The Reading List

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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.

New book alert! Jane van der Riet’s debut novel How to Hide Inside a Three

How to Hide Inside a Three, the debut novel by Jane van der Riet, is out now from Penguin Random House.

‘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.

The Collected Regrets of Clover – an uplifting story about living a full, beautiful life

The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer is out now from Penguin Random House – a big-hearted story about figuring out what you want from life, and then finding the courage to go after it.

[Video] Lisbeth Salander returns in a chilling new Dragon Tattoo thriller!

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons by Karin Smirnoff is out this month from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Monday – 7th August 2023

[Video] Funny, fierce and addictive – Bea Fitzgerald reads an excerpt from her debut novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen

Penguin Random House has shared a video of Bea Fitzgerald reading an extract from her debut novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen!

How much of it is true? Find out more about Penance, the cult hit novel by Eliza Clark

From the author of the cult hit Boy Parts comes a chilling, brilliantly told story of murder among a group of teenage girls – a powerful and disturbing novel piercing in its portrait of young women.

Friday – 4th August 2023

Join Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife vet, in Durban to discuss her new book Walking with Gorillas (6 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to the launch of Walking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet by Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka.

New book alert! Blackouts and Boerewors – 40 of the best recipes to conquer the loadshedding blues

Blackouts and Boerewors by Karl Tessendorf and Greg Gilowey is out this month from Penguin Random House!

Wednesday – 2nd August 2023

Don’t miss the launch of Hiking Beyond Cape Town at the Harold Porter Botanical Gardens in Betty’s Bay (5 Aug)

Join authors Nina du Plessis and Willie Olivier at the launch of their new book Hiking Beyond Cape Town!

Join Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz for the launch of 20 Battles in Saldanha (8 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to the launch of 20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War 1913–2013 by Evert Kleynhans and David Brock Katz.