven to seek forgiveness for his dead client, healing for his
surviving relatives and closure for the Japanese family, Richard abandons a promising
legal career to adopt the quest. He turns detective and travels to Nagasaki in search of
clues that will lead him to the soldier's family. Richard acquires the help of beautiful
academic Asami Nakamura who not only proves invaluable in the hunt--and enigmatic in
love--but also forces him to face his own prejudices and learn lessons his client could not.
Prayer Flag is a riveting tale of confession and revelation that proves there is always the
chance for sinners to seek forgiveness, even from beyond the grave.
About the Authors:
Peter Prinsloo is a retired corporate law attorney, now living in Knysna and pursuing his
passion for writing. He was born in Zimbabwe and moved to South Africa in 1980, where
he spent most of his time until retirement in Johannesburg. He has travelled extensively
and enjoys interacting with people from different cultures.
24Elsie
Author: Neville Harrington
ISBN: 9780620855570
Extent: 220 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 228 x 153 mm
SA Rel date: October 2019
RRP: R250
Published by: Tekweni Productions
Description:
ELSIE is a riveting story told with gut-wrenching reality of a woman’s courage set against
a torrid period in South African and world history.
Growing up in a small diamond-mining village near Pretoria, South Africa, her secure,
sheltered environment is shaken with the return of the two men in her life from fighting in
German East Africa during the first World War …a changed shell-shocked boyfriend who
commits suicide and an unemployed brother who becomes involved in illicit diamond
dealing with dire consequences.
Rather than indulge in self-pity she puts her strong pacifist feelings to work by
volunteering as a nurse at a military field hospital in Belgium where she meets her
husband to be and where exposure to the horrors and futility of industrial warfare changes
her worldview and she joins with other women calling for universal suffrage. After the war
she is thrown into further conflict when her husband is involved in the bloody
confrontations of the 1922 miners’ strike in South Africa and she opens a care centre for
abused women and single pregnant mothers, giving them protection and hope of a better
future.
About the Authors:
Neville Herrington fell in love with storytelling and drama at a fairly young age. In his
teenage years he was Percy Fitzpatrick’s ‘Jock of the Bushveld.’ He was drawn to the
power of dialogue during his drama studies at University, and soon began writing plays,
initially a radio drama which was aired on the English service of the SABC. Following a
20-year period of scripting numerous television documentaries for the national and
international broadcast markets, he turned his focus to writing historical novels.
25The Nature of Predation
Author: Gaelen Donovan Wort
ISBN: 9780620839976
Extent: 574 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 244 x 169 mm
SA Rel date: July 2019
RRP: R295
Published by: Reach Publishers
Description:
Two centuries after the Fall of the Old World, Aegis City, humanity’s last bastion, is
beginning to fail. Resources are dwindling, famine runs rampant, and what little supplies
remain, the Senate pools towards the struggling military. The Senatorial Council is leading
Aegis towards a certain demise. They are overcome with vices, obsessions, and hidden
grudges.
In the shadows of the slum district, an insurgency rises to usurp them. Out-numbered and
facing a technologically superior foe, the rogues rely on guerrilla raids and cunning
waylays to combat the ruling conglomerate.
And, outside of Aegis, a team of expendable inhuman hunters cuts a swath through the
feral wastes, slaying humanity’s predators. The search for a way to break the siege on
Aegis, or at the very least, stem the tide to give humanity a chance.
About the Authors:
Gaelan Wort was born in South Africa in 1999 and wrote his debut novel, The Nature of
Predation, when he was eighteen. A long time avid science-fiction and fantasy reader,
Gaelan has also cultivated an interest in philosophy and political debate - themes central
to his fictional works.
Gaelan is a passionate guitarist with a deep love of classic rock. He has a background in
stage acting and has travelled to the United States where he performed Shakespeare in
an Off-Broadway Black Box Theatre. Later, he took up fencing, earning his senior and
junior national colours to compete in the junior world championships in Italy. He draws on
this martial experience to lend combat sequences realistic depth.
Gaelan is now studying film arts at the Open Window Institution whilst kickboxing on the
side.
26Twenty Eight
Author: Daniel D
ISBN: 9781928362678
Extent: 395 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 198 x 129 mm
SA Rel date: April 2019
RRP: R220
Published by: DKPH South Africa
Description:
Ever since he could remember, Stephen Weir has had the ability to close his eyes and re-
live twenty eight seconds of his life.
Whether it was the twenty eight seconds of a magnificent firework display on New Year’s
Eve or the twenty eight seconds after he caught a decent-sized shad from the rocks at
Baggies Beach, he cherished every moment of his ‘Twenty Eight Syndrome.’
The year is 2017 and sanctions against South Africa are so strict that even international
air travel isn’t allowed any longer. All imports and exports have been banned and the
interest rate is at an astronomical 63%. President Killian and the South African
Republican Party (SARPA) continues their apartheid reign, after the ‘No’ vote won the
referendum in 1992. Nelson Mandela was never released from prison and citizens of
South Africa are not allowed access to the Internet or any international media.
Stephen feels like an outsider in his once-beloved country. He wants everything to be so
different and starts to experiment… What if he could replicate the twenty eight seconds
into days, months, or even years? Twenty eight years… Back to 1989, before the
referendum. What if he could change the outcome of the vote?
The odds are stacked against him, but Stephen Weir is a very determined young man.
Join him as he embarks on the biggest journey of his life.
About the Authors:
Daniel D is the pseudonym of Daniel de Kock. Born and raised in Volksrust, Mpumalanga,
Daniel started his writing career in 2015 after a good friend passed away. This sudden
passing left Daniel with questions about conversations he will never have with his friend
and inspired Daniel to write a collection of fictional stories Unfinished Conversations.
To date, Daniel has written three books and intends to continue to follow his passion.
27Ragnarok
Sub title: Worlds Collide
Author: Michael Smorenburg
ISBN: 9780620722636
Extent: 290 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 209 x 131 mm
SA Rel date: February 2018
RRP: R150
Published by: House of Qunard Publishing
Description:
On a flight from Paris to Los Angeles Tegan Mulholland is intrigued & charmed by Pete,
the mysterious stranger sitting beside her. But when their plane almost falls from the sky
and other jets in her vicinity wink from the radar, the official explanations that follow reek
to Tegan's retired investigative journalist mind of cover up.
What nobody realises:
A secret NASA warp-drive experiment has warped a column of time instead of space,
plucking with it the planes out of our era, and replacing them with a longship and its Norse
warriors from the Vinland colony, off of modern day Newfoundland.
Rowing eastward and back to Iceland, the contrail of Tegan's plane appearing after the
strange aurora and moving westward high above, the Norsemen conclude are Odin's
order to return to Vinland and unknowingly toward the modern day Canadian coast,
where, just days--yet a thousand years before--the skraeling Indians had driven them out.
As news reports flood Tegan's living room of bloodshed and massacre, speculating about
which gang of roughly dressed bearded marauders are responsible for mass-murder
around the quiet Canadian coast, Tegan develops a hunch that there is more to the story
than it seems. She quits her Hollywood Exec job and embarks on an odyssey that leads
inexorably ever closer toward the Norsemen's hidden lair.
Only Pete, the Lockheed consultant she had steadily fallen in love with during the
harrowing flight and since, has any hope of saving her.
If you enjoy intrigue, conspiracy and romantic suspense, Ragnarok will grip your
imagination and not let go.
About the Authors:
Michael was born in 1964 in Cape Town, South Africa. A serial entrepreneur with a
passion for marketing, he moved to California in 1995 where he founded a business
consultancy and online media and marketing engine. Michael later returned to SA in 2003
28If I Retreat, Shoot Me
Author: Dave Baker
ISBN: 9781928283041
Extent: 380 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 240 x 165 mm
SA Rel date: June 2016
RRP: R245
Published by: I GO Books
Description:
The sibling rivalry between brothers Pierre and Jan Rousseau escalates when the Smuts
Government declares war on Nazi Germany. Pierre, the charming extrovert, chooses the
more glamorous option, heading ‘Up North’ with the Air Force but his equally good-looking
rightwing brother Jan joins the militant wing of the Ossewa Brandwag.
The story tracks their adventures during the conflict, reaching a climax when Pierre
survives a spell ‘on the loose’ in Italy and returns home. It portrays the deep division
World War II created between groups and individuals in South Africa and the life-changing
impact it had on many lives.
You’ll be fascinated as you follow the brothers’ hairy – and often romantic - adventures.
About the Author:
Dave Baker’s background and psyche are rooted in South Africa’s rainbow of cultures.
Born and raised in the capital of the then Transkeian Territories, Mthatha, less than forty
kilometers from the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, he was raised as an English boy but,
during many years of his business career, was closely associated with many Afrikaans-
speaking colleagues and friends.
Dave has published three novels, If I Retreat, Shoot Me, The Tame Khaki and The Khaki
Boer. The first earned him the SA Writers’ Circle Quo Vadis award for The Self Published
Writer of the Year in 2015. All three books are available in stores now.
This title is also available in Afrikaans
Title: As Ek Omdraai, Skiet My
ISBN: 9781928283270
RRP: R240
29INDIGENOUS
LANGUAGES
31NEW
Heelword
Sub title: Oor Genoeg-wees, Ma-wees en
Menswees
Author: Tania Smit
ISBN: 9781776056507
Extent: 162 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 210 x 140 mm
SA Rel date: October 2020
RRP: R310
Published by: Kwarts Publishers
Description:
The honest way in which Tania writes about her own deepest and most often felt feelings,
has reached and resonated with many readers.
Heelword is the second bundle from the pen and life of the Oudtshoorn author, Tania
Smit. Her first bundle, Hekelwoorde van My Hart, has in the past two years generated
thousands of book sales and social media followers. In 2019, The South African
Independent Publisher’s Awards named the book its most inspirational bundle of 2019.
Some of Tania’s short stories and poetry was recited by the beloved Paul Eilers during
the 2019 KKNK.
This title is in Afrikaans
About the Authors:
Tania Smit lives in Oudtshoorn with her two teenage children, Julia and Adrian. She
writes about experience from her own life, single dating her forties, her fears and
triumphs, to be accepted and rejected, to be enough and to be too little, about wine, fires,
food, travel, being a mother, and being a person. She is dreamer and a realist. The words
in this bundle are her story, but also everyone’s story.
Other acclaimed titles by this author:
Title: Hekelwoorde van my Hart
ISBN: 9781776055524
RRP: R280
31O Genade Katryn!
Sub title: ‘n Bundel Lekkerlees Stories
Author: Katryn Bekker
ISBN: 9780620851589
Extent: 98 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 256 x 145 mm
SA Rel date: December 2019
RRP: R149
Published by: Katryn Bekker
Description:
O Genade Katryn is an easy-to-read collection filled with humorous stories as seen
through the eyes of Katryn.
Katryn’s unique way of re-telling events allows everyone to see themselves in the
situation and find something to relate to
O Genade Katryn guarantees to leave a smile on every face and to cause giggles and
snickers for days afterwards
This title is in Afrikaans
About the Authors:
Katryn Bekker is the pen name of author and storyteller, Karlien Bouwer.
Karlien was born on a farm in Vryheid and matriculated in 1993 from Hoërskool Sybrandt
van Niekerk in Sabie. Nowadays, her family is living in Eswatini (previously Swaziland).
She is a great lover of creative arts and this is clearly visible in her work. Karlien focuses
on comedic fiction that people can relate to because of the realism of her stories.
32Genade Katryn… Alweer!
Author: Katryn Bekker
ISBN: 9780620881098
Extent: 186 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 206 x 146 mm
SA Rel date: August 2020
RRP: R160
Published by: Katryn Bekker
Description:
Readers can once again share in the hilarious stories and events as seen from Katryn’s
point of view. Genade Katryn…Alweer! is the follow up short story collection to O Genade
Katryn authored by Katryn Bekker.
Katryn’s unique way of storytelling invites the reader to share in her experiences and
encourages the reader to see just a little bit of themselves in the events that unfold
This title is in Afrikaans
About the Authors:
Katryn Bekker is the pen name of author and storyteller, Karlien Bouwer.
Karlien was born on a farm in Vryheid and matriculated in 1993 from Hoërskool Sybrandt
van Niekerk in Sabie. Nowadays, her family is living in Eswatini (previously Swaziland).
She is a great lover of creative arts and this is clearly visible in her work. Karlien focuses
on comedic fiction that people can relate to because of the realism of her stories.
33Die Avonture van Bal-Oog en
Brommel
Sub title: Moord in Ixiastraat
Author: Willem Samuel, Swart Streep, Sjaka Septembir
ISBN: 9780620767026
Extent: 48 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 285 x 210 mm
SA Rel date: September 2018
RRP: R220
Published by: Swart Septembir Productions
Description:
Who murdered Kobus Burger? Bal-Oog and Brommel, two school friends in Milnerton,
decide to investigate. When Boltjie – Bal-Oog’s dog – follows the trail of notorious
gangsters, Bal-Oog and Brommel suddenly find themselves on an adventure filled with
laughs and thrills leading into the dark underworld of Milnerton’s criminals.
To complicate matters, Bal-Oog is in love with Anja – Kobus’s girlfriend… And what about
the mysterious bowl? Is it linked to the murder? This all happens while Bal-Oog and
Brommel's only desire is to enjoy their holiday and to record new songs. Moord in Ixia
Straat is Bal-Oog and Brommel’s first detective adventure.
This title is in Afrikaans
About the Authors:
Willem Samuel is a South African comic book artist, songwriter and painter currently
based in the UK. His work on Die Swart Kat and his first original graphic novel, the
acclaimed Mengelmoes, has propelled him to success abroad and established him as one
of the leading voices in South African comics.
Swart Streep is the comical alias of David du Plessis, an experienced children’s author
and illustrator. Apart from creating books, David is also a digital designer that experiments
with animation. To see more of his work please visit www.davidduplessies.com.
Born Karl Gröger, Sjaka S. Septembir has assumed many pseudonyms over the years. In
2009 he received his Masters degree in Physical Theatre from the University of Cape
Town. Sjaka prides himself on wearing many hats: author, poet, actor, director, stage
manager, but above all an excellent storyteller
34uManzekhofi nezaKhe
Author: Fred Khumalo
ISBN: 9780639957500
Extent: 134 pages
Format: Paperback
Size: 177 x 110 mm
SA Rel date: April 2019
RRP: R120
Published by: Kwasukela Books
Description:
Fred Khumalo’s debut isiZulu book, uManzekhofi nezaKhe (‘Manzekhofi’s Tales’) is a
collection of interconnected, irreverent, timeless and witty short stories inspired by
Kunyenyeza Esikhotheni, the isiZulu translation of Geraldine Elliot’s The Long Grass
Whispers.
Most of the 13 stories are centred on the trials and tribulations of the Sibiya family after
moving from the township to a white suburb, as seen through the eyes of Manzekhofi and
S’khalangabanye, the house cat and dog.
Other stories, meanwhile, follow the exploits of a host of memorable animal characters,
from rats, and goats to the hamerkop bird, baboon, and wild-cats/servals. uManzekhofi
nezaKhe, while following the growth of Manzekhofi on his journeys, is also a telling of a
family’s experience of post-apartheid South Africa through a seemingly whimsical, but
critical lens.
This title is in isiZulu
About the Authors:
Fred Khumalo has been described as a ‘reluctant Zulu’, ‘clever black’ and an ‘equal
opportunity offender’. He completed his MA in creative writing from Wits University with
distinction and is the recipient of a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University.
His writing has appeared in various publications, including the Sunday Times, the Toronto
Star, New African magazine, the Sowetan and Isolezwe. In 2008, he hosted Encounters,
a public-debate television programme, on SABC 2. His books include Bitches
Brew, Seven Steps to Heaven and Touch My Blood.
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