Join us on Saturday 1 December for the launch of KWEZI COLLECTOR’S EDITION 4 at Readers Den in Cape Town.

Authors and illustrators, Loyiso Mkize, Clyde Beech and Mohale Mashigo will be at Readers Den in Claremont to celebrate the launch of the latest addition to the hugely successful Kwezi comic series. RSVP to the event on Facebook to secure your seat.

#TeamKwezi will be signing copies and sharing insight into how Kwezi comes to life. Bring the whole family for an interactive morning of comic book fun.

IN THIS EDITION: Is our team of superheroes ready for anti-super sentiments, new bad guys and a prophecy come true? Get your copy of KWEZI 4 to find out!

"Homegrown comic, Kwezi is proudly South African." - CapeTalk

"Kwezi is arguably the biggest superhero comic to come out of South Africa in recent years." - YouNeek Studios

Books will be on sale at the event.

The latest edition of the hugely successful Kwezi comics is available now for pre-order.

For the next two weeks you can order your copy of Kwezi Collector’s Edition 4 at the special pre-release price of R100.

The Kwezi comics celebrate a young African superhero and is the first of its kind.  Set in Gold City, a hustling Johannesburg-esque metropolis, this series is a standout graphic novel title on the African and international stage.

In this edition award-winning author Mohale Mashigo has joined Loyiso Mkize and Clyde Beech on #TeamKwezi.

Kwezi Collector’s Edition 4 Issues 10-12 sees our team of heroes faces challenges they never could have predicted while Mpisi sets about establishing an anti-Super campaign…

The book will be available mid-November in all good bookstores nationwide.

As a celebration of books and the publishing industry, writers and illustrators will descend on Newtown, Johannesburg from 7-9 September.

Celebrated annually in the first week of September, the South African Book Fair is the culmination of National Book Week and offers a unique opportunity for interaction between publishers, authors and book lovers alike.

A number of David Philip Publishers and New Africa Books authors will be attending the event. Below is a complete guide to where they will be and when - be sure to say hello and maybe even get a copy of your book signed!

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Lebohang Masango – Mpumi’s Magic Beads

Friday 7 September

Keorapetse Kgositsile Poetry Café – Session Two

Venue: Ramolao Makhene Theatre

Time : 16:00-16:45

Price: R40

The South African Book Fair 2018, as it celebrates #OURSTORIES on the page, mic and stage, invites audiences to engage in a feast of intergenerational voices in our indigenous languages.

Sunday 9 September

She Speaks

Time: 10:00–11:00

Price: R40

Venue: Sarafina

The necessity and challenges of capturing generational stories.

Click here to buy your copy of Mpumi's Magic Beads.

 

Sindiwe Magona - Albertina Sisulu: Abridged Memoir

Saturday 8 September

Writers are our Conscience

Time: 14:30–17:00

Price: R40

Venue: Auditorium

Throughout the history of humankind, the written and the spoken word have shaped the course of events. In the space of this conference, we aim to explore how writers and readers influence society. Do writers steer the course of a country’s socio-political passage by pointing to and appraising the mores and values of its people and its leaders?

Sunday 9 September

She Speaks

Time: 10:00–11:00

Price: R40

Venue: Sarafina

The necessity and challenges of capturing generational stories.

Click here to buy your copy of Albertina Sisulu: Abridged Memoir

 

Elinor Sisulu – Walter & Albertina Sisulu: In our lifetime

Saturday 8 September

African Philosophy Cafe – A tale of two hegemons: SA and Nigeria in Africa

Time: 11:30–12:30

Price: R40

Venue: Sarafina

Nigeria and South Africa account for about a third of Africa’s economic might, and have led much of its conflict management initiative over the last two decades.

A Celebration Of Giants

Time: 13:00–14:00

Price: 40

Venue: Auditorium

We remember the timeless contribution of Albertina Sisulu and Nelson Mandela as the country celebrates their centenaries.

Sunday 9 September

She Speaks

Time: 10:00–11:00

Price: R40

Venue: Sarafina

The necessity and challenges of capturing generational stories.

Click here to buy your copy of Walter & Albertina Sisulu: In our lifetime

 

Loyiso Mkize - Kwezi Comics

Saturday 8 September

African Superheroes?

Time: 11:30–12:30

Price: 40

Venue: Alan Joseph Training Room

Disrupting through superheroes – our young authors take us into the world of graphic novels.

#OURSTORIES

Time: 13:00–14:00

Price: R40

Venue: Township Boy

There’s a revolution happening. New voices discuss how they are shaping the much-needed change in publishing.

Click here to buy your copy of Kwezi.

 

Clyde Beech – Kwezi

Saturday 8 September

African Superheroes?

Time: 11:30–12:30

Price: 40

Venue: Alan Joseph Training Room

Disrupting through superheroes – our young authors take us into the world of graphic novels.

Click here to buy your copy of Kwezi.

A number of New Africa Books and David Philip authors will be speaking at the Open Book Festival in Cape Town this month.

Over 100 local and international authors will speak at over 100 events in the city next week. Designed to showcase the best of South African writing, the Open Book Festival is a highlight of the literary year.

Loyiso Mkize, author of the Kwezi comics, will be speaking about his experiences writing for the young adult audience. Sindiwe Magona, author of Mother to Mother and numerous children’s books, will reflect on the process of translation. Nick Mulgrew, Thomas Pringle Short Story Award winner for 2016, will be speaking at a number of events ranging from reflections on life-writing to unpacking the world of small publishers, where he will be in conversation with our own Dusanka Stojakovic. 

Be sure to check out the overall programme of events and the individual appearances of Mkize, Mulgrew and Magona.

The 2017 Open Book Festival takes place from 6 to 10 September.

South Africa’s favourite comic hero is now available in isiZulu and isiXhosa.

The bind-up of the first three Kwezi comics, which tell the story of a classic young hero in a Johannesburg-esque fictional city, will be released in two new languages this month.

The brainchild of South African artist Loyiso Mkize, Kwezi was released to critical acclaim in 2016. Mkize has been creating comics professionally since 2009, and is one of the main artists of one of the most popular comics in the world: the African sports comic Supa Strikas, which has a circulation of more than a million copies monthly.

These two new editions will make their first appearances in Gauteng at the South African Book Fair and in Cape Town at the Open Book Festival. The comics will be available from our store and all good books shops from mid-September.