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Thursday – 21st July 2022
Lief vir naaldwerk? Gee jou kreatiwiteit vrye teuels met 20 Hekeltegnieke deur Christa Swanepoel!
Nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers! 20 Hekeltegnieke met kreatiewe projekte en moderne patrone deur Christa Swanepoel.
Rewilding Africa by Grant Fowlds and Graham Spence – a vivid account of environmental conservation
Rewilding Africa: Restoring the Wilderness on a War-Ravaged Continent by Grant Fowlds and Graham Spence is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
‘Managing emotional responses and having supportive networks are crucial in business’ – Magda Wierzycka
Magda Wierzycka is one of South Africa’s most prolific businesswomen. She writes here on how others, particularly women, can thrive in the business world, and touches on the book about her life that’s just hit shelves.
Wednesday – 20th July 2022
’n Geheim begrawe deur tyd, geld en mag: ’n Kwessie van tyd deur Doc Marten van der Merwe is nou beskikbaar!
Jan Brand mag dalk die stof van sy hande af gewas het, maar binnekort gaan hulle vol bloed wees in ’n Kwessie van tyd deur Doc Marten van der Merwe.
‘I never saw it as my goal to make everyone happy; the goal is to solve crime.’
Dr Gérard Labuschagne was the head of the SAPS’s specialised Investigative Psychology Section, the only unit mandated to profile offenders, for 14 and a half years, during which time he analysed 110 murder series and countless other bizarre crimes.
External Mission: The ANC In Exile 1960-1990 by the late Stephen Ellis – the key to understanding South Africa today
External Mission: The ANC In Exile 1960-1990 by the late Stephen Ellis is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 19th July 2022
Liefde is die antwoord in vier splinternuwe Romanzas – nou beskikbaar by LAPA Uitgewers!
Nuut by LAPA! Vier nuwe liefdesverhale deur Didi Potgieter, Lizelle von Wielligh, Ida Bester en Judy Troskie …
The new episode of Pagecast is out now! Pippa Hudson chats with the Daily Maverick’s Africa Person of the Year Dr Emmanuel Taban
In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Pippa Hudson chats with Dr Emmanuel Taban, author of The Boy Who Never Gave Up, who is the Daily Maverick’s Africa Person of the Year.
A young woman, bloodthirsty and out for revenge – Ashok Banker on his new book A Kiss After Dying
A Kiss After Dying is an utterly compulsive, totally original thriller with a truly jaw-on-the-floor twist; in author Ashok Banker’s own words, a ‘millennial revenge thriller’.
My Father, My Monster by McIntosh Polela to be republished by Jacana Media
McIntosh is back! 11 years since its release, this South African bestseller is being republished.
Monday – 18th July 2022
‘Onthutsend eerlik en onmoontlik om neer te sit’: Deborah Steinmair resenseer Hoerkind deur Herman Lategan
‘Hoerkind van Herman Lategan het my diep ontroer,’ skryf Deborah Steinmair (As jy van moord droom, LAPA) in die Vrye Weekblad.
Thursday – 14th July 2022
5 easy steps to write your story! (Plus: WIN a creative writing intensive course)
If you have a story to tell, then tell it! Begin writing your memoir today with five easy steps from award-winning author and SA Writers College tutor Alex Smith.
New book alert! Margie Orford’s brutally compelling thriller The Eye of the Beholder – out in August
The Eye of the Beholder, the highly anticipated new thriller by Margie Orford, is out in August from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Mandela: Saint or Sell-out? Don’t miss a Jacana Media Don’t Shut Up conversation on correcting the Mandela myth (18 Jul)
Many are familiar with two versions of Nelson Mandela. Both versions render the man a myth, requiring that he is either venerated as single-handedly achieving democracy or demonised for the shortcomings of that very same democracy.
Monday – 11th July 2022
Ferial Haffajee interviews Mark Gevisser, author of Thabo Mbeki: A Dream Deferred, in the new episode of Pagecast
In the new episode of Pagecast, the podcast from Jonathan Ball Publishers, Ferial Haffajee chats to Mark Gevisser about his prize-winning biography Thabo Mbeki: A Dream Deferred.
Giving Voice to the Silenced – an interview with number one bestselling author Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen is the number one bestselling author of her hugely successful Rizzoli and Isles series, of which the latest is the highly anticipated Listen to Me.
Friday – 8th July 2022
‘Skerp en toeganklik’: Jan-Jan Joubert resenseer Terreur en Bevryding deur Leopold Scholtz
Min mense kan by Leopold Scholtz kers vashou, meen Jan-Jan Joubert. Lees sy resensie oor Terreur en Bevryding.
Online event: Adventures of a Field Biologist – Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana by Mike Bruton
Penguin Random House SA and the Struik Nature Club invite you to a Kirstenbosch talk titled ‘Adventures of a Field Biologist: Fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, Botswana’ by Mike Bruton.
Thursday – 7th July 2022
WEN al 3 boeke in Irma Joubert se Oorlogstrilogie PLUS ’n paar Veldskoen vellies ter waarde van R999! (31 Jul)
Teken in op LAPA se nuusbrief voor 31 Julie 2022 en jy kan dalk wegstap met ’n pragtige Irma Joubert-geskenkpak – en in splinternuwe vellies!
Join Bulelani Ngcuka at the Albany Museum in Makhanda for the launch of The Sting in the Tale (11 Jul)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to an insightful discussion of Bulelani Ngcuka: The Sting in the Tale by Marion Sparg.