Fiction
Wednesday – 13th September 2023
Joanne Joseph and Roshina Ratnam discuss the making of Jonathan Ball Publishers’s first audiobook
This week on Pagecast, author Joanne Joseph and narrator Roshina Ratnam take us behind the scenes for the making of Jonathan Ball Publishers’s first ever audiobook, Children of Sugarcane.
[Watch] Find out more about the new Thursday Murder Club novel by Richard Osman – The Last Devil To Die!
British national treasure Richard Osman introduces the fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series, The Last Devil To Die!
Tuesday – 12th September 2023
Find out more about The Fraud by Zadie Smith – a writer at the peak of her powers
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, The Fraud is a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who deserves to tell their story – and about who deserves to be believed.
Friday – 8th September 2023
Find out more about Bridge, the new book by Lauren Beukes
Bridge by Lauren Beukes is out now from Penguin Random House SA!
Wednesday – 6th September 2023
Calling all writers! Submissions are now open at Jacana Media
Jacana Media is calling for submissions! If you’re a writer who is looking for a publisher, this is a rare chance to have your work read and considered by one of the country’s best.
Finding inspiration in the ancient world – Conn Iggulden on writing his bestselling historical fiction
Stories and myths from the ancient world have transcended millennia, and it’s from these that author Conn Iggulden draws inspiration for his bestselling historical fiction.
Friday – 1st September 2023
New book alert! At Fire Hour by Barry Gilder – an unforgettable and deeply moving tale
Join Jacana Media in celebrating the release of Barry Gilder’s latest novel, At Fire Hour.
‘Most families are bound not just by blood but by secrets’ – Abraham Verghese on his masterful new novel The Covenant of Water
From Abraham Verghese, author of the bestselling novel Cutting for Stone, comes a stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith and …
Thursday – 31st August 2023
Shari Lapena chats about her unputdownable new thriller Everyone Here is Lying
Author Shari Lapena chats to The Penguin Post about her thrilling new novel, Everyone Here is Lying, and what draws her to writing about domestic bliss gone wrong.
Wednesday – 30th August 2023
‘I’ve been betrayed by people a few times, and it hurts’ – In conversation with Lesley Pearse on her new novel, Betrayal
Lesley Pearse worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of 49, she became a published writer.
Tuesday – 29th August 2023
Five Minutes with Douglas Kruger on his new psychological thriller Character Scan
Read an interview with Douglas Kruger on his new novel Character Scan!
Friday – 25th August 2023
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett – a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents led before their children were born
Ann Patchett’s new novel Tom Lake is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Footnotes, August 2023: Book links from around the web
It has just been revealed that George Bernard Shaw set lawyers on DC Comics after their publication of the comic book Superman in 1939, concerning his 1903 play Man And Superman.
Thursday – 24th August 2023
What would you do? Brooke Robinson on the origins of her debut novel The Interpreter
Brooke Robinson’s enthralling debut The Interpreter explores what a criminal interpreter would do when faced with the moral dilemma of letting the wrong man go free.
Tuesday – 22nd August 2023
The Penguin Post Magazine celebrates three years of publishing (PLUS: Win prizes worth a total of R16,000)
To celebrate its third anniversary, The Penguin Post is giving away hampers to the collective value of R16,000!
Thursday – 17th August 2023
Ready to give up reality? Try Langabi – the new African epic
Langabi: Season of Beasts – the new African epic by Christopher Mlalazi – is out now!
‘Dear White People, I love white girls. Especially blondes.’ – Listen to an excerpt from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro
Listen to an excerpt from Stephen Buoro’s tragicomic debut novel The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tuesday – 8th August 2023
The Collected Regrets of Clover – an uplifting story about living a full, beautiful life
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer is out now from Penguin Random House – a big-hearted story about figuring out what you want from life, and then finding the courage to go after it.