Fiction
Monday – 15th January 2024
Revolutionising South African Literature: Jacana Media’s Collaboration with DSAC and ANFASA
Jacana Media is delighted to announce a contract to publish work by five new authors writing across South Africa’s official languages under the Vela Books imprint.
Friday – 12th January 2024
[Watch] The Book of Elsewhere – legendary Keanu Reeves and bestselling writer China Miéville team up on genre-bending epic
Penguin Random House SA is thrilled to share that it will be publishing The Book of Elsewhere in 2024!
Thursday – 11th January 2024
The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O’Roark – an emotional rollercoaster full of sacrifice, love and heartbreak
Coming soon from Jonathan Ball Publishers: The Summer We Fell – a deeply emotional romance full of angst and forbidden love, from Elizabeth O’Roark.
Wednesday – 10th January 2024
[Watch] Master storyteller Jeffrey Archer chats about his unputdownable new thriller Traitors Gate
Jeffrey Archer has shared a video in which he talks about the story and inspiration for his new book Traitors Gate.
Tuesday – 19th December 2023
Footnotes, December 2023: 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.
Monday – 18th December 2023
‘Politics and poetry don’t go together’ – Read an excerpt from At Fire Hour, the unforgettable and deeply moving novel by Barry Gilder
Read an excerpt from Barry Gilder’s new novel At Fire Hour, courtesy of Jacana Media.
Listen to an excerpt from The Pole – an indelible tale of life, love, death and Chopin, from Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee
A pianist falls grandly, helplessly in love in this elegant new novella from the twice-Booker Prize winner JM Coetzee.
Listen to an excerpt from Jessica George’s bestselling debut Maame, a novel that explores what it feels like to be torn between two homes and cultures
Listen to an excerpt from Jessica George’s instant bestseller Maame – the debut of 2023!
Friday – 8th December 2023
‘There was nothing like a bit of controversy to sell a book’ – Read an excerpt from Each Mortal Thing, the new novel by Michiel Heyns
Read an excerpt from Each Mortal Thing, the 10th novel from critically acclaimed author Michiel Heyns, courtesy of Penguin Random House!
Thursday – 7th December 2023
[Video] ‘Fiction is really powerful’ – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah does a deep dive into the writing of his hit novel Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah goes in-depth into the writing of his debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars – one of the books of the year!
Listen to an excerpt from Held by Anne Michaels – a soaring and luminous story of chance and change
Held – the triumphant new novel by Anne Michaels, the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces – is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 6th December 2023
Can you ever truly wash away your past? Read an excerpt from John Boyne’s haunting new novel Water
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from Water by internationally bestselling author John Boyne.
Tuesday – 5th December 2023
Don’t miss the launch of Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene at Book Circle Capital in Melville (7 Dec)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Book Circle Capital invite you to the launch of Innards by Magogodi oaMphela Makhene.
Monday – 4th December 2023
Win limited edition signed copies, Penguin merch and more!
Unwrap the joy of reading this festive season with Penguin Random House SA!
Listen to the Pagecast festive special! Top picks for holiday reading and gift recommendations
This week’s episode of Pagecast, brought to you by Jonathan Ball Publishers, is a Holiday Roundup with Exclusive Books Cavendish!
Thursday – 30th November 2023
‘Sometimes you get an idea, and it won’t leave you alone’ – Val McDermid introduces her new DCI Karen Pirie novel Past Lying
The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet!
‘I once went to kill a man’ – Read an excerpt from The Year of the Locust, the terrifying and eagerly awaited new thriller by Terry Hayes
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Year of the Locust, the highly anticipated second novel from Terry Hayes, author of the global bestseller I Am Pilgrim.
Monday – 27th November 2023
Terry Hayes fans, enter now to win a copy of both his masterpieces, The Year of The Locust and I Am Pilgrim!
Penguin Random House is giving away copies of Terry Hayes’ highly anticipated new novel The Year of The Locust and his previous masterpiece I Am Pilgrim.
Friday – 24th November 2023
Read an extract from the pulse-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller The Secret
Penguin Random House has shared an excerpt from The Secret – the new high-octane rollercoaster ride of a novel from Lee Child and Andrew Child.
Footnotes, November 2023: 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.