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Tuesday – 25th January 2022
The Business Builder’s Toolkit: A Practical Handbook for Business Leaders by Nic Haralambous – pre-order now!
Maverick451, the book publishing division of Daily Maverick, are delighted to announce that the pre-sales are now open for their next title The Business Builder’s Toolkit: A Practical Handbook for Business Leaders by Nic Haralambous.
The Welcome Return of Rachel Walsh – find out more about Marian Keyes’s new novel Again, Rachel!
The moment we’ve been waiting for! Almost 25 years after Rachel’s Holiday, one of Marian Keyes’s most loved books, comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Again, Rachel.
Monday – 24th January 2022
Don’t miss the launch of Michael Olivier’s Friends. Food. Flavour. at Exclusive Books Rosebank! (27 Jan)
Penguin Random House SA and Exclusive Books Rosebank invite you to the launch of Michael Olivier’s Friends. Food. Flavour. with Roelien Immelman.
Wen Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens! Neem deel op Facebook voor 27 Januarie 2022
Een gelukkige leser kan wegstap met Maretha Maartens se nuutste roman, Klankgrens! Besoek LUCA se Facebookblad om deel te neem.
What if you could practice and access happiness at any time? Listen to the latest episode of Pagecast, with bestselling author and psychologist Noa Belling
When were you last truly happy? How did ‘happy’ feel?
Friday – 21st January 2022
Footnotes, January 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 – 20th January 2022
Nuwe jaar, nuwe Romanzas! Word meegevoer deur Paradiso, Meer as blomme, Maanengel en Veilige tuiskoms by jou
Nuut by LAPA in Januarie 2022 – vier nuwe liefdesromans deur Elize Davies, Ildé Grové, Wilreza Smit-Theron en Magda Schmidt om die nuwejaar mee af te skop!
Track your past, order your present and plan your future with The Bullet Journal Method!
The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Cover reveal! Sally Andrew’s new Tannie Maria mystery The Milk Tart Murders will be out in March 2022
Penguin Random House has revealed the gorgeous cover for The Milk Tart Murders – the new Tannie Maria mystery by Sally Andrew!
Don’t miss the launch of Expensive Poverty by Greg Mills, with guest speaker HE President Hakainde Hichilema (26 Jan)
Join Pan Macmillan for the book launch of Expensive Poverty by Greg Mills.
Wednesday – 19th January 2022
Voed jou siel en skep feesmaal-herinneringe met Kosbaar deur Elmarie Berry – nou beskikbaar!
Kosbaar is Elmarie Berry se eerste kookboek hoewel sy reeds sedert 2015 ‘n bekende kosblogskrywer is.
New book alert! Find out more about Louis Greenberg’s surreal, mysterious new novel Exposure
Exposure by Louis Greenberg is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 18th January 2022
Leer hoe om verhoudings te kweek en te koester in Leef in volkleur deur Johan Smith
Johan Smith delf diep in Bybelse waarhede oor die kern van verhoudings in sy jongste boek, Leef in volkleur.
Don’t miss the launch of Jason McNamara’s The Kind Kitchen at Nude Foods in Cape Town (21 Jan)
The Kind Kitchen in partnership with ProVeg, Nude Foods and Penguin Random House invite you to the launch of The Kind Kitchen by Jason McNamara!
Listen to the new episode of Pagecast! Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon
In the new episode of Pagecast, a new podcast by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Tecla Ciolfi chats to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike about her new book Being Britney: Pieces of a Modern Icon.
Monday – 17th January 2022
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar – a robust and contentious conversation about race and difference
Fighting and Writing: The Rhodesian Army at War and Postwar by Luise White is out now from Jacana Media.
Klankgrens deur Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert: ’n Oorlogsverhaal uit die oogpunt van die vrouens wat moes agterbly
Maretha Maartens en Magda Slabbert neem hande om in Klankgrens die verhaal van pyn, oorlewing en die diepe worstelinge van die grensoorlog se weermagvroue oop te vlek.
Watch: Will Smith introduces his new book Will – an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph
Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same.
Watch: Legendary investor Ray Dalio introduces his new book Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Friday – 14th January 2022
Friday Night Book Club: Read an exclusive excerpt from Freya Marske’s magical debut novel A Marvellous Light
Treat yourself to a mug of hot chocolate this evening and this excerpt from Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light – a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes, including a magic-infused murder mystery and a delightful queer romance, set in an alternative Edwardian England.