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Today’s list is of books published in 2011 (in alphabetical order by surname).
- Annelie Botes, Thula Thula, Tafelberg
- Sandra Charles, Eve, Kwela
- Amanda Coetzee, Bad Blood, Macmillan
- Mila Crouse, From the Banks of the Vltava, Melrose Books
- Finuala Dowling, Homemaking for the Down at Heart, Kwela
- NMM Duman, Deepest Springs: A Story of Love During the Apartheid Years, Self-published
- Meg Fargher, Tossie, Budmash Publishing
- Tracey Farren, Snake, Modjaji Books
- Annica Foxcroft, Ants in the Big Onion, Umuzi
- Hazel Frankel, Illuminating Love, Jacana
- Judy Froman, Solomon’s Story, Pan Macmillan
- Dawn Garisch, The Matron, Myrmidon Books (UK)
- Marié Heese, The Colour of Power: A Story of Theodora, Empress of Byzantium, Human and Rousseau
- Joanne Hichens, Divine Justice, Burnett Media
- Jenny Hobbs, Kitchen Boy, Umuzi
- Rayda Jacobs, Joonie, Jacana
- Shubnum Khan, Onion Tears, Penguin
- Sheila Kohler, Love Child, Viking Penguin (USA)
- JT Lawrence, The Memory of Water, Rebel ePublishers (AUS)
- Lauren Liebenberg, The West Rand Jive Boxing Club, Virago
- Jassy Mackenzie, Worst Case, Umuzi
- Louise N Make, Five-Star Seduction, Sapphire Press
- Lerato Matsaneng, Love on the Menu, Sapphire Press
- Tshego Monaisa, Poetry of Love, Sapphire Press
- Paige Nick, This Way Up, Penguin
- Yewande Omotoso, Bom Boy, Modjaji Books
- Margie Orford, Gallows Hill, Jonathan Ball
- Gerda Pearce, Long Lies the Shadow, Maia Press (UK)
- Sarah Penny, The Lies We Shared, Penguin
- Sue Rabie, Fallout, Human and Rousseau
- Azila Talit Reisenberger, The Other Booker Prize, Green Sea Publishers
- Fleur Rorke, The Call: A True Story of Love and Courage, Osborne Porter Literary Services
- Henrietta Rose-Innes, Ninevah, Umuzi
- Barbara Scheepers, Tuesday Mornings at Ten, Feather Communications
- Gillian Schutte, After Just Now, Ludic Press
- Maggie Tideswell, Dark Moon, All Things That Matter Press (USA)
- Cindy Vine, Defective, CreateSpace (USA)
- Therese Von Willegen, Tainted Love, Siren Publishing (USA)
- Terry Westby-Nunn, The Sea of Wise Insects, Jacana
- Kathryn White, Things I Thought I Knew, Umuzi
- Lynne Wilhelm, The Scars Within, Reach (UK)
*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.*
Jen Thorpe 