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Wednesday – 6th September 2023
Calling all writers! Submissions are now open at Jacana Media
Jacana Media is calling for submissions! If you’re a writer who is looking for a publisher, this is a rare chance to have your work read and considered by one of the country’s best.
Tuesday – 5th September 2023
Don’t miss the launch of The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated edited by Katie Redford and Mark Gevisser at Love Books (21 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the book launch of The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated edited by Katie Redford and Mark Gevisser.
Back to the Front – celebrating Leon Levy’s journey from immigrant roots to union leadership
Back to the Front reveals the life of Leon Levy, a significant figure in South Africa’s trade union movement.
An arachnophile’s journey: A career spinning webs of spider expertise
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, author of Field Guide to Spiders of South Africa, is one of the foremost experts on African spiders.
Monday – 4th September 2023
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz discuss 20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War
This week on Pagecast, Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz chat to Archie Henderson about their new book 20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War 1913–2013.
Mastering the art of trading with Robert J van Eyden, author of Badass Trader
Robert J van Eyden, CEO of financial institution IG South Africa and author of Badass Trader, explores the intricacies of trading.
Friday – 1st September 2023
New book alert! At Fire Hour by Barry Gilder – an unforgettable and deeply moving tale
Join Jacana Media in celebrating the release of Barry Gilder’s latest novel, At Fire Hour.
Join forensic pathologist and bestselling author Ryan Blumenthal for the launch of his new book Risking Life for Death in Durban (1 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Risking Life for Death: Lessons for the Living from the Autopsy Table by South African forensic pathologist Ryan Blumenthal.
‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’ – Abraham Verghese on his masterful new novel The Covenant of Water
From Abraham Verghese, author of the bestselling novel Cutting for Stone, comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and …
Thursday – 31st August 2023
Free mini workshop by Sam Beckbessinger in Cape Town! Find out more about Moving to the UK: A Concise Guide for South Africans (12 Sep)
Join author and seasoned mover Sam Beckbessinger for a free mini workshop with some practical advice about where to start.
Shari Lapena chats about her unputdownable new thriller Everyone Here is Lying
Author Shari Lapena chats to The Penguin Post about her thrilling new novel, Everyone Here is Lying, and what draws her to writing about domestic bliss gone wrong.
Wednesday – 30th August 2023
Join Kim Samuel for the launch of On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation in Johannesburg (6 Sep)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of On Belonging by Kim Samuel.
‘I’ve been betrayed by people a few times, and it hurts’ – In conversation with Lesley Pearse on her new novel, Betrayal
Lesley Pearse worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of 49, she became a published writer.
Tuesday – 29th August 2023
Don’t miss the launch of Coloured: How Classification Became Culture by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel at Love Books (14 Sep)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the book launch of Coloured: How Classification Became Culture by Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Ebony Chutel.
Five Minutes with Douglas Kruger on his new psychological thriller Character Scan
Read an interview with Douglas Kruger on his new novel Character Scan!
Friday – 25th August 2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett – a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents led before their children were born
Ann Patchett’s new novel Tom Lake is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Footnotes, August 2023: Book links from around the web
It has just been revealed that George Bernard Shaw set lawyers on DC Comics after their publication of the comic book Superman in 1939, concerning his 1903 play Man And Superman.
Thursday – 24th August 2023
New book alert! Moving to the UK: A Concise Guide for South Africans by Sam Beckbessinger
Moving to the UK: A Concise Guide for South Africans by Sam Beckbessinger is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
What would you do? Brooke Robinson on the origins of her debut novel The Interpreter
Brooke Robinson’s enthralling debut The Interpreter explores what a criminal interpreter would do when faced with the moral dilemma of letting the wrong man go free.