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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Dead of Night, the stunning new thriller by Michael Stanley, author of the award-winning Detective Kubu series
When freelance journalist Crystal Nguyen heads to South Africa, she thinks she’ll be researching an article on rhino-horn smuggling for National Geographic, but within a week she’s been hunting poachers, hunted by their bosses, and then arrested in connection with a murder.
Read an excerpt from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s extraordinary, bestselling debut, Friday Black
Friday Black is a piercingly raw debut story collection from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and black in America.
‘One of the year’s most powerful debuts’ – Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman
Find Me Gone by Sarah Meuleman – a haunting, whip-smart debut novel about second chances and the lengths one young woman will go to keep her dark secrets sealed in the past.
One of the most anticipated books of 2019 – The Au Pair, the debut novel from Emma Rous
Emma Rous’s debut novel The Au Pair – a tautly plotted mystery of dark family secrets, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham – ‘a timely and incredibly readable book on this rising power’
A Short History of Modern Angola by David Birmingham is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5 AM Club is a book that will transform your life. Forever.
‘Among themselves, doves fight as often as hawks’ – Read an excerpt from Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Read an excerpt from the novel everyone is talking about – Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Don’t miss the launch of Real Meal Revolution: Low-Carb Cooking in Johannesburg
Come and witness a live studio demo and taste recipes from the cookbook!
South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II by David Brock Katz
Relying on deep research in South African and British archives, David Brock Katz recounts a side of the Desert War that has never received the attention it deserves in South Africans versus Rommel: The Untold Story of the Desert War in World War II.
The Binding by Bridget Collins – an unforgettable novel and a homage to the life-changing power of books
The Binding by Bridget Collins is coming very soon to bookstores in South Africa!
Friends Like These by Sarah Alderson – a gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist
Friends Like These by Sarah Alderson – a gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist!
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Graham Viney for a Royal Tribute Movie Night
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an evening with Graham Viney, author of The Last Hurrah: South Africa and the Royal Tour of 1947, as he indulges our curiosity of the British Royal Family.
Uplifting. Intriguing. 30 women, 30 stories – Cecelia Ahern’s new short story collection Roar
In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with wit, resourcefulness and compassion.
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan – a new history of the world
The New Silk Roads – a brand new book by Peter Frankopan – takes a fresh look at the network of relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today.
You Don’t Own Me – the new novel from the queen of suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, and Alafair Burke
‘Trust Mary Higgins Clark to know what frightens us to death.’
Eric Idle introduces his new book Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography
Eric Idle’s new memoir, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
How To Keep Your Marriage From Sucking – a brilliant guide for the first stretch of that wild ride we call marriage
If you’re in a committed relationship or thinking about putting a ring on it, then this is the book for you!
Get inside the mind of a Formula One legend and enigmatic iceman – The Unknown Kimi Räikkönen by Kari Hotakainen
Kimi Räikkönen is the Finnish superstar Formula One driver with a reputation for being fast on the track and silent off it – until now!
From Elizabeth I and Rameses the Great to Stalin and Leonard Cohen – Written in History: Letters that Changed the World
Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century.
The Stranger Diaries – the chilling new stand-alone thriller from Elly Griffiths
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths – a gripping contemporary Gothic thriller from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway mysteries.