eKhaya, Random House Struik’s digital imprint, presents Ms Conception by Pamela Power:

Meet Jo de Villiers, mother of two small children, wife of the charming and handsome Nick, and scriptwriter for a local soapie, Jozi Nights.

Her day consists of toddler tantrums, dirty nappies, leaking breasts, potty training, the nursery-school run… In between she squeezes scriptwriting meetings and her writing assignments. She also has to deal with a boss from hell, a self-centred mother, an overly genteel mother-in-law and the Blonde Bob Brigade (mothers at the school). On top of all this, Jo suspects that Nick is having an affair with his PA, Susie the Floozy.

She copes with the help of therapist and George Clooney look-alike Jake and best friend Jasmine, who comes to the rescue with the odd bottle of Bollinger. Together they plot revenge on Susie the Floozy…

Racy, witty, often hilarious – suburban life with small children has never been so entertaining.

About the author

Pamela Power was born in Pietermaritzburg, and educated in Zimbabwe, Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg. She trained as an Aids counsellor and worked with a drama-in-Aids-education company and got involved in stand-up comedy. She has worked as a director and scriptwriter on South African television shows Top Billing, Generations and Muvhango. In addition to her writing work, Power co-owns a guesthouse in Melville, Johannesburg. She is married and has two children.

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eKhaya, the digital imprint of Random House Struik, is delighted to announce the publication of Bloody Parchment: Inferna and other stories.

Bloody Parchment is the literary component of the annual South African HorrorFest held in Cape Town, South Africa, each October. The Bloody Parchment short story competition was established in 2010. Edited by prolific Cape Town writer and editor Nerine Dorman, Inferna and other stories is the collection of the winning story from the 2011 edition, ‘Inferna’ by Christina Vincent, runners-up Brett Bruton and Jenny Robson, and finalists by Mico Pisanti, Lee Mather, Stacey Larner, Toby Bennett, SL Schmitz, Benjamin Knox, Austin Malone and Joan De La Haye. The authors of the collection represent a fine international mix of writers from South Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, Botswana and Australia.

With the success of films like District 9 and Lauren Beukes‘s novel Zoo City, the burgeoning South African genre scene is coming to hungry international attention. eKhaya believes that the Bloody Parchment short story competition is the ideal hothouse to nurture new international genre voices and to encourage cross-pollination between emerging South African and overseas talent, and ultimately develop and encourage indigenous horror stories that appeal to a broad international market.

Bloody Parchment: Inferna and other stories is the sort of cutting-edge book eKhaya is looking to publish in its savvy, electronic format and we look forward to a productive association with the South African HorrorFest.

Bloody Parchment: Inferna and other stories will be released on 1 June 2012 at a recommended retail price of just R70. It will be available as a PDF and ePUB from South African online retailers Kalahari.com and Exclus1ves.co.za, and from Amazon.com internationally.

Betrayed by love, Rupert Richter wants more than anything to be free of intimacy. His wish is granted when he sells mineral rights on his Karoo farm, making him rich enough to retire from society. His sudden wealth, however, draws unusual attention. When he’s asked to act as bait for a syndicate who defraud people of their fortunes, Rupert refuses to be part of the plot. He closes his bank accounts, sells all his assets and cycles into the African sunset.

Except…Rupert has unexpected appointments with fate. His quest for peace is plagued by high drama and beautiful women. After a road accident, he finds himself fighting for his life and, as if injuries and abductions are not enough, his own heart refuses to follow his solitary path.

Independence is a generous mix of action, adventure and romance, an intriguing exploration of the saying, ‘No man is an island.’

About the author

Conrad Schultz is the pen name of an architect living in Clarens, South Africa. He is married with three children and is an alumnus of the Random House Struik Creative Writing Course. This course is presented by GetSmarter, an online education provider which uses an advanced and user-friendly model to reach students in many parts of the world. Visit www.getsmarter.co.za.

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Independence is published by eKhaya, an imprint of Random House Struik

Die e-post wat in Praat verby grense gepubliseer word, is ‘n gesprek so openhartig dat dit grense afbreek en die pad oopmaak vir begrip en aanvaarding. So ‘n gesprek – bedaard, diepgaande, vol respek, en hoogs ingelig – is die teenoorgestelde van die omstandighede wat daartoe gelei het.

Toe tweede Afrikaanse koerante in 2005 private foto’s van Gaum jr. publiseer saam met bewerings oor hom deur ‘n ander jong man, is ‘n uitkringende reeks gebeure gesneller wat spoedig sou lei tot die selfmoord van die jong man en ‘n verslingering van die kerkloopbaan van Laurie Gaum, ‘n NG-predikant net soos sy pa, Frits.

Te midde van die sensasie is vraagstukke oor homoseksualiteit, die Bybel en die kerk, oor verdraagsaamheid en maatskaplike geregtigheid op die voorgrond gedwing. En veral het dit ‘n pa, ‘n leidende figuur in die kerk, gekonfronteer met vrae wat skielik nie meer bloot teoreties was nie, maar lewenskwessies, in sy eie gesin.

Na die verloop van baie tyd en besinning skryf pa en seun nou openhartig aan mekaar oor die dood, ons land, oor liefde en hoe die Bybel verstaan moet word, oor geregtigheid en vergiffenis, en waar die kerk daarin gefaal en waar getriomfeer het.

‘n Ontroerende boek wat geen leser sonder begrop sal agterlaat nie.

• Die boek is ook beskikbaar as ‘n e-boek:

Random House Struik het sopas hulle eerste e-Boek bekend gestel, onder die druknaam Umuzi. Praat verby grense deur Laurie Gaum en Frits Gaum is gelyktydig in druk en e-Boek formaat vrygestel. En aangesien dit oor die algemeen ‘n paar dae neem vandat ‘n boek beskikbaar is, tot die boek op die rakke in die winkels is, kan die ywerige lesers wat van e-Boeke gebruik maak, hulle hande voor die res op ‘n kopie van die boek kry. Hierdie e-Boek is tans op kalahari.net beskikbaar.

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Oor die outeurs

Laurie Gaum het op Stellenbosch vir predikant geleer en ‘n MA aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad behaal. Hy was predikant in die Presiberiaanse gemeente in Guguletu en later in die St. Stephen’s NG gemeente in Kaapstad. Toe dit aan die lig kom dat hy in ‘n gay verhouding staad, het die NG kerk hom ontslaan. Na appel is sy status herstel. Tans is hy verbonde aan die Sentrum vir Christelike Sprirtualiteit en ook betrokke by Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (I AM) in Kaapstad.

Frits Gaum het in die letterkunde, joernalistiek in teologie gestudeer, was predikant en later baie jare redakteur van Kerkbode en LIG, en het ook op die sinode gedien. Hy is tans afgetree en woon in die Suid-Kaap.

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• Praat verby grense: uit die e-pos van Laurie Gaum en Frits Gaum by Laurie Gaum, Frits Gaum
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