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Today’s list is of books published in 2012 (in alphabetical order by surname).
- Shaida Kazie Ali, Lessons in Husbandry, Umuzi
- Diane Awerbuck, Home Remedies, Umuzi
- Elana Bregin, Survival Training for Lonely Hearts, Pan Macmillan
- Malene Breytenbach, Yesterday is a Lost Country, eBooks for Africa
- Amanda Coetzee, Redemption Song, Pan Macmillan
- Meira Cook, The House on Sugarbush Road, Enfield and Wizenty
- Shelley Davidow, No Commitment, Paperback Press
- Joan De La Haye, Requiem In E Sharp, Fox Spirit
- Joan De La Haye, Shadows, Fox Spirit
- Nerine Dorman, Inkarna, Dark Continents Publishing
- Barbara Erasmus, Below Luck Level, Penguin
- Joanne Fedler, The Reunion, Jacana (translation)
- Rosie Fiore, Babies in Waiting, Quercus
- Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Picador Africa
- Rosemund J Handler, Us and Them, Penguin
- Shafinaaz Hassim, Sophia: A Novel, WordFlute Press
- Marié Heese, Triple Headed Serpent, Human and Rousseau
- Jenny Hobbs, The Miracle of Crocodile Flats, Umuzi
- Gisela Hoyle, When the Turaco Calls, Fledgling Press
- Storm James, The Giraffe Stepped Over the Fence, First Publishers
- Karen Jayes, For the Mercy of Water, Penguin
- Nozizwe Cynthia Jele, Happiness is a Four Letter Word, Kwela
- Karen Jennings, Finding Soutbek, Holland Park Press
- Pamela Jooste, Dance with a Poor Man’s Daughter, Transworld
- Rosamund Kendal, The Murder of Norman Ware, Jacana
- Sheila Kohler, The Bay of Foxes, Penguin
- Amantle Lesebo, Prince of Her Heart, Sapphire Press
- Elbie Lotter, The State vs Anna Bruwer, Kwela
- Jassy Mackenzie, Pale Horses, Umuzi
- Kholo Matsha, The Reluctant Princess, Sapphire Press
- Angela Meadon, A Taste of You, Damnation Books
- Malihanelo Molapo, Second Time Lucky, Sapphire Press
- Kagiso Lesego Molope, This Book Betrays My Brother, Oxford University Press
- Segametsi Moumakwa, The Set Up, BK Publishing
- Barbara Mutch, The Housemaid’s Daughter, Headline Review
- Gugu Ndima, All in a Galz’ Life, Fortunate Communications
- Zanele Nondzimba, From the First Kiss, Sapphire
- Jill Nudelman, Inheriting the Earth, University of KZN Press
- Elaine Proctor, Rhumba, Quercus
- Helen Robinson, The Trovato Link, Houghton House
- Consuelo Roland, Lady Limbo, Jacana
- Estelle Ryan, The Gauguin Connection, Little White Bakkie
- Mokopi LS Shale, Written in the stars, Sapphire Press
- Gilian Slovo, An honourable man, Virago
- Barbara Stuart, A Pocketful of Thieves, Leda
- Marita Van der Vyver, Forget-me-not-blues, Tafelberg (Translation)
- Rahla Xenopoulos, Bubbles, Penguin
*DISCLAIMER: If you know of a book and it doesn’t appear here, let me know! This post will be updated as and when I get new information. Any omission is because I am human, and deeply flawed. Please help me correct my errors.*
If you are are a South African women writer who published a full-length English novel (or whose novel was translated to English) in 2014, and your name is not on this list, please email me to let me know. Details here.*
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