Jonathan Ball Publishers

Jonathan Ball Publishers are the leading publishers and distributors of English general books in South Africa, specialising in South African history, politics and current affairs.

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Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Pitch Battles: Sport, Racism and Resistance by Peter Hain and André Odendaal (8 Dec)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Peter Hain and André Odendaal’s new book Pitch Battles: Sport, Racism and Resistance.

‘Asterix se eie kleinkind – reg vir ’n veldslag’: Lees ’n skerpsinnige uittreksel uit Amper Frans deur Louis Jansen van Vuuren

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Amper Frans waar die skrywer Louis Jansen van Vuuren sy Franse kulinêre opvoeding op skreeusnaakse wyse beskryf: ‘In die keurige foyer van die hotel besef ek gou hierdie is ’n hoëhol-instansie.’

Wie is Annie Olivier, die uitgewer agter Jonathan Ball se uitstekende niefiksie oesjaar vir 2020?

Dit gebeur selde dat die helde agter die boeke in die kollig geplaas word. Melt Myburgh het onlangs met Annie Olivier, Jonathan Ball Uitgewers se dinamiese niefiksie-uitgewer, gaan gesels om haar beter te leer ken.

[Watch] How did Rassie’s Springboks win the World Cup? Lloyd Burnard launches his new book Miracle Men

How did Rassie’s Springboks win the World Cup? Find out at the launch of Lloyd Burnard’s new book Miracle Men.

Kolisi: The first black Springbok captain – read an excerpt from Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard

Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard.

Boekuittreksel: Wat in jou lewe is nie afgehandel nie? Dis die kernvraag in Die Boek van Twee Weë deur Jodi Picoult

Lees ’n uittreksel uit Die Boek van Twee Weë deur Jodi Picoult – ’n aangrypende roman oor lewe en dood, en verspeelde kanse.

Don’t miss the virtual book launch of Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup by Lloyd Burnard (25 Nov)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Reading List for the launch of Lloyd Burnard’s new book Miracle Men: How Rassie’s Springboks Won the World Cup.

My Life in Red and White – There is only one Arsène Wenger, and for the very first time, in his own words, this is his story

My Life in Red and White: My Autobiography by Arsène Wenger is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

‘Hm-hm. Hierso doen jy dit anders.’ Lees ’n skreeusnaakse uittreksel uit Amper Frans deur Louis Jansen van Vuuren

In sy jongste boek, Amper Frans, beskryf Louis Jansen van Vuuren hoe hy destyds tydens formele Franse onthale amper die hasepad gekies het. Lees ’n uittreksel.

Time Magazine has named The Pink Line by Mark Gevisser as one of the 100 Must-Read books of 2020!

Time Magazine has released its 100 Must-read Books of 2020 – including Mark Gevisser’s The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World’s Queer Frontiers!

New book alert! Joe Biden: American Dreamer – everything you need to know about the United States President-elect, by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos

Joe Biden: American Dreamer – the new biography of United States President-elect Joe Biden by National Book Award winner and New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos.

‘I was expecting a Hannibal Lecter type from Silence of the Lambs’ – Read an excerpt from Autopsy: Life in the Trenches With a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal

Jonathan Ball Publishers has shared an excerpt from Autopsy: Life in the Trenches With a Forensic Pathologist in Africa by Ryan Blumenthal.

Join Joan Louwrens for the launch of her memoir A Wilder Life: Journey of an Adventuring Doctor in Knysna (12 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Bargain Books invite you to the launch of A Wilder Life: Journey of an Adventuring Doctor by Joan Louwrens.

A Wilder Life by Joan Louwrens – a poignant and often funny memoir of a life lived to the full

A Wilder Life: Journey of an Adventuring Doctor by Joan Louwrens is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Kom vier die bekendstelling van Die Brug deur Deon Lamprecht in Kaapsehoop (7 Nov)

Jonathan Ball Uitgewers en Nagkantoor nooi jou uit na die bekendstelling van Die Brug: Na die hel toe en terug in Angola deur Deon Lamprecht.

Beautifully written about prejudice, loneliness and fighting spirit, House of Correction by Nicci French is shocking, twisty and utterly compelling

House of Correction by Nicci French – the new thriller from the master of psychological suspense!

How did work become the central organisational principle of our societies? Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman

Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time – a revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman.

Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith – the fifth Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott novel is here!

Troubled Blood – the next thrilling installment in the highly acclaimed, international bestselling series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym of JK Rowling!