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Wed – 11th Sep 2024
Join Jackie Phamotse at Bargain Books Secunda and get your copy of The Tea Merchant signed! (14 Sep)
Penguin Random House and Bargain Books invite you to a book signing of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
New book alert! The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Thu – 5th Sep 2024
Join Jackie Phamotse for the Cape Town launch of her new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant! (7 Sep)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
Join Pieter du Toit for the Bloemfontein launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment (12 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by Pieter du Toit.
Mon – 2nd Sep 2024
By Any Other Name – literary powerhouse Jodi Picoult takes on her most heartrending and headline grabbing story yet
From bestselling author Jodi Picoult comes By Any Other Name – a sweeping and insightful novel of female identity and inequality set in Elizabethan England and present-day Manhattan.
Join acclaimed bestselling author Louisa Treger in Stellenbosch for the launch of The Paris Muse (18 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Stellenbosch Books invite you to the launch of The Paris Muse by Louisa Treger.
Fri – 30th Aug 2024
Footnotes, August 2024: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye. …
Don’t miss the Midrand launch of Jackie Phamotse’s new romantic thriller The Tea Merchant! (31 Aug)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
Thu – 29th Aug 2024
Don’t miss literary legend Amitav Ghosh in Johannesburg! (12 Sep)
Wits University, Love Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh.
Tue – 27th Aug 2024
New book alert! The Housemaid Is Watching – the twisting, pulse-pounding new thriller from Freida McFadden
From bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Housemaid Is Watching – another addictive psychological thriller!
Professor. Pundit. Public nuisance. Join Jonathan Jansen for the launch of his new memoir Breaking Bread in Cape Town (12 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Breaking Bad: A Memoir by Jonathan Jansen.
Mon – 26th Aug 2024
Read an excerpt from Shari Lapena’s fast-paced, twisty, unputdownable domestic thriller What Have You Done?
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from What Have You Done? by Shari Lapena!
Don’t miss the Pretoria launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by bestselling author Pieter du Toit (10 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment by Pieter du Toit.
Thu – 22nd Aug 2024
Join Jackie Phamotse for the launch of her new book The Tea Merchant at Bargain Books Mall of the North (24 Aug)
Penguin Random House and Bargain Books invite you to the launch of The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
Ever felt overwhelmed during the rocky road of parenthood? Don’t miss this Daily Maverick webinar! (22 Aug)
Join the Daily Maverick and Jonathan Ball Publishers for a webinar with Vanessa Raphaely and Karin Schimke about their new book, We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children.
Tue – 20th Aug 2024
Don’t miss the launch of Fien Veldman’s weird, incisive and unforgettable novel Hard Copy (29 Aug)
Exclusive Books and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of Hard Copy by Fien Veldman!
A psychopathic hitman, a ruthless drug lord … the stakes are life or death – read an extract from Deadly Benefits by Kurt Ellis
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Deadly Benefits by Kurt Ellis!
Mon – 19th Aug 2024
Professor. Pundit. Public nuisance. Jonathan Jansen’s memoir Breaking Bread is out in September
Breaking Bread: A Memoir by Jonathan Jansen will be out in September from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
There Are Rivers in the Sky – a meditation on love, loss and memory from Booker-shortlisted, bestselling author Elif Shafak
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak is a rich, sweeping novel about love and loss, memory and erasure, hurt and healing.
Fri – 16th Aug 2024
Don’t miss the launch of Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Vol. II – Zanele Muholi’s acclaimed and celebrated self-portrait series
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of Zanele Muholi’s new book Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness, Vol. II.