Penguin Random House South Africa
Getting Published
Penguin Random House South Africa comprises the imprints Penguin Books South Africa, Lapa Uitgewers, Struik Children, Struik Lifestyle, Struik Nature, Struik Travel & Heritage, Umuzi and Zebra Press.
Penguin Random House South Africa will consider submissions in the following categories:
- General and literary fiction
- Narrative non-fiction (politics, current affairs, history, military history, sport, true crime, biographies/autobiographies, health and well-being, humour, business and personal finance
- Illustrated non-fiction – nature guides and general books pertaining to nature and environment; children’s nature; travel and heritage; cookery, health, gardening, etc.)
- Children’s and Young Adult books.
These guidelines, along with the frequently asked questions in each section, contain all the information you need to submit your manuscript to Penguin Random House South Africa.
Fiction
FICTION, Have you written a novel? Instead of submitting your entire manuscript, please send us your book proposal
Children & Young Adults
Non-Fiction
PENGUIN NON-FICTION, Zebra Press and Lapa Non-Fiction are the non-fiction imprints of Penguin Random House South Africa. We publish narrative non-fiction (politics, current affairs, history, military history, sport, true crime, biographies/autobiographies, health and well-being, humour, business and personal finance)
Travel & Nature
STRUIK NATURE publishes nature books that focus on southern and East Africa, and also on Africa as a whole. We accept proposals for nature guides of various levels and for general non-fiction books pertaining to nature and the environment.
Lifestyle
STRUIK LIFESTYLE is South Africa’s leading publisher of cookbooks, producing titles suitable for everyday home cooking to those that appeal to more serious foodies. These cookery books celebrate different authors and food personalities from the exciting diversity of culture and tastes across South Africa.
If you have any additional queries, Contact Penguin.