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Monday – 1st August 2022
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Refilwe Moloto chats to Steven Boykey Sidley and Simon Dingle about Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralised Finance and the End of Banks
The new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, is out now!
‘Skitterende ster. Dis sy, ja’: Lees die eerste hoofstuk van Die manjifieke ontwaking van Mel deur Jacolet van den Berg
Uittreksel uit Die manjifieke ontwaking van Mel: ‘Mel Welsh staan vir niks en niemand terug nie. Sy is doelgerig. Vreesloos.’
Catching a killer is one thing; getting them convicted is a different ball game – read an excerpt from The Profiler Diaries 2 by Gérard Labuschagne
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Profiler Diaries 2 – more riveting cases from the files of former police psychologist and bestselling author Gérard Labuschagne.
Friday – 29th July 2022
New book alert! No Retreat, No Surrender: The Inspiring Story of a World-Champion Sportsman and Cancer Warrior by Oscar Chalupsky – PLUS read an excerpt here
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from No Retreat, No Surrender: The Inspiring Story of a World-Champion Sportsman and Cancer Warrior by Oscar Chalupsky, with Graham Spence.
‘Sê nou sy uurglas het leeggeloop en Emma gee hom nie weer ’n kans nie?’ Lees ’n uittreksel uit Liefdesles deur Vita du Preez
Nie alle liefdesverhale het gelukkige eindes nie. Maar hulle storie het skaars begin …
Join Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka for the launch of Don’t Upset ooMalume: A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game in Cape Town (2 Aug)
Join Jonathan Ball Publishers for the book launch of Don’t Upset ooMalume: A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game by Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka.
Footnotes, July 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.
Wednesday – 27th July 2022
‘Skrik gryp haar vas. Haar kind het verdrink.’ Lees die eerste hoofstuk van Rooigety deur Bets Smith!
Uittreksel: Daleen Boshoff kry nog steeds nagmerries oor die kinderpornografieskandaal wat Makulu Manzi getref het – en dan kom haar dogter op die lyk van ’n tienerseun af …
‘Ek vergader, stof af, polish en bêre gebeure vir latere gebruik’ – Herman Lategan gesels oor Hoerkind, taal en sy liefde vir stories
In ’n taverna in Paardeneiland vertel Herman Lategan vir Debbie Loots stories uit sy jongste memoir, Hoerkind.
New book alert! The Last Feather by South African-born debut author Shameez Patel Papathanasiou
The Last Feather, the first book in the Selene Trilogy by Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Tuesday – 26th July 2022
Read an extract from Listen to Me – the eagerly anticipated new Rizzoli and Isles thriller from bestselling author Tess Gerritsen
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Listen to Me, the new novel from Tess Gerritsen!
Video: ‘Daar was nog nooit ’n biografie oor Hans van Rensburg nie’ – Albert Blake gesels oor sy boek, Afrikaner-Sondebok?
Was Hans van Rensburg ’n verbete Afrikaner-fascis of ’n gerieflike sondebok vir die Smuts- en Nasionale Party-regerings? Albert Blake vertel …
So lyk ’n vrou… deur Ilse Verster is nou beskikbaar as oudioboek! Plus, luister na die Proloog op Audible
Ilse Verster se aangrypende boek, So lyk ’n vrou…, is nou beskikbaar as oudioboek op Audible!
Monday – 25th July 2022
Hoe hou mens dieper, meer intieme daaglikse gesprekke met God? Vind uit in Die lig van sy nabyheid deur Anne Graham Lotz
Anne Graham Lotz deel die ryke skatkis van haar persoonlike gebede in Die lig van sy nabyheid – nou beskikbaar by LUCA!
In Our Own Words: Nurses on the Front Line – ‘A powerful and moving account from the coalface of the Covid-19 response’
In Our Own Words: Nurses on the Front Line by Siedine Coetzee, Hester Klopper and Jonathan Jansen is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Dol Heuning wen ’n derde prys – en SJ Naudé maak sy stem dik oor kwessies rondom inklusiwitieit en Afrikaans
‘Daar is baie verskillende maniere van wees in die wêreld, en al daardie maniere verdien ’n plek in die taal waarin ek skryf,’ sê SJ Naudé.
Friday – 22nd July 2022
Gaan 14-jarige Alex se jong geloof die grootste toets ooit kan oorleef? Vind uit in Hoeveel tande het ’n engel deur Jan Vermeulen
‘Hulle wil my been afsit, Simphi. Net hierso …’ Jan Vermeulen se jongste jeugroman, Hoeveel tande het ’n engel, is nou beskikbaar by LUCA!
Don’t Upset ooMalume! A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game by Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka
Don’t Upset ooMalume! A Guide to Stepping Up Your Xhosa Game by Hombakazi Mercy Nqandeka is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
A Recipe for the Ultimate Mulled Wine, from Temptations by Niranj Pather and Prim Reddy
There are few more tasty pleasures during the chilly winter months than a mulled wine, and this one from Temptations: Exquisite Tastes With an Exotic Touch by Niranj Pather and Prim Reddy hits the spot just right.
What makes an African city? Don’t miss this Jacana Media Conversation (28 Jul)
Join Jacana Media for a conversation on what makes an African city.