Long and detailed, but its weight is lightly carried along by its humour and originality - a farm setting in the Cape - it focuses on the lives of two women, Agaat and her madam, Milla. 718pp, IN AFRIKAANS, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

First publication of the original Afrikaans version of the bestselling 'A Change of Tongue' (2002), where Antjie Krog traces the humour of change and the pain of belonging in South Africa through personal narratives of individuals, families, groups and politicians. IN AFRIKAANS, Gloss, 414pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

Therese Benade is 'n afstammeling van die elfde generasie van Annie de Koning, die dogter van die bekende Angela van Bengale, wat 'n slavin was in die huishouding van Jan van Riebeeck. In dié tekstuurryke verhaal herskep sy die fassinerende lewe aan die Kaap in die sewentiende eeu. Sy laat herleef talle interessante personasies, vanaf Eva van Meerhof - ofte wel Krotoa de Cochoqua - tot verskeie kommandeurs en besoekers. Die verhaal dring geleidelik deur tot in die brandpunt van Annie de Koning se bestaan. Beide sy en haar moeder onderskei hulle deur hulle innerlike vuur, intelligensie, en die smagting na méér...........die vlieërs van hulle ambisie sweef inderdaad hoog in die blou Kaapse lug. Wanneer Mooi Annie die soldatehart verower van die aantreklike Sweed, Olof Bergh, loop haar beker oor - van soet én suur. 249pp, SOUTH AFRICA, IN AFRIKAANS. DAVID PHILIP/NEW AFRICA BOOKS.

In his early years, growing up on a Dutch farm in the deep interior of the southern African Cape, Cupido Cockroach became the greatest drinker, liar, fornicator and fighter of his region. Coming under the spell of a woman, the soap-boiler Anna, and particularly under the influence of the great Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp of the London Missionary Society, Cupido is then made the first Khoi or 'Hottentot' missionary ordained at the Cape of Good Hope. The novel explores through the historical figure of Cupido Cockroach the origins of racial tension in the shadowlands between myth and history. IN AFRIKAANS, 251pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

In die middel staan Ben du Toit, n doodgewone, onskadelike, onmerkwaardige mens. Maar dan word sy ingebore sin vir regverdigheid geskok deur die gewettigde moord op sy swart tuinier en dié se seun tydens die 1976 Soweto-betogings en oproer. Ben se pogings om agter die waarheid te kom, bring hom in opstand teen die hele geskiedenis en stelsel wat hom gevorm het. Hy is nie n politieke kruisvaarder nie, hy wil slegs agter die waarheid kom. Sy familie dink hy is dwaas, maar vir hom is dit n morele kwessie. Danksy die vriendskap van Stanley, die taxibestuurder uit Soweto, en die liefde van die joernalis Melanie, voer hy sy bitter stryd teen apartheid tot by die onvermydelike en skokkende einde. IN AFRIKAANS. 260pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU

Horrible Histories Series. Title translates as THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Survey of world history for children, with humorous illustrations by Martin Brown. Includes questions and answers, and did you know? boxes. TEXT IN AFRIKAANS, translated from English by Jaco Jacobs. 98pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

In 1825 vind die enigste slaweopstand in die ou Kaapse geskiedenis plaas, die sg. Bokkeveldse Opstand, ontketen deur 'n droom van vryheid wat nie bewaarheid word nie. As kinders het Nicolaas en Galant saam gespeel; nou is hulle baas en slaaf. Tussen hulle staan die vurige, wederstrewige Hester.Die roman is 'n koor van stemme, maar die hooffiguur is die slaaf Galant wat die menigte stemme bind. Ma-Roos sê: So praat ons, so praat ons, 'n ry stemme in 'n ketting, almal saam en almal apart,aar. En die naam van die ketting is Houd-den-Bek. 405pp, SOUTH AFRICA, IN AFRIKAANS. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

Nou weer beskikbaar! Altesame 150 blokraaisels vir die hele gesin - ideaal vir die lang vakan-siedae wat voorlê. Hierdie blokraaisels is oorspronklik in Huisgenoot gepubliseer; elkeen verskyn in 'n lekker groot formaat met die oplosing agterin. Marlene Hammann en Yvonne van Eeden is alombekend vir hul slim en prikkelende Afrikaanse bolkraaisels en het reeds verskeie blokraaiselboeke die lig laat sien. IN AFRIKAANS, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

A substancial selection of poetry: the author of 'A COUNTRY OF MY SKULL' crosses borders and seeks to re-assess an African identity. In Afrikaans, 104pp, SOUTH AFRICA

A novel describing the circuitous relationship between an isolated woodcutter and the legendary bull elephant he tracks. Set against the backdrop of the Knysna forest under threat from gold prospectors and other developers. Text in Afrikaans. Map, 306pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG PUBLISHERS LTD.

They are from two worlds - the romanticised French capital and the Afrikaans country - these characters, and they are caught off guard by Brink's wry smile and his astute pen. They are hardheaded, eccentric, and smart, but most amusing as seen through the eyes of the author. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG. IN AFRIKAANS

Verse in inheemse Afrika tale is grootliks onbekend buite dié taalgemeenskappe. Om Afrikaanstaliges toegang te gee tot die ander digtradisies in die land, het Antjie Krog met die hulp van n span medewerkers gedigte uit Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, Swati, Tsonga, Venda, Noord Sotho, Setswana en Suid Sotho gekies en in Afrikaans verwerk. Die bundel open egter met verse van die uitgestorwe Xam van die Noord Kaap. n Deurlopende en boeiende vertelling plaas die verse binne n verwysingwêreld wat hulle meer toeganklik maak. Index, bib, 255pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701187

This collection includes all the poems written during the seven years spent in jail for his involvement in anti-apartheid activities. Includes: Voetskrif, Lewendood, Buffalo Bill, Eklips, Yk en Boek. IN AFRIKAANS. Index, 460pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU.

Joan is deeply affected by the changes in her husband William, a police captain, due to the stresses and strains of his work. In desperation she places an advertisement in a popular magazine, looking for others with similar experiences. The friendships she forms as a result cross race and class boundaries, stretching from the Cape Flats to Soweto, East London to Pretoria. Text in Afrikaans. 223pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701586

A multi award winning novel describing 1950s white working class life in South Africa through the eyes of a child. Text in Afrikaans. 125pp, UK. KWELA BOOKS.

Short prose pieces, poems, fragments and graphics by students in the last two years of high school, provides a fascinating follow-up to Another kind of one nation (1996) and 'I, a living arrow'(1998). This Afrikaans edition of 'Up the down escalator' once again reflects the changing concerns of South African youth. Contributions range across the SA cultural, language and class spectrum, vivid flashes on real life in RSA. 144pp, In Afrikaans. SOUTH AFRICA

New work of fiction from the South African poet, playwright and novelist. Text in Afrikaans. 110pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701454

2002 Paperback

Nancy Karelse, happily married and a succesful career woman, is suddenly inexplicably tortured by nightmares. This leads to friction in her marriage and problems at work. It is only when Sisi Maradebe, a sangoma, is called in by her adoptive parents that she gains insight into her own past and her identity: a Xhosa identity which she first willingly and deliberately denied and later forgot about. Accepting and facing up to her past, she causes upset, rejection and violent reaction in her coloured circle of friends and family. Text in Afrikaans, 192pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS, 0795701128

Winner of the 1995 Noma Award. A novel probing Afrikaner history and politics, revealing the bizarre and tragic effect of apartheid on the white underclass who were supposed to benefit most. Text in Afrikaans. Gloss, 582pp, UK. ABACUS. 1874901163

Twee susters, twee stede, twee kontinente. Helena en Nicolene staan albei voor die uitdaging om ’n nuwe verblyfplek, ’n hartsplek vir hulle en hulle geliefdes te skep. In Pretoria voel Helena aanvanklik verlate. Haar twee kinders én haar tweede man swerf in die buiteland, haar suster is met haar gesin in Amerika gevestig. En op haar beurt worstel Nicolene en haar man, Jannie, met die werklikhede van emigrasie. Almal moes dinge agterlaat en moet nou probeer om iets te behou van die mense wat hulle vroeër was. Almal vind egter ook nuwe dinge en nuwe mense waaraan hulle geheg kan raak 246pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.

Third, revised edition. Collected works of the South African poet. Includes her poetry collections Ontvlugting, Rook en Oker and Kantelson. Also includes fragments of work (some previously unpublished), a play, and prose pieces. TEXT IN AFRIKAANS. Concludes with an extracted piece in English by Jack Cope, in memoriam. 206pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN & ROUSSEAU. 079813352X

This new collection offers a fearless and ecstatic exploration of immanent old age. The taboos within the tidal moods of the menopause are described with an anger and a verbal intensity that are uniquely Krog’s. Close relationships are searingly explored, occasionally in a confrontational way, more often searching for resolution. In the final meditative section, Table Mountain, a looming, symbolic and androgynous godhead, is contemplated as an abiding presence and witness to the transience of human life. IN AFRIKAANS (ENGLISH EDITION IS ‘BODY BEREFT’), 99pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UMUZI.

A novel, long awaited, from one of South Africa's most controversial writers, and the author of 'We are not all like that'. In Afrikaans, 80pp, SOUTH AFRICA.,