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Monday – 6th May 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Nozibele Mayaba’s brave and honest memoir Positively Me at Book Circle Capital (11 May)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Book Circle Capital invite you to the launch of Positively Me by Nozibele Mayaba!

Friday – 3rd May 2024

The Oxherd Boy – an exquisitely illustrated parable that will capture the hearts of readers of all ages

Inspired by thousands of years of Chinese thought, The Oxherd Boy is an enchanting and heart-opening illustrated fable about a young boy who explores the many ways to make meaning and find joy in the everyday.

Join Karen Horn at the Dante Alighieri Society for the launch of Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII (10 May)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and the Dante Alighieri Society invite you to the launch of Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII by Karen Horn.

Thursday – 2nd May 2024

Don’t miss the launch of Hedley Twidle’s new essay collection Show Me the Place at Kalk Bay Books (9 May)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Kalk Bay Books invite you to the launch of Show Me the Place by award-winning non-fiction writer Hedley Twidle.

Elevate your mindset and supercharge your business with Freelance Like a Boss and The Wealth Money Can’t Buy

Shea Karssing, author of Freelance Like a Boss, reviews The Wealth Money Can’t Buy, the new book by bestselling author Robin Sharma.

Tuesday – 30th April 2024

New book alert! The Lion Conspiracy – the new wildlife corruption thriller by Peter Hain

The Lion Conspiracy by Peter Hain is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Read an extract from The Hunter – Tana French’s spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Hunter by Tana French! ‘Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, …

Monday – 29th April 2024

Get ready to be obsessed with this funny and thrilling new murder mystery!

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn’t matter?

South Africa is not in a good place. The system is down. How do we reboot? Find out in How To Fix (Unf*ck) A Country by Roy Havemann

How To Fix (Unf*ck) A Country: 6 Things To Reboot South Africa by Roy Havemann is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Friday – 26th April 2024

Footnotes, April 2024: Book links from around the web

At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

Wednesday – 24th April 2024

Join Hedley Twidle for the launch of his new essay collection Show Me the Place at The Book Lounge (30 Apr)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Show Me the Place by award-winning non-fiction writer Hedley Twidle.

The Long and Winding Road – Lesley Pearse’s harrowing, gripping, powerful memoir

Lesley Pearse’s extraordinary life story The Long and Winding Road is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Tuesday – 23rd April 2024

[Listen] The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Karen Horn discusses her new book, Prisoners of Jan Smuts

This week on Pagecast, Monique Verduyn interviews Karen Horn, about her book, Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII.

Philosophical, erudite and sexy: God’s Pocket by Sven Axelrad will haunt you long after you’ve finished the last page

God’s Pocket, the second novel from Sven Axelrad, is out in May from Penguin Random House SA!

Monday – 22nd April 2024

Don’t miss the Love Books launch of Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa by Karl Kemp (24 Apr)

Why do so many South Africans prefer to take the law into their own hands rather than rely on the police? Why are those who do so often cheered or sympathised with?

New book alert! Hedley Twidle’s new essay collection Show Me the Place

Show Me the Place by Hedley Twidle is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 17th April 2024

Win 1 of 3 signed bundles of the Tannie Maria mystery series by Sally Andrew!

Penguin Random House SA and Umuzi are giving away three signed bundles of the Tannie Maria mystery series by Sally Andrew.

Join Karen Horn in Cape Town for the launch of Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII (25 Apr)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII by Karen Horn.