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Friday – 11th July 2025
Join Ntombi Nkabinde for the launch of her new novel In the Late of Night at Melrose Arch (17 Jul)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of In the Late of Night by Ntombi Nkabinde!
Tuesday – 8th July 2025
Freedom, healing and the wild joy of salt water: Deep Blue by Veruska De Vita – a lyrical dive into our bond with the ocean
Deep Blue: Why We Love the Sea by Veruska De Vita is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Monday – 7th July 2025
Read an excerpt from Rachel Joyce’s extraordinarily compelling new novel The Homemade God
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce – a story about sibling relationships, what holds a family together and what might fracture it forever.
Thursday – 3rd July 2025
Join Vusumzi Ngxande for the launch of Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity at Book Circle Capital (5 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Book Circle Capital invite you to the launch of Vusumzi Ngxande’s highly anticipated book Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity.
Friday – 27th June 2025
Don’t miss the launch of The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial by Karin Mitchell in Bela-Bela (24 Jul)
Penguin Random House SA invites you to the launch of The High Treason Club by Karin Mitchell – a gripping account of the Boeremag trial.
Thursday – 26th June 2025
Out now: Matriarch by Tina Knowles!
Matriarch: A Memoir by Tina Knowles is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 25th June 2025
5 remarkable people share ‘Why Am I Like This?’ – Read an excerpt from the new book We Can Do Hard Things
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life’s 20 Questions!
Tuesday – 24th June 2025
Join Lindsay Norman for the launch of Khaki Fever in Cape Town (26 Jun)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an evening with Lindsay Norman, author of Khaki Fever!
Friday – 20th June 2025
Read an extract from Blood’s Inner Rhyme – Antjie Krog’s most intimate and most universally resonant work to date
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Blood’s Inner Rhyme by Antjie Krog.
Thursday – 19th June 2025
[Listen] The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance – laying bare the myths and realities of our tangled economic history
In this episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Mphuthumi Ntabeni in conversation with historian and author Bronwen Everill as they discuss her book Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance.
Wednesday – 18th June 2025
Don’t miss the Durban launch of Sven Axelrad’s new novel The Nicotine Gospel at Ike’s Books (18 Jun)
Penguin Random House SA and Ike’s Books invite you to the Durban launch of The Nicotine Gospel, the highly anticipated new novel by Sven Axelrad!
Tuesday – 10th June 2025
Don’t miss internationally bestselling author John Connolly in Joburg (17 Jun)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Children of Eve by internationally bestselling author John Connolly.
Friday – 6th June 2025
Find out more about Claire Robertson’s The Immortalites – a literary frontier novel with a haunting sense of place
The Immortalites, the highly anticipated new novel by Claire Robertson, is out now from Penguin Random House SA!
Thursday – 5th June 2025
What You’re Made For by George Raveling and Ryan Holiday – a blueprint for your life
What You’re Made For: Powerful Life Lessons from My Career in Sports by George Raveling and Ryan Holiday is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 4th June 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Craig Wing’s groundbreaking new book Four Future Seasons in Rosebank (11 Jun)
Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Four Future Seasons: How to Anticipate and Prepare for Multiple Potential Futures by Craig Wing!
Monday – 2nd June 2025
Join Vusumzi Ngxande for the launch of Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity in Rosebank (12 Jun)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Vusumzi Ngxande’s highly anticipated book Journey Kwantu: Exploring African Spirituality and Identity.
Friday – 30th May 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Follow Me to Africa by acclaimed author Penny Haw at Fish Hoek Library (21 Jun)
Penguin Random House and Blown Away by Books invite you to the Fish Hoek launch of Penny Haw’s new novel Follow Me to Africa!
Thursday – 29th May 2025
The Interpreters launches in Joburg on 3 June
Following warmly received speaking events at the Franschhoek Literary Festival this month, Soutie Press is excited to launch The Interpreters: South Africa’s New Nonfiction edited by Sean Christie and Hedley Twidle in Joburg on 3 June 2025 (Love Books, 5:30 for 6pm).
Don’t miss internationally bestselling author John Connolly at the Book Lounge in Cape Town (19 Jun)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and the Book Lounge invite you to the launch of The Children of Eve by internationally bestselling author John Connolly.
Tuesday – 27th May 2025
Don’t miss the launch of The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial by Karin Mitchell in Hoedspruit (6 Jun)
Penguin Random House SA invites you to the launch of The High Treason Club by Karin Mitchell – a gripping account of the Boeremag trial.