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Thursday – 24th November 2022
Dis weer tyd vir Juig met LUCA! Kom vier die bekendstelling van Engele om ons met Wendy Maartens en Heinz Winckler op Zoom (29 Nov)
LUCA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Engele om ons deur Wendy Maartens in gesprek met Heinz Winckler!
‘We were learning that life was not in our control.’ Read an excerpt from Michelle Obama’s new book The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, the new book by Michelle Obama.
Between Starshine and Clay – a series of incisive and intimate encounters between Sarah Ladipo Manyika and the most distinguished Black thinkers of our times
Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora by Sarah Ladipo Manyika is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 23rd November 2022
Woon jy in die Wes-Kaap? Moenie die bekendstellings van Murasie deur Chanette Paul misloop nie! (28 Nov-1 Dec)
LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstellings van Murasie deur Chanette Paul in Bredasdorp, Wellington en Tygervallei!
Lus vir iets lekker, soet en gesond? Hier’s jou gratis resep vir heerlike Sjokolade-chia-en-frambooshappies uit Low Carb is Lekker Drie!
Mmmm, gesond het nog nooit so lekker gelyk nie … Laai nou Inè Reynierse se gratis resep vir Sjokolade-chia-en-frambooshappies uit Low Carb is Lekker Drie af!
‘You’ll laugh and you’ll cry – I know I did’ – Matthew Perry introduces his intimate and eye-opening autobiography Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
Matthew Perry’s autobiography Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Durban, The Unaccountables book tour is heading your way! Don’t miss the book’s launch at Ike’s Books and Collectables (24 Nov)
Jacana Media invite you to the launch of The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity, edited by Michael Marchant, Mamello Mosiana, Ra’eesa Pather and Hennie van Vuuren.
Tuesday – 22nd November 2022
Oos-Kaap onnies, moenie Thérèse Hulme se Praat jy!-slypskole in Gqeberha (25 Nov) en Somerset-Oos (26 Nov) misloop nie!
Aandag, alle Oos-Kaap onderwysers! Kom leer hoe om ’n skryfkultuur in jou klaskamer te skep by twee opwindende slypskole, aangebied deur Thérèse Hulme.
‘It really takes your breath away’: Diane de Beer reviews Hoerkind by Herman Lategan
Book review: Arts journalist and blogger Diane de Beer describes Hoerkind by Herman Lategan as a ‘radiant read’ – a story that takes your breath away.
Best of Friends – the new novel from Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Best of Friends by Kamila Shamsie is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Monday – 21st November 2022
Lief vir die natuur? Wen ’n Volledige Gids tot die Slange van Suider-Afrika deur Johan Marais! Neem deel voor 30 Nov
Aandag, alle slangliefhebbers … Een gelukkige leser kan die maand wegstap met ’n kopie van ’n Volledige Gids tot die Slange van Suider-Afrika deur Johan Marais!
Kom vier die bekendstelling van AleitApteit deur wyle Aleit Swanepoel by Wordsworth Books in Somerset-Wes (24 Nov)
LAPA Uitgewers en Wordsworth Books nooi jou na die viering van oorlede Aleit Swanepoel se nalatenskap met die bekendstelling van AleitApteit. Moenie dit mis nie!
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Arlene Prinsloo interviews the legend that is Jeffrey Archer about his new book Next in Line
In this week’s episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, veteran journalist and author Arlene Prinsloo chats to international bestseller Jeffrey Archer about his latest novel Next in Line.
Thursday – 17th November 2022
Bloemfonteiners, hier kom Antjie Krog! Moenie haar voorlesing uit Vetplantfeetjies en Plunder misloop nie (25 Nov)
Penguin Random House SA en Human & Rousseau nooi jou graag na nog ’n uitstekende voorlesing uit Vetplantfeetjies en Plunder deur Antjie Krog!
Join Pieter du Toit for the launch of his new book The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few in Pretoria (24 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit.
Tuesday – 15th November 2022
‘I swear you can’t make stuff like this up’ – Read an excerpt from Tshidiso Moletsane’s Sunday Times Fiction Prize-winning novel Junx
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Junx, the debut novel from Tshidiso Moletsane, winner of the 2022 Sunday Times Fiction Prize!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Featuring Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan, authors of Mad Honey
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
Friday – 11th November 2022
Hoe gemaak wanneer jy filmstudie as ’n genre in jou klas moet behandel? Vind uit in Druk speel deur Leon van Nierop
Druk speel: ’n Filmstudiegids vir die klaskamer deur Leon van Nierop is spesiaal geskryf om onderwysers te help om die hoe en wat van filmanalise beter te kan verstaan.
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! David Brock Katz discusses his new book General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa
In this week’s episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, David Brock Katz discusses his latest book General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914–1917 with Evert Kleynhans.
Read an excerpt from No Plan B – the unputdownable new Jack Reacher thriller from bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child
Jack Reacher, ‘the coolest continuing series character’ (Stephen King), returns in No Plan B – the brand new, pulse-pounding read from Lee and Andrew Child.