The Exclusive Books 2016 Homebru Selection

Join Exclusive Books for the month of June as we celebrate great South African authors and great South African books with our 15th annual Homebru campaign.

• Click here for the complete 2016 Homebru catalogue (PDF download)
• Click here for the full events schedule
• Fanatics members earn double points on all Homebru titles from 1 – 30 June 2016; click here for more information on Fanatics

Our selection this year includes fiction, current affairs, South African history and politics, cookery, business, biography, travel writing, self development, and children’s books. Several of the titles are available in Afrikaans, and we’re featuring a special selection of eight African Folk Tales by Sindiwe Magona in all 11 official South African languages.

This year, our Homebru campaign features a number of exciting events.

See our press release at the bottom of this post for more details, and click these links to head directly to the books:

• Non-fiction, including cookery
• Fiction
• Children’s books

Go ahead – get stuck in to South Africa’s best books! Here’s the complete 2016 Homebru selection:

Non-fiction

• Blacks DO Caravan by Fikile Hlatshwayo
• The Goddess Mojo Bootcamp by Kagiso Msimango
• June 16 by Peter Magubane
• Fordsburg Fighter: The Journey of an MK Volunteer by Amin Cajee (as told to Terry Bell)
• Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Kak? The Zuma Years by Tim Richman
• The Sword and the Pen: Six Decades on the Political Frontier by Allister Sparks
• Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa’s Changing Fortunes by Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak
• The Disruptors: Social Entrepreneurs Reinventing Business and Society by Kerryn Krige and Gus Silber
• Black Economic Empowerment: 20 Years Later – The Baby and the Bathwater by Phinda Mzwakhe Madi
• Kasinomics by GG Alcock
• What a Boykie: The John Berks Story by Robin Binckes
• Gang Town by Don Pinnock
• Writing What We Like: A New Generation Speaks by Yolisa Qunta
• Cold Case Confession: Unravelling the Betty Ketani Murder by Alex Eliseev
• The Fires Beneath: The Life of Monica Wilson, South African Anthropologist by Seán Morrow
• Fighting for Mandela: The Explosive Autobiography of the Woman Who Helped to Destroy Apartheid by Priscilla Jana
• Umkhonto we Sizwe: The ANC’s Armed Struggle by Thula Simpson
• Dr Philip’s Empire: One Man’s Struggle for Justice in Nineteenth-Century South Africa by Tim Keegan
• Sigh the Beloved Country: Braai Talk, Rock-N-Roll and Other Stories by Bongani Madondo
• A Manifesto for Social Change by Moeletsi Mbeki and Nobantu Mbeki

Cookery

• Cooking for my father in My Cape Malay Kitchen by Cariema Isaacs
• JAN – A Breath of French Air/JAN – My Franse Kosverhaal by Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen
• Simply Delicious by Zola Nene
• Eat Ting: Lose Weight, Gain Health, Find Yourself by Mpho Tshukudu and Anna Trapido
• My Little Black Recipe Book/My gunsteling resepte by Siphokazi Mdlankomo
• Kook saam Kaaps by Koelsoem Kamalie and Flori Schrikker

Fiction

• Tjieng Tjang Tjerries & other stories by Jolyn Phillips
• Nwelezelanga, The Star Child by Unathi Magubeni
• Affluenza by Niq Mhlongo
• The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo
• Slaafs by Bettina Wyngaard
• Die formidabele Ling-Ho by Johan Kruger
• Dutch Courage by Paige Nick
• Gold Never Rusts/Goud Kan Nie Roes Nie by Paul-Constant Smit
• Pleasure by Nthikeng Mohlele
• Chasing the Tails of My Father’s Cattle by Sindiwe Magona

Children

• I am Alex/Ek is Alex by Elena Agnello, illustrated by Adrie le Roux
• Afkop by Fanie Viljoen
• Kwezi by Loyiso Mkize
• There Should Have Been Five by Marilyn J Honikman
• Harry the Hungry Hadeda by Alan Glass and Ed Jordan
• Snitch by Edyth Bulbring
• Nombulelo and the Moth/Nombulelo en die Mot by Susie Dinneen
• Shadow Chasers: Powers of the Knife by Bontle Senne
• African Folk Tales by Sindiwe Magona (a collection of 8 tales available in-store in all 11 South African languages)

Homebru 2016 press release:

Homebru: A celebration of South African authors
Since the beginning of time, storytelling has been an integral part of our continent’s people, from the stories told to us by our grandmothers; to the written word as we know it today. As South Africans, we have a rich heritage and are a diverse nation. Our stories are colorful and unique; they are a reflection of our country’s landscape.

This year, Exclusive Books celebrates 15 years of our Homebru campaign, a carefully curated list of the best in South African writing. This year’s campaign is a celebration of authors such as critically acclaimed photojournalist, Peter Magubane, with his iconic collection of photographs in his book June 16. 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of Magubane’s photographic evidence that led to South Africa’s freedom.

For investigative journalism at its best, Alex Eliseev’s Cold Case Confession delves into the mysterious Betty Ketani case; the storyline would not be out of place as a Hollywood movie.

How does one get ahead in life while having to pay “black tax” and lobola? These are some of the questions black middleclass South Africans have to ask themselves today. Writing What We Like is an in-depth collection of opinion pieces, with contributions by the likes of comedians David Kau and Loyiso Gola, writer Shaka Sisulu and singer Simphiwe Dana.

At this year’s Franschhoek Literary Festival, our CEO made an address to call to service to all those in the book trade to address issues around accessibility and the promotion of South African authors:
“It is a discordant and uncomfortable truth that bookshops do not exist in areas where the majority of our countrymen still live. We need to address this and we see it as an immediate priority. In this context particularly we should welcome the voices of young people who have highlighted our neglect of a crucial market. There is work to do – for both us and the publishers” — Benjamin Trisk, CEO, Exclusive Books

With this year’s Homebru campaign, Exclusive Books is committed to seeing this change.

Find us online:

Website: www.exclusivebooks.com
Facebook: Exclusive Books
Twitter: @exclusivescoza
Hashtag: #EBHomebru

For review copies and media inquiries contact:

Nondumiso Tshabangu
Marketing Coordinator
nondumisot@exclusivebooks.co.za
011 798 0119

Lungile Khumalo
Marketing Coordinator
lungilek@exclusivebooks.co.za
011 798 0117