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Tuesday – 30th August 2022

Career opportunity! Penguin Random House is looking for a dynamic, target-driven Sales Representative

Penguin Random House is looking for a dynamic, target-driven Sales Representative to maximise sales and market share for the company in the Gauteng area.

Monday – 29th August 2022

New book alert! Indulge your South African food nostalgia with Simply Seven Colours by Zola Nene

Zola Nene is back with a third book, this time celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of South Africans through the wonderful tradition of sharing meals!

Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Mary Watson, author of Blood to Poison, in conversation with Joy Watson

The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!

Friday – 26th August 2022

Leer jou kinders speel-speel van die Bybel met 50 Beste Bybelbreinblokkies deur Heidri Mittendorf!

Help jou kind om hul taalvermoëns te verbeter en hul Bybelkennis op te skerp met Heidri Mittendorf se bekostigbare en prettige aktiwiteitsboek, 50 Beste Bybelbreinblokkies.

How did Koos Bekker amass his fortune? Find out at the launch of Koos Bekker’s Billions by TJ Strydom (29 Aug-1 Sep)

Koos Bekker’s Billions by TJ Strydom is out now from Penguin Random House SA! Scroll down for all the book launch details. 

Don’t miss the launch of Africa in Fashion by Ken Kweku Nimo at The Melrose Gallery in Joburg (2 Sep)

Join Exclusive Books, The Melrose Gallery and Jonathan Ball Publishers for the launch of Africa in Fashion by Ken Kweku Nimo.

Footnotes, August 2022: 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.

Thursday – 25th August 2022

Waar Alet Snyman gaan, volg moord en doodsake … Vleisfees op Karibib deur Isa Konrad is nou beskikbaar!

Ná haar egskeiding keer Alet Snyman terug na Karibib toe om die drade wat sy aan die begin van die jaar daar laat lê het, weer op te tel in Vleisfees op Karibib deur Isa Konrad.

Join debut author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou for the launch of The Last Feather in Cape Town (26 Aug)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of The Last Feather by Shameez Patel Papathanasiou!

Don’t miss the launch of An African Bite by Daniel Mbonani Mbombi at Exclusive Books Mall of Africa! (25 Aug)

Penguin Random House and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of An African Bite by Daniel Mbonani Mbombi.

Wednesday – 24th August 2022

Smart, sexy, and downright hilarious – read an excerpt from Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter

Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Mr Wrong Number by Lynn Painter – in which a steamy text to the wrong number has laugh-out-loud consequences …

Hoe help jy kinders om verdriet te verwerk? Vind uit in Jou kind en verlies deur Solet Scheeres

Nuut by LAPA! Jou kind en verlies deur Solet Scheeres bevat wenke, idees en ’n leesgids vir ouers, onderwysers, familie en vriende van kinders van alle ouderdomme.

Don’t miss author Nyimpini Mabunda talking about his new book Take Charge at Bridge Books (27 Aug)

Join Jonathan Ball Publishers and Bridge Books for the launch of Take Charge: Life Lessons on the Road to CEO by Nyimpini …

Tuesday – 23rd August 2022

Wen ses uitstekende Afrikaanse boeke deur Leon van Nierop, Anoeschka von Meck en nog meer! Neem deel voor 31 Augustus 2022

Een gelukkige leser kan die maand wegstap met ’n stapel Afrikaanse stories uit die boonste rakke!

Woon jy naby Upington? Moenie die bekendstelling van Die vroue van Kosmoslaan deur Elsa Winckler misloop nie! (2 Sep)

Die ATKV in samewerking met LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Die vroue van Kosmoslaan deur Elsa Winckler!

The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Evert Kleynhans in conversation with Boris Gorelik on his book A Russian on Commando

In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Evert Kleynhans chats to Boris Gorelik about his new book A Russian on Commando: The Boer War Experiences of Yevgeny Avgustus.

Join author Prof. Veronique Tadjo for a seminar titled ‘Close to Nature: The creative process of writing the Ebola epidemic’ in Pretoria (24 Aug)

Jacana Media and the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship invite you to join Professor Véronique Tadjo for a seminar titled ‘Close to Nature: The creative process of writing the Ebola epidemic’.

Monday – 22nd August 2022

Kom kuier saam met Connie Luyt by die bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human in Pretoria! (27 Aug)

Penguin Random House SA en The Book Keeper Shop in Pretoria nooi jou graag na die bekendstelling van Die drie lewens van Hannli Human deur Connie Luyt!

New book alert! General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa by David Brock Katz

General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa, 1914–1917 by David Brock Katz is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Friday – 19th August 2022

‘Ons is sterker as wat ons dink, ons is veerkragtig’: Herman Lategan gesels met Phyllis Green oor Hoerkind

Phyllis Green het onlangs ’n hartroerende onderhoud gevoer met Herman Lategan oor sy jongste boek, Hoerkind: Die memoires van ’n randeier.