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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Presenting the new book by Ben Okri – The Magic Lamp: Dreams of Our Age, illustrated by Rosemary Clunie
A new collection of meditations and stories from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, and illustrated by Rosemary Clunie.
Guide to submitting your manuscript to Jonathan Ball Publishers
Have you finished your book? Wondering how to get published? Have a look at Jonathan Ball Publishers manuscript submission guidelines.
Don’t miss the launch of Enemy of the People at The Book Lounge
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Enemy of the People by Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit.
Crispian Olver discusses his book How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay
The book is written as a gripping real-life thriller, taking the reader deeper and deeper into the rotten heart of the city.
‘The nation is staring down the barrel of a gun, held by a thief’ – Pieter du Toit and Adriaan Basson on their new book Enemy of the People
Enemy of the People is the first definitive account of Zuma’s catastrophic misrule, offering eyewitness descriptions and cogent analysis of how South Africa was brought to its knees – and how a people fought back.
Join Adriaan Basson, Pieter du Toit and Redi Tlhabi at the launch of Enemy of the People in Johannesburg
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Enemy of the People by Adriaan Basson and Pieter du Toit.
Read an excerpt from Jennifer Egan’s new book Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach is the long-awaited novel from Jennifer Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad.
[Sold out] Join Crispian Olver, author of How to Steal A City, and Antony Altbeker at La Tête Restaurant
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an evening with Crispian Olver, author of How to Steal A City, and Antony Altbeker at La Tête Restaurant in Cape Town.
Don’t miss the launch of Dion Leonard’s inspirational book Finding Gobi in Cape Town
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Bargain Books are thrilled to invite you to the launch of Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard.
Why, a decade on, a new book on Zuma’s rape trial has finally hit home
What’s different this time is that Redi Tlhabi speaks into a South Africa that has changed. The pact of complicity that surrounded Zuma has broken.
Don’t miss the launch of How To Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay by Crispian Olver at Fogarty’s Bookshop
Fogarty’s Bookshop and Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of How To Steal a City by Crispian Olver.
Interracial relationships, wokeness and the politics of black women: The Cheeky Natives chat to Sisonke Msimang
In her much anticipated memoir, Sisonke Msimang writes about her exile childhood in Zambia and Kenya, young adulthood and college years in North America, and returning to South Africa in the euphoric 1990s.
Read an excerpt from Little Fires Everywhere, the brilliant new novel from Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Everything I Never Told You, has a new book out: Little Fires Everywhere.
The Red-Haired Woman – the 10th novel from Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk
The virtuosic and spell-binding new novel from Orhan Pamuk – the Nobel Prize-winner’s 10th – The Red-Haired Woman.
Joburg, Cape Town and Durban launch details for Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way
Jonathan Ball Publishers cordially invite you to the launches of Specialised Cooking: The Recce Way by Justin Vermaak and Douw Steyn.
‘Writing as a craft is important to me’ – Sisonke Msimang chats to Eusebius McKaiser about Always Another Country
Eusebius McKaiser spoke to Sisonke Msimang about her first book, Always Another Country, on his 702 radio show.
Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump a ‘creep’ who made her ‘skin crawl’ in her new memoir What Happened
For the first time, in her new book Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was feeling during one of the most controversial presidential elections in history.
Sisonke Msimang on the difficulty of writing about sexual assault in her new book Always Another Country
Sisonke Msimang’s much anticipated memoir, Always Another Country, was launched this week in South Africa.
Listen to an excerpt from George Saunders’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders’s became the second American to win the Man Booker Prize this week.
Join Sisonke Msimang for a coffee morning at Love Books to launch Always Another Country
Literary rockstar Sisonke Msimang is in South Africa to launch her memoir, Always Another Country: A Memoir of Exile and Home.