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Friday – 1st September 2023
‘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.
Tuesday – 22nd August 2023
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Lloyd Burnard chats to Nick Mallett about their book, Insights Into The Rugby World Cup
In this week’s episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, the focus is on the new book Nick Mallett: Insights into the Rugby World Cup.
The Penguin Post Magazine celebrates three years of publishing (PLUS: Win prizes worth a total of R16,000)
To celebrate its third anniversary, The Penguin Post is giving away hampers to the collective value of R16,000!
Thursday – 17th August 2023
Ready to give up reality? Try Langabi – the new African epic
Langabi: Season of Beasts – the new African epic by Christopher Mlalazi – is out now!
[Podcast] Mphuthumi Ntabeni interviews Darrel Bristow-Bovey about his new book, Finding Endurance
In this episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, acclaimed writer Darrel Bristow-Bovey sits down with Mphuthumi Ntabeni at the Book Lounge in Cape Town to delve into one of the greatest stories of all time.
Join Khulu Radebe and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein at the Johannesburg launch of Comrade King (15 Aug)
Jacana Media invite you to join Khulu Radebe and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein at the launch of Comrade King.
‘Dear White People, I love white girls. Especially blondes.’ – Listen to an excerpt from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
Listen to an excerpt from Stephen Buoro’s tragicomic debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 8th August 2023
From freedom righter to royalty: the remarkable journey of Khulu Radebe, the unexpected king of the AmaHlubi
Khulu Radebe had had a full life. Then, at the age of 50, he discovered that he was a king.