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Wednesday – 26th February 2025
‘Meticulous and enlightening’ – Find out more about White Supremacy: A Brief History of Hatred by Gavin Evans
White Supremacy: A Brief History of Hatred by Gavin Evans is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Tuesday – 25th February 2025
Join acclaimed author Penny Haw in Hermanus for the launch of her new historical novel Follow Me to Africa (26 Mar)
Penguin Random House and Hermanus Library invite you to the launch of Penny Haw’s new novel Follow Me to Africa!
Monday – 24th February 2025
Don’t miss a Dating Masterclass at Exclusive Books Rosebank with Dudu Nhlabathi-Madonsela (24 Feb)
Join Dudu Nhlabathi-Madonsela, author of The Dating Playbook: How to Win at Mjolo and Love, for a Dating Masterclass in Johannesburg!
Wednesday – 19th February 2025
Dating is an extreme sport! Find out more about The Dating Playbook by Dudu Nhlabathi-Madonsela
The Dating Playbook: How to Win at Mjolo and Love by Dudu Nhlabathi-Madonsela is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Monday – 17th February 2025
Life’s messiest moments make the best stories – find out more about Jojo Moyes new novel We All Live Here
Penguin Random House has shared an extract from We All Live Here, the new novel from Jojo Moyes!
Friday – 14th February 2025
Don’t miss a geeky quiz night to celebrate the launch of Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel (18 Feb)
You’re invited to a geeky quiz night to celebrate the launch of Playing Flirty by Shameez Patel!
Thursday – 13th February 2025
Join acclaimed author Penny Haw in Elgin for the launch of her new historical novel Follow Me to Africa (4 Mar)
Penguin Random House and Liberty Books invite you to the launch of Penny Haw’s new novel Follow Me to Africa!
Monday – 10th February 2025
NEW from Elizabeth Gilbert! All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation
All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert will be out in September 2025 from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Thursday – 6th February 2025
New book alert! I Am Tshiamo: My Transition to Self-acceptance and Womanhood by Tshiamo Modisane
I Am Tshiamo: My Transition to Self-acceptance and Womanhood by Tshiamo Modisane is out now from Penguin Random House!
Wednesday – 5th February 2025
Don’t miss a poetry reading featuring Sanah Ahsan, winner of the Outspoken Performance Poetry Prize (6 Feb)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to a poetry reading featuring I cannot be good until you say it by Sanah Ahsan.
Tuesday – 4th February 2025
The Secret of Secrets – the thrilling and long-awaited new novel from globally bestselling author Dan Brown
The Secret of Secrets – Dan Brown’s first novel in over eight years – will be out from Penguin Random House SA in September!
Monday – 3rd February 2025
Don’t miss Don Ross in Joburg for the launch of The Gambling Animal (5 Feb)
Don Ross, co-author of The Gambling Animal: Humanity’s Evolutionary Winning Streak – and How We Risk It All, will be in South Africa this February!
Friday – 31st January 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Follow Me to Africa by acclaimed author Penny Haw in Hout Bay (25 Feb)
Penguin Random House and Wordsworth Books invite you to the launch of Penny Haw’s new novel Follow Me to Africa!
Thursday – 30th January 2025
New Oyinkan Braithwaite coming this September!
Cursed Daughters – the highly anticipated new novel from Oyinkan Braithwaite – will be out in September from Jonathan Ball Publishers!
Wednesday – 29th January 2025
‘Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.’ Read an extract from Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from Elizabeth Strout’s new novel Tell Me Everything! Tell Me Everything is hopeful, healing novel …
Tuesday – 28th January 2025
Don’t miss Don Ross in Cape Town for the launch of The Gambling Animal (4 Feb)
Don Ross, co-author of The Gambling Animal: Humanity’s Evolutionary Winning Streak – and How We Risk It All, will be in South Africa this February!
Monday – 27th January 2025
Career opportunity at Penguin Random House SA: Helpdesk Specialist | Cape Town
Penguin Random House SA is looking for a dynamic specialist to both manage the technology and computer infrastructure that drives Penguin Random House’s business systems, as well as assist customers locally and remotely with technical support of workstations (PC & Mac), software applications and related technology.
Thursday – 23rd January 2025
[Watch] Jamie Oliver’s Easy Air Fryer – delicious, quick and a little bit fancy
‘If you own an air fryer, stop scrolling now!’
Wednesday – 22nd January 2025
Don’t miss the launch of Spectres of Reparation in South Africa by Jaco Barnard-Naude at Exclusive Books Sandton City (30 Jan)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Spectres of Reparation in South Africa: Re-encountering the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by Prof. Jaco Barnard-Naude.
Tuesday – 21st January 2025
Find out more about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book The Message – an intimate exploration of extreme injustice
The Message by acclaimed journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates is out now from Penguin Random House SA!