Nonfiction / Niefiksie          Fiction / Fiksie

Nonfiction

We publish current affairs, biography, history, politics, business, sports and memoires (Tafelberg and Kwela), as well as lifestyle and cookery books (Human & Rousseau). Please send us a table of content or a synopsis of your manuscript and at least one chapter, along with your contact details and biographical information. We prefer email, but will accept hard-copy submissions. We do not return submissions so don’t send us your sole original.

Since we receive many manuscripts, please allow five to six month for feedback. Mail your submissions to [email protected], or if you prefer to submit a hard copy, send it to:

Non-Fiction Department
NB Publishers
PO Box 879
Cape Town
8000

Niefiksie

By Niefiksie gee ons aktuele boeke en biografie, geskiedenis, politiek, sake, sport en memoires uit (Tafelberg en Kwela), sowel as leefstyl- en kookboeke (Human & Rousseau). Stuur asb die inhoudsopgawe en sinopsis van jou manuskrip vir ons, saam met ten minste een hoofstuk, en kontak- en biografiese inligting. Hoewel ons epos verkies, aanvaar ons ook gedrukte voorleggings. Moet asb net nie die enigste oorspronilike stuur nie, aangesien ons nie voorleggings kan terugstuur nie.

Omdat ons so baie manuskripte ontvang, neem dit gewoonlik vyf tot ses maande vir terugvoer. Stuur voorleggings na [email protected], of in die pos na:

Niefiksie
NB Uitgewers
Posbus 879
Kaapstad
8000

Fiction

We try not to be too prescriptive, but here are some basics. We prefer hard copy submissions, printed on white A4 papers and on one side only. Double spacing is preferred as it is easiest to read. Pages should be numbered and it helps to insert the title of your manuscript at the top of each page as header.

Please do not send sole original copies of manuscripts as we cannot be held responsible for their return.

Include the following:

• A covering letter containing an outline of the contents and the target market
• A short author biography
• Please target your submission to the imprint that you think is most likely to publish your manuscript. Browse bookshops or libraries for a clear idea of what each imprint publishes.
• Please send the entire manuscript.

Children and Youth: We publish fiction and nonfiction for children and the youth in Afrikaans, Engels, IsiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho en Sepedi.


Due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s disruption of the postal system, we will be accepting email submissions. Manuscripts, preferably in double spacing, can be submitted to [email protected].

Submissions can be sent to:

Fiction Department
NB Publishers
PO Box 879
Cape Town
8000