You are Invited to the South African Book Awards – 2023 to be hosted online on Tuesday, 3 October @ 12pm (South African Time).

These annual Book Awards recognize books that are popular with Booksellers and the public, and celebrate the creativity and skills of Authors, Publishers, and their support teams, who came together in the past year to entertain, educate, and inform us.

South Africa has a rich literary history, including 2 Nobel prizes for Literature. We encourage everyone  to read more, support our Authors and Publishers, and buy these and and books from their local Bookstores.

After a process of selection and voting the following have been shortlisted in the 4 categories below:

Fiction

> Doolhof by Rudie van Rensburg

> Mercy by Jackie Phamotse

> The End by Dudu Busani-Dube

> The Milk Tart Murders by Sally Andrew

Non-Fiction

> Faf: Through Fire by Faf du Plessis with Marco Botha

> Our Poisoned Land by Jacques Pauw

> The ANC Billionaires by Pieter du Toit

> The South African Air Fryer Cookbook by Louisa Holst

Children’s Books

> Donker Web by Fanie Viljoen

> My First African Adventure by Riaan Manser & Murray Williams

> The Wildest Dog and Other African Tales by Avril Van der Merwe

> Vetplantfeetjies by Antjie Krog and Ingrid de Kok

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