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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Cloud Cuckoo Land – the highly anticipated new book from Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See
New book alert! Cloud Cuckoo Land, the new novel by Anthony Doerr, the author of the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winner All the Light We Cannot See, will be published in September 2021.
Audiobook excerpt: Thick as Thieves – a gripping novel of danger, vengeance, desire and greed!
Listen to an excerpt from Thick as Thieves by Sandra Brown!
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo – an ambitious survey of the last century of American history
As provocative as it is essential, Mediocre investigates the real costs of white male power in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.
Outlawed by Anna North – a feminist Western set in an alternate past – impossible to put down!
Outlawed by Anna North is this month’s Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and will be released in South Africa in February 2021!
Don’t miss the online book launch of Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust by Dr Rebecca Clifford (21 Jan)
The Durban and Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centres invite you to a conversation with author Dr Rebecca Clifford about her brilliant new book, Survivors: Children’s Lives after the Holocaust.
Louis Botha: Krygsman, Generaal, Staatsman deur Richard Steyn is nou beskikbaar in Afrikaans
In sy jongste boek, Louis Botha, gee Richard Steyn op meesterlike wyse insae in die lewe van hierdie grootse Suid-Afrikaanse krygsman en staatsman.
Jeffrey Archer returns to HarperCollins Publishers in major three-book deal
HarperCollins has announced a major three-book deal for World English Rights with internationally bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.
The Duke and I – Book 1 of the Bridgerton novels that inspired the hit Netflix series
From bestselling author Julia Quinn comes The Duke and I, the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix!
Beautiful World, Where Are You – the new novel from Sally Rooney – to be published in September 2021!
Beautiful World, Where Are You, the third novel from Sally Rooney, the author of the internationally bestselling Normal People and Conversations with Friends, will be published by Faber on 7 September 2021.
Cheslin Kolbe – the new book in the Road to Glory series for young readers by Jeremy Daniel
Cheslin Kolbe is the eighth book in the Road to Glory series, which covers South African sporting legends as they set out on their journeys to becoming national and international stars.
Girl A by Abigail Dean – ‘the biggest fiction debut of 2021’
Girl A by Abigail Dean is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods by Otegha Uwagba – an intimate and compelling portrayal of an unavoidable facet of the Black experience
Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods by Otegha Uwagba is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith – a pioneering book that sets the record straight
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The Return by Nicholas Sparks – often, to move forward we must return to the place where it all began
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with The Return – a moving new novel about an injured army doctor and the two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.
How I Learned to Understand the World – Hans Rosling’s own story of how a young scientist became a revolutionary thinker
The moving, playful memoir of the late Hans Rosling – Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfulness.
20 black women writers ask ‘what’s next?’ in Loud Black Girls by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
Loud Black Girls – an important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible.
Human Nature – an illuminating book that tackles our modern environmental future through the lens of preeminent photographers
In Human Nature, 12 of today’s most influential nature and conservation photographers address the biggest environmental concerns of our time.
home body by rupi kaur: a collection of raw, honest conversations with oneself
From rupi kaur, the bestselling author of milk and honey and the sun and her flowers, comes a greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
Listen to an excerpt from Ian Rankin’s new Rebus novel A Song for the Dark Times – one of the must-read books of the year
A Song for the Dark Times by Ian Rankin is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The Story of a New Name – the second book of the Neapolitan Quartet by Elena Ferrante – out now with a brand new cover
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante, the second book of the Neapolitan Quartet, is now available in B-format paperback with a brand-new cover.