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Fri – 26th Jul 2024
A delicious collaboration – find out more about The Great Marula Menu featuring The Lazy Makoti and J’Something (PLUS: Try a recipe from the book)
The Great Marula Menu is out now from Penguin Random House SA – experience the vibrant imagination of South African cuisine!
Book signing: Come and meet the authors of Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers in Cape Town (10 Aug)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Wordsworth Books invite you to a book signing at the Gardens Centre in Cape Town.
Thu – 25th Jul 2024
New book alert! Find out more about The Comrade’s Wife by Barbara Boswell
Barbara Boswell’s new novel The Comrade’s Wife is out now from Jacana Media!
Wed – 24th Jul 2024
Read an excerpt from Tillie Cole’s brilliant, heartbreaking new novel A Thousand Broken Pieces
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from A Thousand Broken Pieces, the beautiful and life-affirming novel about grief, love and friendship from the international bestselling phenomenon Tillie Cole!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Richard Steyn unpacks his new book Rhodes and His Banker: Empire, Wealth and the Coming of Union
This week on Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Richard Steyn chats to strategist, media specialist and writer David Gorin about his new book Rhodes and His Banker: Empire, Wealth and the Coming of Union.
Tue – 23rd Jul 2024
Don’t miss award-winning Irish author John Connolly in Cape Town! (2 Aug)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to an evening with internationally bestselling author John Connolly!
Nicky Greenwall will be at Liberty Books in Elgin to launch her debut thriller A Short Life (30 July)
Join Penguin Random House and Liberty Books for an unforgettable evening – the launch of A Short Life by the acclaimed Nicky Greenwall!
Fri – 19th Jul 2024
‘Amazing. Haunting. Unforgettable.’ Find out more about Chris Whitaker’s new novel All the Colours of the Dark
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
[Watch] John Boyne introduces his ‘powerful and unflinching’ new novel Earth
Penguin Random House SA has shared a video of million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne introducing his new novel Earth.
Thu – 18th Jul 2024
Make your time in the kitchen a little sweeter! Don’t miss the launch of The South African Guide to Gluten-Free Baking
Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The South African Guide to Gluten-Free Baking by Zorah Booley Samaai!
Join pioneering game ranger Conraad de Rosner for the launch of his anti-poaching book Called By the Wild (26 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to join Conraad de Rosner for an intimate evening discussing his anti-poaching book, Called By the Wild: The Dogs Trained to Protect Wildlife.
Wed – 17th Jul 2024
Be part of the live CapeTalk studio audience for the launch of We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children by Vanessa Raphaely and Karin Schimke! (30 Jul)
Join authors Vanessa Raphaely and Karin Schimke in conversation with Pippa Hudson about their new book, We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children.
Announcing The Tea Merchant – Part 1 of a new two-book series by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
Penguin Random House is excited to announce The Tea Merchant, a new romantic thriller by bestselling author Jackie Phamotse!
Tue – 16th Jul 2024
[SOLD OUT] Don’t miss the launch of Nicky Greenwall’s debut domestic thriller A Short Life in Cape Town (25 Jul)
[NOTE: This event has sold out.] Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of A Short Life, the debut novel by Nicky Greenwall.
Don’t miss the launch of Quiet Time With the President: A Doctor’s Story about Learning to Listen at Love Books (1 Aug)
Join Peter Friedland and Jill Margo for the launch of their new book Quiet Time With the President: A Doctor’s Story about Learning to Listen.
Mon – 15th Jul 2024
In the latest episode of Pagecast, Femi Kayode chats about his thrilling and imaginative new novel Gaslight
This week on Pagecast, the podcast brought to you by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Femi Kayode engages in a lovely conversation with Dr Wamuwi Mbao.
Celebrate Fynbos Fauna at Kirstenbosch with Struik Nature (25 Jul)
Join Struik Nature for an event celebrating the Field Guide to Fynbos Fauna at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Society Bookshop in Cape Town.
Fri – 12th Jul 2024
New book alert! Find out more about Quiet Time With the President: A Doctor’s Story about Learning to Listen
Quiet Time With the President: A Doctor’s Story about Learning to Listen by Peter Friedland with Jill Margo is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
[Watch] Rosie Hewlett introduces Medea, a fascinatingly complex, staggeringly powerful woman
Penguin Random House has shared a video of author Rosie Hewlett introducing her new novel Medea, a breathtaking tale of loyalty, persecution and betrayal.
Wed – 10th Jul 2024
New book alert! Killer Stories – ‘an uprecedented look into the minds of serial murderers’
Killer Stories: Conversations With South African Serial Murderers by Brin Hodgskiss and Nicole Engelbrecht is out this month from Jonathan Ball Publishers.